Nice one, you've got yourself a boom bap track.You’ve seen the video and the memes, and now it’s time to next the next step in your appreciation of Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’ by making your own hard ridin’ take on the country trap genre! In this tutorial we’re using Rankin Audio’s Country Trap & Cowboy Beats to make a western-themed trap banger that will have all the least-syphilitic saloon girls beating a path to your door.įrom world famous open format superstar DJ, producer and certified wavelord Akira The Don comes the ultimate country trap sample pack. Adding Mastering FX like Brightener EQ, Master Compressor and Limiter will help make your track sound more full and professional.
Give it one last polish - mastering is all about making your track sounds balance and getting all the different elements to sit harmoniously together. Try arranging your beat as such in the Master View. A basic structure for boom bap is: Intro-Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus-Outro. Now you've got your individual parts, you can piece them together. Copy over the scenes, label them as your verse, chorus or whatever you need, Add/remove instruments from these new scenes so they can be brought in later on in the track to bring suspense and tension. You'll now have a nice loop to use as a foundation. The 'Rhythm Guitar' instrument is a great choice if you're unsure which to pick. String based instruments and plucking keys are great for boom bap - try out adding some in. Serato Studio also comes with loads of instruments for free, like basslines, strings and keys. There are no hard and fast rules - as long as it sounds good to you. Adjust the levels on each until you're happy. Try out the Limiter Squeeze, Dry Reverb and Hard Sidechain. 3 Add FXĪdding FX to your sample will help shape it's sound and give it some flavour. Get a pattern going that you're vibing, and when you're ready: hit record and lay it down. You can use keys 1-8 on your computer to play them. When you drag it into the deck, cue points will automatically appear on various regions of the audio. There's a ton of free sample loops that come with Serato Studio. Finally, add a bit of swing and vary the note velocity to give the feel of a real, human drummer.
Add/remove notes until you're happy with it. Select the 'Make Beats' button to generate a beat in the genre you want.
The 'Live Break' kit that comes with Serato Studio is perfect for this. Boom bap beats sit around 95BPM, so set your tempo as such.
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