Benjamin Ang (www.cosmicarmchair.

com)
 Lesson 1 in this series:
Beat Making
 Start, Stop,
Record Loop

Tempo Switch between

Menu Zoom in and Arrangement and
zoom out Session mode

Select a
section Switch on or
off

Volume
control

Click on Add Folder and

look for your Samples
folder

Zoom in and
zoom out
1. Choose Instruments

3. Highlight one bar.

From the menu, click
Create-Insert MIDI Clip
2. Simpler / Bass /
Analogue Bass

4. Double click on the

MIDI clip to edit it

5. Scroll to C1 and click to

insert notes
 You have created a bass line in C
Copy and paste this a few times
After a few bars, you may need a change
we call this a chord progression
 Duplicate the clip
Select all the notes in the duplicate clip
Move them up or down to make a variation
Copy and paste variations
Popular chord progressions are:
C Em F Am
Am C Dm F
C G Am F
See autochords.com for more ideas
You can also use the
computer keyboard
to play notes

Change octave
up or down
 3. Click this to switch
1. Choose Instruments 5. Click the record
on the metronome
button to start
recording

2. Simpler / Bass /
Analogue Bass

4. Click on the circle

button to arm it for
recording
 Try it
Use the beats you created in Lesson 1
Add a bass line using one of the suggested chord
progressions
Next week
Introduction to Synths
How to record lead lines, riffs, pads and other
important instrument parts