As in everything in music production, you gotta learn how to crawl before you walk. Therefore, it’s a good idea to start by just creating a few beats of any genre to get familiar with the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) you’re using and all the beat-making tools at your disposal.

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Start by laying down the foundation of your beat with a drum pattern. You will need a digital audio workstation (DAW) and a virtual drum machine to do this. Luckily, Soundtrap has an easy-to-use drum programmer called Patterns Beatmaker where you can choose from hundreds of presets and drum kits.

The term “lo-fi music” gained popularity in the 1950s, when recording technology began to be available to mass markets. The low-quality of the equipment stuck in the recordings, and a natural distorted type of sound was present in the tracks.

That’s usually where you will plug in the top drums, or hi-hats. Try a closed hi-hat on every second note and listen to what it sounds like. There you have your standard Lo-fi Hip Hop pattern.

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And by the way, if you’re not happy with the preset drum kits in Soundtrap. Pull up the Soundtrap Sampler and import any downloaded drum sounds from your computer, or create a brand new sound recording from just about anything, a door slamming, pots and pans clinking, lo fi music genre or your dog barking.

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Once your chord progression is laid out, you should create a melody on top of it. Craft a memorable melody that enhances the overall atmosphere of your track. It’s also great to have the The Bst Lo-Fi top melody come in during various parts of the song, so it’s not just a repetitive loop for 3 minutes.

Manipulate the sample to match the tempo and key of your track, then layer it over your drum beat. There is a lot that goes into sampling in beatmaking so it will take a The Bst Lo-Fi while before you get the hang of it. You can read more about sampling in music here.

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