BPM question

I've been making "crunk" dirty south beats, and the BPM I have to use to make them a similar tempo to a Lil Jon track is about 170 BPM. Yet whenever I hear people talking about making beats, they are talking about beats in the 85 to 100 range. Why is this? I use the default Time Sig of 4/4...I don't know if this has anything to do with it. But in order for me to get the hooks and verses long enough, I have to make 16 bar hooks and 32 bar verses, which is twice as long number wise, but time wise, my songs come out sounding right. I know this is because my songs are ticking by at twice the pace of anyone elses because of the 170 BPM, but they sound okay. But in order to do my snare rolls and rapid hi hats like a dirty south track has, I have to have a really high BPM. What am I doing wrong? Or is this tempo normal for a dirty south track?

so what exactly are you asking? is that a good tempo for "crunk" music?

if the tempo is too fast for your drum rolls, try changing from 1/16 to 1/8...

You're doing it fine.

A lot of people double the BPM because they think it helps when sequencing. You're not doing it wrong if it sounds right to you. That's how you work. Don't worry about what other people are doing.

spectre wrote:You're doing it fine.

A lot of people double the BPM because they think it helps when sequencing. You're not doing it wrong if it sounds right to you. That's how you work. Don't worry about what other people are doing.

OK, thank you. That's what I was wanting to know.

spectre wrote:You're doing it fine.

A lot of people double the BPM because they think it helps when sequencing. You're not doing it wrong if it sounds right to you. That's how you work. Don't worry about what other people are doing.

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yeah casue by doubling up the time the bpms are actually half that. So your going at 85 bpms which is 170. So that means u have to double everythin up. Like 2 bars become 4 bars at 170.

binger0 wrote:yeah casue by doubling up the time the bpms are actually half that. So your going at 85 bpms which is 170. So that means u have to double everythin up. Like 2 bars become 4 bars at 170.

Cool, thanks. I was wanting to know if this was typical when people make beats. Apparently it is. Problem solved.

Try changing the time sig to 8/4. You get bars twice as long, so 4 bars equals 4 bars, instead of using 8 bars to equal 4.

You could change from 16th notes to 32nd note for the Drum rolls n such.
That way you get the fast feel but still the 85 BPM sequence.