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Creating a modern reggaeton beat allows you to tap into the vibrant and energetic world of Latin music. By using the Dembow Riddim, forming compelling chord progressions, adding a solid bassline, and incorporating simple but catchy melodies, you can produce a dark and contemporary reggaeton beat.
- Laying Down A Four-Four Kick Drum
- Adding Syncopated Snares
- Layering Minimal Hats
- Elongating The Groove
- Making Stereo Movement
- Testing The Beat Out with Some Music
We’ll start by creating a virtual instrument track, then setting its category to Drum Pads and instrument to Techno Throwback. This kit has a clean kick with a solid low end that will allow us to create the insistent driving feel we’re after. We set the project tempo to 96BPM, and add kicks on every beat of the bar.
We need a full but natural-sounding snare, so let’s add another virtual instrument track, and this time set it to Drum Pads and the Boom Bap Classic Kit. We’ll add snares on the fourth and seventh 16th notes, and duplicate this sequence so it plays over the third and fourth beat too. This kick-snare rhythm is a reggaeton fundamental, and now we’ve ...
Reggaeton tracks don’t tend to have too much going on in the way of hi-hats, and avoid the rigid 8th notes closed-hat patterns that are found in hip-hop, trap and many electronic genres. Many reggaeton tracks have barely perceptible hats, and just use them to brighten up the snares. Let’s give that a try. We’ll add another virtual instrument track,...
Currently our reggaeton beat is rather generic, so let’s add another percussion element to give it a more flavour. We add another virtual instrument rack, setting it to Drum Pads and Neptunian Kit. The sound we’re interested in here is the shaker, which we’ll play on the sixth 8th note of the bar. Before, beats 1 and 2 of the bar were identical to ...
Let’s set the track’s pan position to -20 to move it into the left speaker, giving our beat a bit of the stereo feel. Let’s put something into the right speaker too: duplicate the beat out so it plays for two bars, then duplicate the shaker track and pan the new version to +20, putting it into the right speaker. Delete the second shaker on the left...
Now we’ve fleshed out our beat a little, let’s try adding some musical elements to hear how it works in context. To find some appropriate material we open the Loop browser, click the loop tab and enter ‘reggaeton’ into the search bar. Reggaeton Bass 02makes for a pleasing musical base so we drag that onto a new track. Reggaeton Inst 03has a complim...
Jun 11, 2021 · In this BandLab track-making tutorial, we show you how to recreate a reggae-style beat. Follow along step-by-step and use BandLab's free online music-making app and web-based Mix Editor...
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Dec 23, 2020 · Tainy, a music producer best known for working with artists like J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Anuel AA and Ozuna, walks us through how he produces a reggaetón song. Tainy deep dives into the track...
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Enroll in Tainy's production class: https://studio.com/classes/tainy/latin-beatmaking?utm_source=ys&ref=ys&utm_campaign=org&utm_content=tainy-L001Learn how...
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You’ll learn how Tainy works across genres, all while infusing every beat with his signature Latin sound. Then, Tainy shares his end-to-end process for producing a complete track around a new vocal demo, starting from vocal stems and finishing with a polished songs ready to be sent back to the artist.
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Aug 17, 2022 · In our Beat Building series, we're showing you how to produce beats, grooves and drum patterns in a variety of styles and genres, touching on various eras of production, to help you understand the key rhythmic elements behind many of today’s biggest tracks.
