How To Make Catchy and Unique Trap Hi-Hat PatternsĪnother extremely important part of making a catchy EDM/Trap Club beat is to make a slick and interesting hi-hat sequence. In particular, I used a bunch of 1/8 notes mixed with full-length beat notes for the first hi-hat pattern, and then for the second hi-hat pattern, I just used ¼ notes for the whole 16 bar verse beat patterns.Īnd for this beat, “Trap or Treat” I used one hi-hat sample, which I duplicated to layer them together to create a unique hi-hat sound. Thus giving the main verses a unique sounding hi-hat sequence, which can be seen below.

How to Make Unique and Catchy Snare Roll PatternsĪnother crucial ingredient for producing a Trap/EDM Club beat is making a catchy and unique snare roll pattern.Īnd for this beat, I achieved this as mentioned earlier, by layering two different Trap style snares together to give it a more unique and varied sound, which can be seen below. *notice that I used a C Sharp (C5#) note for the first snare to make it sound different than the second snare pattern (C5). How to Make a Catchy Trap/EDM Club Chorusįor the chorus for “Trap or Treat” I just copied and pasted the 808 drum sequence from the main verses into the 808 drum pattern piano roll and duplicated this 4 bar drum pattern in the playlist editor window.

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