Trap Drum Pattern

At 140 BPM the clap lands only on beat 3, so it feels like 70. Constant 16th hats keep the energy up.

140 BPM0% swingTrap

Steps

Long distorted 808, tight hats, hard clap

808 bass & chords

A#m → F# → C# → G#

Chord sound
808
CHD
A#m · then F#, C#, G# on later loops

The 808 follows the chord root in each bar; set a step's offset to walk the bassline. Pads hold until the next chord hit. Stabs are short.

Click a step once for a hit, twice for an accent, three times to clear. Space plays/stops, T taps tempo, R makes a random beat.

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How to program it

  1. Set the tempo to around 140 BPM.
  2. Clap (or snare) on beat 3 only: step 9. That creates the half-time feel.
  3. Kick and 808 together on step 1 and step 11.
  4. Closed hi-hat on every 16th step, then start adding rolls and gaps.

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Step chart · one bar of 16th notes, numbers mark the beats

Questions

How do you program a trap drum pattern?

Put the clap on beat 3 at around 140 BPM, run 16th-note hats, and place the kick plus 808 on beat 1 and a syncopated spot or two. Rolls in the hats and a tuned, long 808 do the rest.

Why does trap feel slow if it is 140 BPM?

Because the backbeat lands only once per bar (beat 3) instead of twice (2 and 4), your ear hears it at half the tempo, about 70 BPM.

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