The foundation of all modern dance music comes from the simple four on the floor dance beat. We're going to use the Beats+Bassline Editor to get us there:
- Open LMMS and save this project as Basic Dance Beat.
- Open the Beat+Bassline Editor.
- Open the Instrument plugins tab on the sidebar menu as follows:
- Drag the instrument called Kicker to the Beats+Bassline Editor, as shown in the following image:
- Now we have a Kicker and a Triple Oscillator Synth ready to go in the Beats+Bassline Editor. Now all we need to do is create our pattern. Create your kick pattern on the first, fifth, ninth, and thirteenth beat:
- This ridiculously simple pattern is going to be the basis of a whole lot of dance music styles. This type of kick pattern is called four on the floor.
- Now go back to the sidebar and open up the My samples tab. Click on hihat_closed_01.ogg. The hihat tone should be short and crisp:
- Now drag that hihat sample into the Beats+Bassline Editor...