Pattern Recreation: Kanye West - Runaway

Today we're going to have a Redrum practice exercise. These exercises are used to test your knowledge of the Redrum as well as your ability to recreate a drum beat simply by hearing it. Today we're going to have a listen to the instrumental of the latest Kanye West single, Runaway. The beat of this song features a drum break and a simple keyboard melody. We wont focus on the melody, just the drum programming. Let's have a listen to the song.







Think about the following questions...

• What types of drum sounds are used in this beat?
• How many bars are in the drum loop?
• Do you notice the use of Dynamics/Velocity in the drums?

Now that you have taken the time to think about these questions, let's start working on recreating this drum pattern.

1. Open Reason

2. Create a Mixer 14:2

3. Set your tempo to 85bpm

4. Create a Redrum Drum Computer

5. Listen to the instrumental and try to figure out the pattern. Once you are ready try to recreate the pattern using a Snare Drum, Bass Drum and Hi Hat.

6. Set your L to 1 and your R to 3. Copy your pattern to the track.



*HINT* The pattern is 32 steps.