How To Make A Trap Beat In GarageBand Step-By-Step (GarageBand Trap Beat Tutorial)

[@jjw12562]

This video (like so much Dean teaches in the program) immediately transformed my recording prowess. Laying down the beat I need and not relying on presets is huge. As for the vocal treatment it too was incredibly helpful. I've bookmarked this so I can adopt the techniques for everything I record.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

So so glad it was helpful John, thanks for sharing! -Dean

[@dueydreotb]

your videos are a huge help for us beginners keep on making these tutorials bro

[@KVShiphop]

hopefully i found this now am gonna watch it over and over again to get things good... you are amazing in explanation man thanks for this!!!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

So glad it was helpful Karanvir!

[@brandonmartinez8422]

Please do ALOT more of these trap tutorials, or any other. I like how you go step by step N not many people do that especially for GB

[@brandonmartinez8422]

I followed along on my iPhone, and did a little different version. I loaded up a GB 808 bass loop, and chopped up a one-shot off it, then ran the one-shot through the sampler, and got a perfect 808 that I played on the keyboard. And came out great. I also used other different instruments like the ARP I used NUMA Player Piano and String mixed together, with the arp function on GB

[@ellieramos]

I'm a new subscriber! You just helped me make my first beat, I've been rapping since 2018 and I've never made a beat before and your tutorial really helped me!

[@Jon77777]

Always look forward to watching your videos Dean! Thank you 🙏

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

ha thanks Jon, that means a lot... and you're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it! -Dean

[@EnuSyed]

for some reason i do not have the "synth bass" option on my garageband option for that 808. Any way to add it up?

[@thesketchupdude8855]

you should have it, just click X on your keyboard until you hear the 808 bass

[@brandonmartinez8422]

If your using GB on iOS then it might not have it, only for Mac PC. It might be in older versions GB ios. I have an old version from 2018 on my old phone and is different to iOS version today.

[@vycsh]

Great, short, minimalist and useful. The best!

[@6ftGeezyABM]

Great video thanks for this insight helped me a lot

[@martino-thesongwriter286]

Like it 👍 Never Dome a preparing for my vocal tracks. Very Good idea. Thanx for sharing.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

You're very welcome, glad it was helpful! -Dean

[@sp5derr._J5]

I like how the beat so smooth with the air bells

[@meetdamaka]

DEAN COULD YOU MAKE A MASTERING SONGS TUTORIAL?? NICE BEAT BRO LOVE YOUR MUSIC VERSATILITY !!!!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey WAPTOPIA! Here's a tutorial I did a while back on mastering... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIvIhXp6ocajqq8 ... hope that helps! -Dean

[@Beats24-7]

Dope man, keep up the great work!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Will do, thanks man! -Dean

[@RealMisterG365]

Awesome track!! Very helpful video! Keep up making and putting great content!

[@RealMisterG365]

Already liked and subscribed to your channel!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Glad it was helpful RealMisterG, will do!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@RealMisterG365 I appreciate that, glad to have you! -Dean

[@NowUnknown]

enjoyed watching this, thanks for the help

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Glad it was helpful Now Unknown! -Dean

[@blakejackson4483]

BEAST!!!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

haha you're all over this one Blake! :P -Dean

[@danielpalese6887]

Great tutorial, however for some reason my apple loops has very limited options. I have already downloaded the full loop and instrument library on garageband, however there is no "Tyson Improv" or really any other named individual loop to select. Could those loops be an added download from somewhere else? I'm running a MacBook Pro from 2020 with 11.4 Big Sur. Thanks!

[@kasperrossen6698]

Love this. it helped me so much

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

So glad it was helpful Kasper!

[@INOentertainments]

Thank you so much for this.🔥🔥🔥

[@simon1016]

wow im serous, im so glad you made this tutorial i had so much fund and learned so much. the video is a 10/10

[@sandrarr5434]

Hello I am definitely going to watch it over and over again but I didn't understand why you were recording over your old recording in the beginning of the video? For example you made a recording and then you recorded something else over that rather than selecting a separate track?

