How to Make a Type Beat
Five steps, no music theory required. You will finish with a beat you can actually export and use.
Step 1 — Pick a style
Start on the home page and pick a style: trap, drill, lo-fi, phonk, boom bap, or Detroit. Each template loads the BPM, key, chords, drums, and 808 for that style, so you start from something that already sounds like a beat.
Step 2 — Listen and tweak the drums
Press Play. Then click cells on the grid to add or remove notes. A hi-hat cell cycles to a roll on the second click — rolls at the end of the bar are a quick way to make a pattern feel finished. Click an 808 cell to add or remove a bass note on that step.
Step 3 — Add your melody
Use the piano roll under the drums. Notes are limited to the style's scale, so whatever you place stays in key. Start with the notes the template already placed, then move one or two and listen to what changes.
Step 4 — Set the tempo and swing
Drag BPM until the groove feels right. Swing pushes the off-beat notes late — lo-fi and boom bap like a lot of swing, trap and drill like a little. Small changes here change the whole feel.
Step 5 — Export it
MP3 export is free 3 times a day. WAV, MIDI, and stems cost 1 credit each, and your first WAV export is free, no signup. Download the MP3 to share it, or get the WAV and stems to finish the track in your DAW.