Basics of Drum & Bass drum patterns

[@artfxdnb]

BIG UPDATE EVERYONE: I posted a new video which is a follow up to this one, I decided to start a new series talking about making Drum & Bass drums from absolute scratch. The first video is currently out and I will keep adding videos to the playlist. So if you are ready for a DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS, then check the links below 😀 A DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS 1: KICK SYNTHESIS - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4G5g5l3gtOgptE A DEEP DIVE INTO DNB DRUMS (Full Playlist) - kzbin.info/aero/PLFF4GNypydQ3Y-GxMN1m08CpjraQdDJKc

[@cubedroid5087]

awesome!

[@spdhc]

First time watching your channel. VERY useful, I was confused how to make the ghost notes in hardware gear but this gave me tons of ideas, also with the kick. Thanks

[@fawkzzmusic3712]

Absolutely awesome stuff mate 👏 👍 really helps the community 🤗🤗

[@scarletfragment99]

Cool ill check it out, these tutorials are great, even though i have learned alot of this before, getting a fast review of simple ways to change stuff up, jump starts my mind again when i fall into a rut.. sometimes making very simple changes is all you need to change the feel, instead of trying to rework everything or give up on the track..

[@Myexpectationsarerealistic]

Riddim ❤😂

[@niveous5392]

I honestly slept on this genre for so long, loving so many DnB songs but never looking into it. Thanks for the tutorial, this’ll be fun

[@averyprice9422]

Get on some of that Metalheadz, Moving Shadow, and Ram Records... Those labels are king

[@yuxanne.]

Just wait until you find halftime dnb like munition plant by current value

[@yuxanne.]

And by that I mean, you guys should listen to militarystep, tho I don't think y'all like it if you guys are purely into liquid dancefloor and neurofunk

[@Loudmovth]

I've been producing for 10 years and I still learned from this video I would love if you did a Drum and Bass Music Theory video. I feel like that a bit more advanced but still needed for beginners

[@TheWeedhack]

yeah, that could be nice

[@caidurkan2916]

Same here, I can confidently make a nice reece but tbh I have no idea how to make my ideas not sound sparse or jumbled (or just straight wack)

[@apoplexiamusic]

A good subject for Drum & Bass theory is how to make your mix sound as good in mono as it does in stereo. I found it's very easy for me to have a great mix in stereo, but something's always off in mono, and compared to commercially released tracks, everything sounds the same in stereo and in mono!! how?!?!

[@inanitas]

@@apoplexiamusic I think it's got to do with phase cancellation. You got to align phases properly. And try to stay away from stereo in your low end, just mono it.

[@artfxdnb]

When it comes to Drum & Bass, at least the heavier kind, music theory isn't all that important. Most Drum & Bass tracks don't have much melodic content or chord progressions and rely a lot more on texture and character in sounds. Liquid Drum & Bass on another note would include more music theory, but the theory wouldn't differ from let's say other genres. Music theory is a universal thing that applies to any genre you want to make, no such thing as music theory specific for Drum & Bass. I would say just learn your basic Major and minor scales, maybe some modes like Phrygian and you are all set, but in the end the most important thing is to use your ears.

[@fang425]

Wow, I finally realized that the point is using different drum sound for ghost note, not adjusting velocity or position. Thank you!!

[@gurinolegg]

Nice one, bro, this kind of basic tuts are always useful even for skilled producers, to refresh some base knowledge and get out from writer’s block :)

[@artfxdnb]

Thanks man, glad you liked it!

[@MrDigilogic]

@@djnaymark4841 tell the guy that have 8 followers in 5 years. You're too cool for us man. It can be more constructive if you put something to share on your channel instead of using youtube to bashing people that are really nice and share their passion and how to with the rest of the world.

[@samthomas2314]

Daniel Naymark you do know this isn’t his video right

[@UncleHoagie]

@@danielnaymark9578 wow u big mad huh?

[@stanpopovsky]

Это вряд ли, Олег. Чайковский ничего нового не вынес бы из повторения нотной грамоты, так же и здесь - всё слишком «базовое».

[@kd3music]

I am making music for 10+ years, I am dnb DJ from over 15 years and that movie still add something to my knowledge and inspired me. Thanks!