[@EE-yv7xg]

omg wow!!! more!! please

[@banjorae5197]

now i am able to flunk my music assessment thanks

[@ohitslalo]

Just made my first beat on my Chanel ! Thanks for the tips

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

That's awesome, way to take what you learned and do something with it!

[@DuyTran-ex3nm]

Do you have intensive beat trap courses? I like so much your guide

[@Camberria]

It Looks easier than it is. But I'll keep trying. Thanks.

[@joshuamittower1962]

great help

[@Asuuri]

Amazing Video!!! Love it!!

[@saint_zelo]

Dean, they removed Tyson so I'm so sad now that would have just made this so much better but thanks for the vid keep up the good work.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

No way huh? interesting... well I didn't know that, thanks for the scoop, that's a bummer but I bet they have added (or will add) other drummers to take his place (hopefully, at least)! -Dean

[@xxxsugoitacion]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 nope they have not :(

[@Kapperman]

Very good. 🙏 thx

[@cedriccouissin3201]

bigbigthanksalot !

[@nolidcreations]

amaZing 💜🙏🏾

[@donnaanderson5669]

I don't see Tyson under my vocals or anywhere how did you get Tyson

[@leonardhaglund5008]

good video! just one problem I don't have "Tyson vocals" how do I get them?

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey TTV Btw! That may be because I have extra loops by having MainStage (a $30 program that gives you most of Logics loops and instruments) but I wouldn't worry too much about it as there are TONS of free, fantastic loops that come stock with GarageBand. You could also try going to the GarageBand drop down menu and clicking "Sound Library", "Download All Available Sounds" to make sure that you have populated your sound library with all of the sounds GB offers!

[@nickcorral8004]

Thank you so much.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

You're welcome Nick!

[@hopeminiera3890]

this really helped

[@Yoppatrench]

Wasssup dean how do you get the beat to play all the way out once you’ve done all you wanted to do to it

[@G-concept]

this video is perfecto...thanks much bro..

[@hyserra]

2:51 where did you get that Controls window with synth bass and compressor? I don't have those :/

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey hysteria, to get a controls window you hit B on your typing keyboard. That said, some synths/sounds have different control windows so they don't all look the same or have the same functions

[@hyserra]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 just tried, it seems that we have different controls for the same Boutique 808 sound, I have done each step as indicated in the video. Could that perhaps be a plug-in? Otherwise it is most likely a GarageBand version difference (I'm using an M1 Mac with the latest GarageBand ver)

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@hyserra ahh yes, likely so. This video was filmed in the last version of GB.

[@RandyReviews1990]

can you does this on iphone as well?

[@gotaneye4it_]

Oh and can you show us what those mastering tools do nobody has ever done a video showing what all those do!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey David! I haven't done a video on that yet... but who knows, maybe at some point! My friend Colin at The Band Guide does have a good video on how to master songs in GarageBand which I highly recommend as well! -Dean

[@donnaanderson5669]

I don't see Tyson when I hit the vocals I only see neon dreams

[@itman190]

so I opened up garage. band but it won't let me select the key or change bpms I changed the bpm on the screen but idk how to change the key

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey it man, are you on the OS version of GB (iMac/MacBook) or on the iOS version of GB (iPad/iPhone)?

[@itman190]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 I have the newest iMac. Jus bought it a few days ago.

[@itman190]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 I’m not too sure about all the technical stuff I really only know how to use protools but I updated everything when I got it as far as systems n all that

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@itman190 Gotcha. Well you should be able to either double click inside of the tempo window and type in a tempo or to click and drag the tempo up or down. If that's not working, I'm sure what could be the problem! :P

[@missionman9541]

Hey im super confused what is the R button you are clicking is that on the keyboard or is that just the red record button thank you

[@gotaneye4it_]

I don't have those vocals can you tell me how to get them? I must be missing some sounds some how.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey David! I would start by going to the GarageBand drop down menu (top left of the screen) and hover over "Sound Library" then click "Download All Available Sounds" which should update your GB sounds library and add several vocal sounds!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@David Torrence Hmm well my only other thoughts would be to get MainStage ($30 in App Store) which gives you most of Logic's instruments & loops. You can then import those sounds into GarageBand. I did a video a while back on it which you can find here kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6PUcql3hs-Me6s

[@frenzyyt4648]

I'm unable to find the tyson sound, how can I download all the sounds I can on Garageband?

