Another tip: never place your hi hats right under your kick. Put it slightly after or before the kick. So the kick comes more forward. It also creates more bounce to your beats 😉

I watch this kind of stuff ALL DAY, everyday, and only found your channel just a few minutes ago. This is rich stuff for noobs AND veterans. Gonna go check more of your stuff out as soon as this puppy is finished. Great work bro.

Definitely agree on the randomizer - less is more there. I typically put like a 3-8% randomness on velocity and manually set the groove to help make loops sound a lot less static, almost adds a bit of a "round robin" effect. Subtle variation does a lot to alleviate ear fatigue. Sometimes a super subtle randomized pitch shift goes a long way too.

One of the few music production youtubers who explain everything in a clear and concise manner. A big thank you for always providing invaluable knowledge Navie!

Thank you so much for adding the controls to things you do in FL. That alone separates you from over half the other beat making channels. You're one of the best imo.

as someone who has alot of stuff down in FL studios but long time struggles with beats and see's good drums as essential make or break to a track this advice here is gold

awesome guidance. I made a quick track and thought "man i don't wanna touch percussion, it's difficult and stressful." but barely even a third into the "Beginner" section of the vid I paused it, went back to my track, effortlessly came up with and applied some percussion to my track, and i love it so much more. Thanks!

One thing I learned back in the FL 3x days is using a Layer channel to group all the drum samples I want to use (in the setting panel, change the grouping to split children), then that way I can control all the drum samples from one piano roll. Saves time for the majority of stuff I'm doing. If I'm editing individual parameters of different samples, I just select the key that sample falls on, then make my edits

Bro, where were you 14yrs ago when I started learning music. This is by FAR the best channel for learning. Thank you so much

So far I think he has a great understanding how to make the beats sound human while using modern tools to speed up the process. Going to use some of this stuff in my projects

I am very glad you mentioned the double time. I remember I was so dang confused on that when i first started composing.

Navie never misses with the knowledge. I’ve learned so much from him and his community over the past year and a half!

Dude this was super fire. I've seen thousands of drum tutorials. But for some reason something just clicked with this one. Thank you for this.

Solid tips without excess hype or self-promotion, well done. Might I add- it never hurts to learn to "play" whatever drums you're using (just be sure you've got a low-latency setup and at least velocity); I started with a Korg M1 and an early Mac DAW called Vision, which let me practice playing the drumkits along with whatever, then seeing on the MIDI track what the timing differences were between quantized and, say, a Purdie shuffle.😉

Love the level of knowledge you deliver every single time..for next time,i want you to throw a video on 808s How to use 808 effectively based on beats and genre..LOVE YOUR CONTENT

Thanks for sharing! Definitely some great tips in there. I'm excited to experiment with some of the techniques in this video to spice up my drum patterns. Keep up the grind 💪💪

One great tool is using your own natural rhythm and playing out the pattern on your pads, you get pretty good variation with velocity , etc . I can’t stand to click in notes , just my personal preference but I also play the drums .

I'm a total beginner but I'm learning a lot thanks to your vids

Navie is like a cool teacher in high school that everybody can be cool with and when he starts to teach, we all understand and easy to adapt

Much love and Respect for you bro. You're the REAL ONE on KZfaq. Can't wait to showcase you my work in future and whatever comes, just know you're the no #1 reason for it. I already gave up on music till your channel popped up in my feed a few months ago. Very grateful for your videos.

wow, this is the smoothest and most chill tutorial of drums for someone who doesn't understand it, this is really nice.

When I was starting out production, I made stuff that sounded like the "expert" drums, but that's just because I was overdoing it and didn't know when to stop lol.

So detailed! I always pick up new tips watching your vids ✊🏾

That last song sounded like something you'd hear in a jungle/swamp level in a video game, absolutely loved it!

the last one was sketchy at first but with the instruments it sounded like something out of a indie game like a roguelike, very cool!

I wish words could represent how much i appreciate Your videos. Very proud to be a Navahoe

This is very practical approach, I used to think I'm a drum mastermind. But after watching this I realize, I'm still a beginner😂. Heartbreaking but needed it, as an eye opener, to GROW... Thanks🔥🔥🔥

Not only are you educational, your videos are quite entertaining

love the content navie, really taken my game to the next level

I want to thank you for this help… you’re a beat LIFE SAVER!!!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge man 🙏🏽

thank you. Awesome tips! ❤‍🔥

you can also make the velocity with the lfo tool in piano roll, at least when it's a steady pattern like the one shown

Hey, I paused in the middle of this video, to THANK YOU for making a video about drum beats IN FL Studio. It's REALLY HARD to find anyone that is willing to make videos using this software as it's my primary DAW. Appreciate it!

