Make an amapiano beat for your vocals
To make an amapiano beat for your vocals, upload or record the vocal in Lyro Music, choose Amapiano as the style and press Generate. Lyro reads the tempo and key of your voice in the browser, and its studio tools write log drum bass, shuffling shakers and jazzy piano chords around your phrasing, returned as an instruments-only track. Your vocal stays untouched on its own track, and the two open together in the mixer.
It costs one credit per started minute, with a minimum of 2 credits, on every plan.
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At a glanceAmapiano
| Tempo (BPM) | 108 to 115 |
|---|---|
| Keys | minor keys with jazzy seventh chords, often F minor or G minor |
| Feel | shuffling sixteenth-note shakers, sparse soft kick, syncopated log drum bass with slides |
| Signature sounds | log drum bass with wide slides, shuffling sixteenth-note shakers, airy jazzy piano or electric piano chords, and chanted vocal phrases |
| Song form | usually a long intro of shakers, pads and piano, sometimes a minute or more, before the log drum enters; sections change by adding or muting layers, with a breakdown to chords and shakers in the middle and no drops |
Lyro follows your vocal’s own tempo and key, so the usual amapiano range is a guide to how it will feel, not a setting.
How it goesThree steps
- Upload or record your vocalUse a WAV, MP3 or M4A file, or record from your microphone in the browser. Record it dry: no reverb and no music in the room.
- Pick Amapiano and describe the soundCheck the tempo and key Lyro reads, choose Amapiano, and add style words, for example: Amapiano beat: log drum bass, shakers, rim clicks, soft kick, jazzy piano.
- Get the beat, then mixThe instruments come back as their own track beside your vocal. Balance them in the studio, master and export WAV.
Style words to pasteIn English, as the Style box reads them
Amapiano beat: log drum bass, shakers, rim clicks, soft kick, jazzy piano
Tips for this genre
Amapiano is recognised by log drum bass with wide slides, shuffling sixteenth-note shakers, airy jazzy piano or electric piano chords, and chanted vocal phrases. Describe it the way you would brief a producer:
- Always write "log drum bass" and describe its slides, because no other phrase gets the signature sound.
- Ask for shuffling shakers and soft rim percussion, and keep the kick light or sparse.
- Avoid: Asking for a heavy four-on-the-floor kick buries the log drum, and the result sounds like standard house.
Where the limits are
- Free-tempo singing, with no steady pulse, is hard to build a beat around; sing to a click or a simple loop.
- Tempo detection can land on half or double the real value, and key detection on the relative key: check both before you generate.
- Background music, room echo or noise in the recording confuses the detection and the model.
- The instruments are new and written for your vocal; Lyro does not copy an existing beat or an artist’s sound.
Questions
Will Lyro change my vocal when it makes the amapiano beat?
No. Your recording is the input, and it stays on its own track, untouched. The beat comes back as a separate, instruments-only track, and the two meet only in the mixer, where you set the balance.
What tempo is an amapiano beat?
The usual tempo of amapiano, in BPM: 108 to 115. Its keys: minor keys with jazzy seventh chords, often F minor or G minor. Lyro builds the beat on your vocal’s own tempo and key, which it reads in the browser and you can correct, so sing at the tempo you want the song to have.
What should I write in the style box for amapiano?
Name the sounds, not an artist. For example: “Amapiano beat: log drum bass, shakers, rim clicks, soft kick, jazzy piano”. Lyro does not take a real artist’s name as a style, and describing the drums, bass and one lead instrument gets you closer than a name would.
What does an amapiano beat for my vocal cost?
One credit per started minute of your vocal, with a minimum of 2 credits, so a three-minute vocal costs 3 credits. It is on every plan, and mixing and mastering in the studio cost no credits. Failed generations are refunded in credits automatically.
What if amapiano is not quite the sound?
The neighbouring genres differ in clear ways:
- Afro house: faster at 118 to 125 BPM, with a kick on every beat and the log drum rolling under the percussion instead of leading
- Afrobeats: overlaps in tempo at 95 to 115 BPM, but is song-led: verse and chorus over a guitar or keys hook
- Deep house: shares the jazzy chords and the warmth, but keeps a four-on-the-floor kick at 118 to 124 BPM
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