[@nolidcreations]

For some reason, I do not see the Tyson Improv vocals...

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey there! Hmm have you tried going to the loops library and typing in "Tyson" into the search bar? If you do that and don't his loops there then I would try clicking the GarageBand drop down menu (top left hand side of the screen) and hover over "Sound Library' and click on "Download All Available Sounds". That should fill our your loops library with every sound GB makes available! If that still doesn't work then send me a message, I have an idea..... hope that helps! -Dean

[@nolidcreations]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 Thank You so much...I clicked on the sound library, however it will not give me the option to download all available sounds , because it says they are all already downloaded..

[@nolidcreations]

I do see the option, reinstall sound library... Oh and yes I did try typing Tyson in the search bar.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@nolidcreations I would try the reinstall sound library option (or download all available sounds option if that is one), then give it some time. If it doesn't show up after that then I have another idea :) -Dean

[@RobotBrainTrust]

@@thesongwritingstudio5783 I'm having the same issue. I did the "reinstall sound library" and still don't see it in my loop index. My "vocals" in the instrument pack are mostly just different languages saying the numbers 1 -10. Is this something I can download separately. This is from GarageBand 10.3.5

[@blakejackson4483]

A

[@kiejayseludo]

You gotta help me bro. I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is hapoeing. After I do the hihat part none of my recorded tracks will place back to me

[@WedoitallTV]

I dont have the Tyson on mines any other suggestions

[@micahjohns8667]

I don't have Tyson Improv how do I get it

[@elchinoxl3034]

I just made this type of beat but it hard to learn on my own 😭

[@amaredunagan7603]

Yo bro I have an older version of garage band and I’m saving money for a new computer can u help me out

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey Amare! What do you need help with? -Dean

[@PopPopBoogie]

I am brand new and trying to follow along, but there seems to be a delay on my keyboard. I can't even get the first high hat right.. Any suggestions?

[@PopPopBoogie]

Nevermind, I plugged the keyboard in and now working!

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@PopPopBoogie Nice, glad you got it working! -Dean

[@blakejackson4483]

U

[@mishalaslam]

I could not get a vocal loop on garage band

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey Mishal! Have you gone into the GarageBand drop down menu, hovered over "Sound Library" and then selected "Download All Available Sounds"? Doing this would populate your GB library with all of the instruments+loops GB has to offer. Hope that helps! -Dean

[@mishalaslam]

thanks a lot

[@mishalaslam]

I still could not get the Tyson vocals

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@mishalaslam Hey Mishal, if you still don't see it then it may be because I also have MainStage ($30 in the App Store) which gives me all of Logics instruments & loops, and sometimes it's hard for me to tell which sounds came from GB and which ones came from MainStage. Here's a video I did on integrating MainStage into GBkzbin.info/www/bejne/j6PUcql3hs-Me6s... hope that helps! -Dean

[@mishalaslam]

ok, thank you. Your follow-along videos are really helpful

[@bwilliams6675]

I don't have synth bass or the Tyson vocals

[@w1nter638]

yo i cant sync my snares and stuff together it sounds off

[@LB-lx8iq]

when i hit R it overwrites the previous track can you help me

[@corvid9463]

just add another track below that

[@ozwalks8185]

Don’t forget to quantise, 👀😂

[@JayPatel-hc9om]

idk if they took it out but I’m unable to turn the synth bass up like i don’t even see it i can only turn the compression all the way up:/

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey Jay! Some synth bases that setting and some don't. Each one has a different set up parameters that you can adjust (some are the same and some are different)... but hitting B should bring up the mix window and show you all of the available parameters! -Dean

[@ion7735]

Jay Patel yeah this same problem happened to me when I pressed b it didn’t show synth bass

[@OurHumblePodcast]

I don't have tyson's vocals sadly

[@spookykid6666]

🦄🦄🦄

[@kbytex]

Can you do a video how you can do old school hip-hop / boombap? thanks brother

[@blakejackson4483]

First

[@hoons6949]

I have given up to follow, you cannot see which one to follow

[@Luke-hw3kj]

Tyson improve isn't available for me

[@blakejackson4483]

R

[@prodbyl14m94]

WHY ARE THE 808s SO HIGH 😭 😭

[@beckettgreen8587]

I can’t the timing right mind like complete shit Idek know why I spent 5 hours on this for nothing

[@LB-lx8iq]

dean you still worship Jesus christ >? what is your instagram i heard you are a pastor .

