
In this 10-minute deep dive, I’m walking through the entire process of crafting a lo-fi beat:
🎹 Laying down mellow chord progressions
🥁 Building drums with swing and character
🎷 Chopping melodies and samples (including sax)
🌌 Adding ambient textures, vinyl hiss, and room tone
🌀 Warping sounds with tools like iZotope Vinyl and Valhalla Supermassive
🎛️ Shaping the arrangement so the loop evolves and breathes
Everything I touch on in the shorts — here in full.
No hype, no filler, just the full process laid bare.
💭 Lo-fi isn’t just a sound. It’s a mood. A mindset. Let’s build it from the ground up.
Chapters:
0:00 - 0:42 - Intro
0:43 - 2:19 - Chord Progression
2:20 - 4:05 - Melody and Sax Sample
4:06 - 5:23 - Drums
5:24 - 5:58 - Rap Sample and Warping
5:58 - 10:14 - Song Playthrough