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the tempo can be anything

you just want to stay in the 70-110 range. pretty much anything inbetween can work, 110 is about as quick as hip hop gets tho, thats like upbeat party simple type tempo

probably 75 percent of hip hop beats are around 93 bpm. i work in the 80's mostly, you'll find your sweet spots with it, some stuff has to be slower or quicker it varies.

the kicks on the 1 and 3 just is to keep time. so if your looking at the step sequencer (where you highlight the boxes), the kick would be on the very first box (the 1 beat.) the 2 beat, would be the snare, 3 would be a kick again, 4 would be snare again

they can alternate just to keep time, but really you don't need a kick on every down beat or a snare, i was just saying at the most basic level of a basic drum pattern thats usually how it works

because its all on a count. 1 bar is 4 beats. 1,2,3,4 than it loops back to 1,2,3,4. etc.

once you get doing more drum patterns you will see how it works. pretty much every beat that is in your head that you can hum has a snare on the 2 and 4 with a kick on the 1 at the very least

but thats all technical drumming stuff, but thats the biggest step next to sampling and chopping.

i can show you how to chop, but i can't show you how to listen to music. thats what seperates most beatmakers, is they find something special in a song no one cares about, and make it there own, unique in the hip hop format. i can only point you in the right direction. like if i knew how to play piano, i can show you the chords, and basics of what goes with what and how to play, but i can't show you how to make YOUR music. know what i mean. you can teach a painter to paint, but only he can paint what he wants too.

if that makes sense

i get too philosophical thats my problem and i feel like i stray from my main points

but yo i can't up my sample chops folder. not because i don't want too, but because its 98gb of wav files lol. its everything ive chopped from stuff from the past, i won't say 8, but probably 6 years. it includes stuff that didnt work(probably 90 percent of it lol) and everything i just like holding onto all of it

once i teach you to chop and show you some shit though you will be on your way of building your own catalog

i can see what i can do now as far as how to chop. this is one where i really need a mic but i'll try.

im gonna do it very basic. just a 1 bar loop, and maybe another 1 bar loop for a change up. but the main focus is just understanding how to do it.