[@vancewannebo9463]

i dont fricking understand these god damn 808s what the frick frick you

[@demetrisswilliams9870]

Y'all tripping this is not no trap beat

[@18sznz]

This trap beat is not it

[@charlesg9784]

🗑🗑🗑🗑

[@The.Ghost-8976.]

This aint a trap beat. I use GarageBand my self but my tracks dont sound as cheap and bad as you poorly demonstrated.and yes i use all stock sounds.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

Hey Slightlessmusicofficial! If you have suggestions then feel free to share them and if you have songs examples you've made I would like to hear them, maybe I can learn a thing or two. Beyond that, I think you would do well to use a bit more kindness in your comments :) I understand you might feel like you have better songs or could do a better tutorial but it doesn't mean you need to share those thoughts in a way that tears someone down. Peace! -Dean

[@The.Ghost-8976.]

The Songwriting Studio apologies if I offended you. Didn't mean to come across as if I know everything! Just wanted to point out that, the beat you were making is not considered a trap beat. Maybe the track didn't sound as good because you didn't mix it but there are certain instruments that do work well for certain genres. Not all of GarageBand sounds are the best but there is a lot you can do by tweaking the settings and stuff like that to get a really polished sound. PS I do watch your videos and some are helpful. I do also use the sounds from main stage as well.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@The.Ghost-8976. I hear you, appreciate you sharing more thoughts. And I hear you, I definitely took this song (after the beat) into a very melodic/pop feel, especially when I added vocals but as a whole it was meant to be an exercise for people to sharpen their skills with. Beyond that, if you have trap type sounds you would recommend within GB or MainStage (I use it too) then feel free to share those, I would love to do some experimenting with sounds other people use for their work! -Dean

[@The.Ghost-8976.]

The Songwriting Studio yeah man, a few instruments I like to use, remember that I also use mainstage sounds integrated with GarageBand. Most of the sounds are from main stage to be fair, there is a guitar which is really good, when you go to the library search tab, and type in guitar you will see a little down the list two types of classic guitar sounds and it is the second one. Once you've added that guitar, go to the modulation plug-in and there is a setting I think called scanner bravado which adds a really nice tone to the guitar which makes it sound less cheap. There's two really good kicks, when you go to the instrument library, go to the bottom to get to the logic sounds and then go to The fourth category down which is drums and percussion I think, once they go to the third category down which I think is ultra but can't remember off the top of my head, go all the way down to the bottom and I think it's called vintage kit. There's two kicks in there which is perfect. There is also two really good piano sounds, again go to the library, the logic category and then go down to keyboard and piano, once that you see another category called walked I think, and there's a piano called motion piano I think which sounds really good, also in the keyboard and piano category there is a piano called pop piano which is nice and clean. These are just a few instruments that work well, I have quite a few that I go to. I do make primarily trap/R&B type beats but I've started working with drill beats. Surprisingly I found some really good sounds in garage band to accommodate this new wave of genre. I don't do tutorials as I find it a little tricky because I am fully blind but happy to help and advice as knowledge is something we can always gain from others. If you would ever be interested in maybe working or helping each other maybe then I'd be happy to do so. I am also a blind artist and producer by the way from the UK. I only use two third-party plug-ins, a halftime plug-in and a autotune plug-in. As a fully blind artist and producer, i use GarageBand completely without sight.

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

@@The.Ghost-8976. Very cool, thanks for sharing! I have the MainStage instruments as well so I can check those out. And that is really cool that you produce in GarageBand without being able to see, that's takes some skill! I have become pretty familiar with the software in the last several years and do a lot of moves by heart but I don't think I could do it with my eyes closed! Cheers! -Dean

[@arya3642]

thank you so much, this was very helpful !

[@thesongwritingstudio5783]

You're welcome Arya!