How to make a boom bap hip hop beat on your phone

A boom bap beat built from scratch in PadLoop, starting from the piano. Track 1 gets the piano chords, track 2 the kick and snare (the boom bap) with hi-hats added on a second pass, and track 3 a bassline that follows the chords. In the LOOP tab the drums and then the bass drop out in time for a break, the drop brings everything back, and a held filter, echo and note repeat rolls on the hi-hat close it.

In the free version you get 2 looper tracks: the third track and the performance recording come with full PadLoop, and the 7-day trial unlocks everything.

Step-by-step guideHip hop beats →Boom bap at 90 BPM, soul loops and samples chopped onto the pads.

Transcript

1. 0:00 Make a boom bap beat from scratch
2. 0:02 Pick track 1 and tap REC: a one-bar count-in starts
3. 0:05 Track 1: piano chords first
4. 0:10 The loop starts again by itself: listen before adding more
5. 0:16 Track 2: kick and snare, the boom bap
6. 0:21 REC again on track 2: hi-hats on top
7. 0:26 Track 3: the bassline follows the chords
8. 0:32 All the layers, in time. Now arrange it.
9. 0:37 LOOP tab: mute the drums in time for a break
10. 0:43 …then the bass: the tension builds
11. 0:47 Drop: everything comes back in
12. 0:52 Hold an effect while it plays: filter down, then echo
13. 1:02 Note repeat on the hi-hat: rolls in time
14. 1:08 The performance recording is ready to share or export

Last updated: 21 October 2026