[@SpiderMax95]

I am not even a producer, but this helped me learn to appreciate my favourite edm genre even more

[@jankiller45]

This is such a great video. 22 mins seems intimidating at first but its worth it Key term throughout: *_VIBE_*

[@J7Noj]

DUDE. DUUUUUUUUDE. IVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT SHUFFLE FEEL WITH DNB... I JUST NEEDED A SMALLER SNARE???????? Edit: THANK YOU

[@lepei5731]

haha same

[@doomvirat2813]

same)

[@alexdd84ify]

I spend t some time adjusting the same snare and it looks ok. Just keep trying)

[@zayba1617]

Lmao also tried that with a Tekk snare so I used plugins, if I had known that earlier 😂😅

[@JodBless]

Literally the only video that heloed me, I didn't understand how d&b beats were "filled up" but what I heard and couldn't mention was the ghostsnare and the use of 2 hi hats, tysm this vid is great!!

[@Pilzhirn]

Thanks mate - "basics" are always useful.

[@artfxdnb]

Yeah I should do more of these every now and then!

[@KashmirPL]

what is the name of this music making program?

[@Pilzhirn]

I suppose it's "Ableton Live" ...

[@gameknight_789]

KashmirPL Maybye studio 4

[@morganlak4337]

Really needed this, been too depressed to transcribe patterns from listening so seeing the patterns programmed out really helped

[@DJGeosmin]

as someone who normaly tracks live drums for everything, I found this usefull for learning the theory behind what im normaly just winging. 10/10 usefull video

[@artfxdnb]

Oh nice to see it's helpful for people outside of Drum & Bass too, thanks!

[@HMFCEdit]

you sir are a saint

[@pyromaster10000]

For FL Studio users you can go to FPC: they have all of the Drum and Bass loops to hear to.

[@dat1boi800]

oh wow thank you so much

[@aaronsewell5664]

Just wanted to say thank you for making this. There are tutorials for everything it seems but this is one I felt I needed the most.

[@schiet100]

saaame

[@techtinkerin]

I used to sit in lessons at school drawing drum patterns like this so I could program them in when I got home!! Forget french, we want beats!! ❤️😎👍

[@mhainsworth195]

BIG ups my dude. that ghost snare thing was pissing me off for timeeee

[@Motherforker-c2o]

i literally always make up music in my head, i can make it now, ty

[@f3niks]

This is one of the best tutorial about the dnb beats ever. You are priceless, thank you so much.

[@LavalampDM]

I learned a lot from this video and made my first DNB pattern. Thanks for the lesson. Key takeaways: ghost snares sound great, alter the velocity on kick drums and good samples make a big difference.

[@theaceofspace6110]

Finally some examples, not just the theory

[@felipeinoue4917]

Very good explanation about DnB base pattern. Now I understand how DnB works, thanks

[@funkyphilk]

Totally new to D & B and this video has really helped me understand the whole vibe. I'm heading for my studio real soon!

[@GruntDestroyarChannel]

If u wanna get the vibe watch some videos of jungle/DnB raves haha

[@jlc5744]

I love how u break that down

[@umwurf42]

Yo ! I'm a multistyle producer mainly focused on industrial. I haver never followed any tutorials exepts to understand how software is working. After hours at struggling and having no idea how to create drums loops that gives "action" or "running" feeling, your tutorial gave me greate templates to finaly know where i'm going thank you !

[@jassadhaliwal8946]

Best first and the only depth tutorial on the net ...thk for this bro keep it up really appreciate

[@IhorMedia]

@13:59 I guess technically you can call it "swing", in the context of different grid resolution. Really nice and clear breakdown. Inspiring! Thank you!

[@cpa361]

Im revisiting this video for the 4th time. Somebody should do a “back to the basics“ series. Would help so much when you are in writers block

[@brokenscart7989]

this is great thanks. Nice and clear, not too slow or fast.

[@hazehunter_au]

As a beginner, this was exactly the video I was looking for after weeks of searching. I will def check out the rest, thank you for this content, this has helped me immensely 🙏🏼👊

[@voices_of_machines]

Big thanks! Very helpful tutorial. Especially that ghost snare thing, a small detail that adds a lot to the pattern, probably very obvious, but was confusing for me to figure this out myself)

[@shellzest2568]

This video was so helpful & can't wait to try out these drum n bass patterns. I'm still a bit of a beginner in music production & seem to be naturally better at creating hiphop beats but I love drum n bass music & really want to make a drum n bass track. This style of music is good for different styles of singing & rapping too. Great video which is in my handy music tutorial playlist :)

[@jorgealbertomarin7119]

thanks, i have seen about 20 videos to learn drum and bass, and this is the first that actualy teach. The others were just "see you all how much i know". i suscribed

[@matthewsmith2298]

Another popular Dnb 2 step drum pat variation is to delay the first down beat of the 4th bar. Placing the kick on the off beat of one. Sounds awsome with rolling ghost snare drum accents.

