Drill (UK / NY) · AI music generator
AI drill beat generator. Then the studio to finish it.
Describe the track and SoundGen generates it. Arrange, mix and master in the same browser DAW, or have the AI producer build drill beat parts on the timeline with the conventions below.
Starter prompt
UK drill beat, sliding 808s, syncopated snares, dark piano and strings, menacing mood
Open it in the generatorDrill (UK / NY): the production sheet
The defaults SoundGen's AI producer uses for this style — conventions, not rules. Each figure is graded by how it is known.
Tempo
138–150 BPM
Centre 142. felt in half time (~70); Chicago drill is felt 60–75. (practitioner consensus)
Meter and feel
4/4
straight 1/16 notes. (practitioner consensus)
Harmony
natural minor with a ♭2 (phrygian) colour; harmonic minor. one chord per 1–2 bars; 4-bar motif over 2-bar drums.
- Am – Bb
- Am – F – E
- Am
Written in C major / A minor; transpose to your key.
Instrumentation
- 808 with slides
- sparse kick
- snare on the drill pull
- gappy hats with triplet bursts
- dark strings/piano/choir
Bass: sliding 808s: mono, ~100 ms glide (60–150; longer "long slides"), slides used sparingly as lead-ins to important notes.
A typical form · 64 bars, about 1.8 min at 142 BPM
- Intro 4
- Hook 8
- Verse 16
- Hook 8
- Verse 16
- Hook 8
- Outro 4
Mix
The 808 is the bass and much of the kick; vocal on top. Released tracks measure around -9.7 LUFS integrated. glide notes must overlap the previous 808 or the slide will not trigger.
Questions
- What BPM is drill beat?
- Usually 138–150 BPM, centred around 142 (felt in half time (~70); Chicago drill is felt 60–75).
- What chords and keys are used in drill beat?
- Natural minor with a ♭2 (phrygian) colour; harmonic minor. Common progressions, written in C major / A minor: Am–Bb; Am–F–E; Am. Harmonic rhythm: one chord per 1–2 bars; 4-bar motif over 2-bar drums.
- How loud are drill beat tracks mastered?
- Commercial releases in this style measure around -9.7 LUFS integrated (median of a large catalogue study). Streaming services turn loud masters down, so this describes the genre's sound, not a target you must hit.
- Can I use AI-generated drill beat commercially?
- Commercial use of music you generate on SoundGen is governed by section 4 of the Terms of Service, which sets out who owns the output and what the licence covers. Read it there before you release. Read the Terms.
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