You ended up using the toms as a bass in the expert level. Thanks for the video good material!

Yooo this right here!!!! This was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us

He is Really A Good Teacher..

That 3rd level drum pattern is wild. I'll have to try that one day.

Learning how to make my drum patterns less boring, thanks for this!

Obrigado mano, não vejo muitos do Brasil falando sobre o que tu fala, agradeçe🎉

A good day when Navie makes another drum video. Something I always need.

Thank you for the lessons!

thank you! very useful for a beginner!

I love your tutorials. They are step by step and very helpful.

Such a gem! Thank you for the video

Thank you

This was really helpful. Thank you so much!

I really enjoyed that, thanks Navie!

Excellent video! Thank you!

Man You helped mé with the bpm and doble time fact. I'm subscribing ✌️

this helped a lot (:

I always program in the velocities for what I want then use the humanizer to give it that little extra realism

Thanks for this tutorial. I’m at work and just had to hit the canteen and really focus. 👍🏿👍🏿 oh, you just gained a subscriber.

I never miss a Navie D Production and I never regret it!!! Keep da gems comin my funky soul brother!!!

Love this guy's videos. Awesome dude is he

Yeaaah ! I'm just experimenting with some rare drums patterns with Voodoo percs and industrial sounds and this its gonna help me a lot , maaan the timming it's just amazing...

Thanks for your lessons!

thank you!

Love Navie D - this is no hate - but so few tutorials talk about how deep you can go with the channel rack. It goes way beyond simply filling squares. Time shift, pitching up and down, ratchets, even filters - all this stuff can be done in the channel rack. It’s especially a joy with something like an Akai Fire or FLkey

As always, awesome information Navie. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

Perfect timing! Was just about to look for a video on how to improve drums

fantastic tutorial, thanks

Thank you 😇💕

thanks a lot for this information

This is very resourceful. Thanks Navie D

Thank you so much man

Brilliant!

_This tutorial is genius! Thank you!!!!_

Add to the PRO section: Build you own samples using down sampling on a piece of hardware and the get that back into yout computer. It doesn't need to be a SP1200 - a SU200 is enough. It really does wonders. Really pro stuff is to sampling that again - sampling your own stuff in the end. Have fun!

came here for drum help and left with a new favorite KZfaqr

The beat at the end was wild. Good stuff

Dude, your videos are dope. Hella helpful.

yoo that last one was sick but second drum pattern was soo fire too. I learn so much from you thank you

Thanks bro your video's is always fire

I just downloaded FL studio and wished I could make better drum patterns. This was perfect. Your advice will help so many people. Thank you!

Thank you 🙏🏼

Lol that expert example beat was 🔥I immediately started freestyling 👏🏽 good shit D

Thanks ☺️

Thank you man🙏⚡

Man I don't even make this genre and this is so helpful still

Best KZfaq Teacher At KZfaq University ✊🏾

thanks homie

Very helpful video bro thanks

Now only if I had this video years ago I would have learned some of these concepts much sooner. Instead I learned them over several videos over several years. But it is good to go back to the basics to tighten and remind yourself of some elements! Have fun fam!

DUDE IVE BEEN WATCHING SOMEB OF YOUR STARTER VIDEOS AND JUST NOTICED YOU DID THE UNDERGROUND AIRPLAY BEAT THAT WAS A DOPE BEAT BRO FIRE😬

Dude you just helped me so much I mean so much.

This video is so fire! Please do more drum comprehension video

nice video! i wonder if you could do all three drum patterns on one single sample instead of three separate melodies?

Cool video. That Tom in the third drum pattern really made for an unique and fresh sound. Cheers 🎶✌

Hey i am a 13 y/o rapper from greece but i don t have a producer and i don t know how to produce can you help by either teaching me or lenting me your beats.(i would prefer you to teach me)

preciate you again for more knowledge! thank you as always! keep killin it

That last beat was mint Made me wanna grab the mic or listen to their album

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Great Video! When the Masterclass pops up, the video doesn't hyper link. Just thought I would let you know. Great info, Thank You!

thanks bro

Thaks Navie, great video

True 🙏🔥💯

another great informative video he navie thanks for the help I cant wait to hop in and use these ideas for my own

You're the best teacher on here.