[@jean-paulmagnum552]

This is one of the most understandable and clearest beginner tutorial i've seen about dnb. Thx !

[@Futemire]

Really appreciate the time you took to explain this. Thanks.

[@PeaceDub]

This is really my drum pattern inspiration video no 1.. Its not only about the patterns but the creative touch you have. Inspirations!

[@beyondsurreal9782]

u my friend and your channel are on point !!

[@aidencoxmusicguy5097]

I play acoustic drum n bass and this video still helped me out a lot thank you

[@aser_001]

best dnb tutorial ive seen thank you bro

[@michaelstine6431]

New Producer here, going to school for music pro. This helped me loads, thank you!!!

[@Numocron]

This is such an awesome Drum & Bass tutorial right here man I love it. Big up ARTFX.

[@miguela.t.barella2066]

Great video. Thanks for not taking 5 parts to show this lesson.

[@eugenlyubavskyy3417]

Thanks man. Just got my Lumi Keys and about to make my first track. This helps a lot!

[@grandmasterjo1]

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial on the basics of DnB You make it look so simple and sound so good 👍👍👍

[@CriticalDubs]

Thanks dude , From France ! Music don't stop !

[@iantanner7579]

quality video sir. ~ also helps if the ghost snares on even steps come in 10th of a step later, to achieve that - chic-a-chic-a feel...

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Ian Tanner this is a comment that shows the talent. The rest of these people talking out their asses.

[@livetotell]

so good to remember what it is all about! thanks !

[@FFFF-tq5hl]

omg been looking for this EXACT type of video for so long tysm bru

[@N9ROBES]

Duuude, this is the kind of help i was looking for! Thank you.

[@SantiagoAsdfghjkl]

Very nice introduction to the genre, appreciate it a lot men👍🏾🖤

[@soundstothecore3714]

Great tutorial. Ive always tried to recreate jungle/D@B beats but always ended up using loops.

[@jomesias]

Thank you master dnb Jedi!! 👌🏻👌🏻🥳🥳 Freaking best content I’ve seen on ut for dnb

[@drillog3827]

That was so helpful. I would like to see beat patterns for old school jungle if possible 👊🏾

[@aliaksandrilyushenka5597]

Peak video! I'm trying to get into techno producing, and I've always dreamt of adding a dnb drum blast before a drop :) Thank you, you were super useful to me

[@alawa215]

merci

[@emmamontgomery5948]

Hell yes. Exactly the video I was looking for. I can already tell I'll be referencing this video a lot. AWESOME tutorial!

[@TraxtasyMedia]

Pretty insane tutorial 🎉 I also like to vary my patterns with some percussive spice

[@rickc2102]

I would never use the word shuffle to describe any such composition, but yes, a little variety gives the snare a smoother fit within the beat.

[@Vwlpe]

I was hoping to see triplet grid patterns aswell, I love them halftime/swung rhythms. Good stuff nonetheless

[@eternal_psy]

This is exactly the tutorial I've desperately needed!!! Thanks a lot

[@StanAllDay]

Nice one brother

[@badd967]

Yours lessons are great Man. THX so much.

[@weirdafters4007]

Amazing, really was looking for something like this

[@artfxdnb]

You're welcome!

[@Breakbeats92.5]

It might also be a good idea to find out what the "Amen Break" is.

[@ttroyscarrlett]

I was searching for this comment lol

[@wilsoncrocker]

its not like the most sampled & influential beat in history is important or anything lol

[@artfxdnb]

The Amen Break is great, however it's not needed in a video where I explain the basic drum patterns used in Drum & Bass. On another note though, I am working on an Amen Break-related video.

[@ttroyscarrlett]

@@technober everyone who doesn't know it, will know it eventually.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

@@artfxdnb A brief mention of the Amen Break will give your audience pertinent information as how drum and bass came about in the first place. History has shown us that the best musicians often have a deep appreciation for what came prior and interlace the past with the present.

[@registryy]

might make a song with this

[@jontinator]

Bro your channel is a goldmine, keep up the good work!

[@FoxxifyMedia]

This is amazing, and what I've been looking for a long time! Amazing, and very very helpful! :D

[@aloharay]

good info and examples, thank you. Please consider adjusting the interface for Live to make the parts you are working on even easier to see. IE: close the left navigation panes, make the bottom section taller and more zoomed in vertically. Cool.

[@TLoveInfinity]

Thank you ARTFX! This is so helpful 🙏🏾 It helped me de-mystify my favourite genre of electronic music. Now to create!

[@tetopolo]

Sound really good! even without processing

[@rikymc]

Wow nice tutorial mate nice to see how certain drum and bass loops can be made .. recently subbed you and got say your tutorials are very informative keep on with the good work 👍🏻

[@ollyhasit]

awesome tutorial! i just learned a bunch in just 20 mins

[@federicosanchez6186]

Such an amazing tutorial man, it’s always great to learn something new. Will you make one of these about dnb fills or breaks in the future?

[@artfxdnb]

Most likely yes!

[@CorruptNecroFile]

Thanks for breaking it down. Very helpful video!

[@jrugeshjoshi6308]

So nice, helped a lot.

[@aaronsewell5664]

@ARTFX Can we get another installment of these drum pattern lesson? The video is doing nearly 5,000 views which shows there is definitely an interest! Maybe something that also focuses mainly on ghost snares...also how to construct jungle breaks would be awesome. Thank you for all your efforts. I will be sending in a donation shortly.

[@artfxdnb]

I can always do a follow up on this because there is quite some different rhythms we can talk about.

[@apoplexiamusic]

@@artfxdnb I second that a deeper look in jungle breaks and how crazy you can get with them would be nice... Like how to incorporate insane Remarc drums into modern DnB?

[@SK-od8jm]

3:28 sounds like Dj Krust Warhead 😎

[@bzerkie3393]

it doe's well spotted

[@johnoestmannmusic]

Really helpful how you went through all the variations. It really helps bring the core elements of DnB home. Cheers!

[@caligenteproductions]

Nice. Needed this tutorial. Can only use loops for so long lol.

[@sachthemotive]

thanks bro been trying to figure that drum beat out just started off music production and this video has helped a million ☺️👍🏽👍🏽

[@soontaek]

6:18 I liked the keyboard noise with the drums (somewhere around 6:19) lol

[@grzegorzwarchol9308]

greate tutorial. That what i have been looking for. Big thanks

[@stevepinnell453]

Awesome video! I've been looking for something like this for ages... thank you!

[@dat1boi800]

thank you so much i’ve been trying to learn for so long

[@spaced4448]

Thanks mate you really helped me.. I’m on it first thing in the morning. Great videos 👾

[@vortigonii6167]

Was Fighting figure that pattern for so long. Thanks a lot. By a lot I mean A LOT!!!!!

[@nbuehster]

12:26 Every time I hear that break, I think of the ending of Helter Skelter by The Beatles.

[@TeroyanatorLS]

incredibly helpful!!! thanks for the content. you perfectly explain everything very well.

[@camiloduartemusic2052]

This Lesson es pure GOLD!!!! Amazing.

[@fawkzzmusic3712]

Love this tut mate ❤❤❤

[@WaveZokMusic]

Hey ! nice vid it was very useful for me 😄 (Small advice : you can adjust the offset between the sound and the image on obs in the mixer -> gear symbol -> advanced audio properties -> sync offset 😉 I calculated for you and you have 9 images of offsets, which would make a compensation of 9/24 or 375ms. I hope it will be better 😊)

[@artfxdnb]

Haha thanks for that, will try it out.

[@bonifacedubss6302]

thanks for doing this tutorial, very well put together and i did learn quite a bit, i liked all the different variations of drum patterns, very useful for beginners and more experienced producers, i dont think you can ever learn enough with anything so well done and i have subscribed. i am looking forward to more tutorials from you, well done!! from me Robert Boniface.

[@sybreedsTV]

Great refresher! Keep it coming 🤘

[@danielspinks5547]

Hey bro, thanks for the tutorial was so much fun learning and you made it very easy to follow and understand. Wish you all the best, peace!

[@forbesy8568]

Thank you very much this is the best I've seen just what I needed

[@benthomas7096]

Wicked video! I've always found drum programming confusing because i use audio but il try it in midi now! Made it look so simple! thanks and keep up the good work!

[@artfxdnb]

You can do the exact same thing in audio, in fact, I mostly do drums in audio but for the sake of demonstrating it in this video, it was easier to show people when it's all done inside on MIDI clip. This said, however, doing your drums in audio works the exact same way, instead of doing it in one MIDI clip you just do it on several audio tracks, the outcome will be the same.

[@timshady7099]

Drum and Bass Mate!

[@monikamia4857]

Great tutorial, thank you!