How to make an afro house track with an AI music generator

An afro house track in Club Ready Music is built from Afro House leading Organic House in the genre blend, 122 BPM, a minor key such as 7A or 8A, Bongos / congas as a featured sound, a 16-bar drums-only intro with the first drop at bar 32, and a loudness target of Club −8. Keep the vocal to a hook, in English or Portuguese, and let the percussion carry the track. The recipe below lists every setting in order, top to bottom of the studio.

Steps

1. Name, vibe and blend

In 01 · Song name type a title and keep (Extended Mix) ticked. In 02 · Vibe write: "Afro house for a sunset terrace. Hand percussion up front, deep rounded bass, warm organ chords, a short female vocal hook that repeats, long percussive breakdown." In 03 · Genres pick Afro House first, then Organic House. Stop there; a third genre dilutes the percussion.

2. Write a short hook with the built-in writer

In 04 · Lyrics choose Write for me and press Write a draft for me. In the dialog set the subject (for example "dancing until the sun comes up"), Mood Hypnotic and Feel-good, Hook style Minimal, one-line hook, and tick Bongos / congas and Organ under Sounds to feature. Those two chips also go into the music prompt. Edit the draft so the chorus is two short lines.

3. Set the voice to hook only

Choose Female, open Voice options, set Character to Soulful and Breathy, Delivery to Sung, How much vocal to Hook only, and Accent to Neutral. Set Language to English (US) or Portuguese depending on the hook you want. Hook-only tells the model to leave long instrumental stretches between vocal phrases.

4. Tempo, key and length

In 05 · Groove set BPM to 122. The hint under BPM reads 118–124 for Afro House. Choose 7A (D minor) or 8A (A minor); both mix with each other and with 8B (C major). Set Length to 5:00 and Energy to Build for a sunset slot or Peak time for later.

5. Arrangement for mixing

In 06 · DJ mix edit set Intro bars 16, Outro bars 32, Drop at bar 32 and Break bars 16. Leave Drums-only intro, No vocals in outro and Hard start on bar 1 on. A drums-only intro in this style is exactly what you want to mix into: congas and shakers over a kick.

6. Master and render

In 07 · Master & export keep Club −8, Mono bass on and WAV 24/48 on. Press Generate. Compare the two takes on the intro percussion and on how the hook sits after the drop, then download the one you prefer. See choose between two takes.

Tips

• Percussion first in the vibe. Afro house lives on hand drums; naming them in the first sentence of the vibe and as a featured sound gives two signals.
• Keep the bass round. Words like "deep rounded bass" or "sub" steer away from the sawtooth basslines of tech house. Mono bass keeps it centred on a big system.
• Use Build for sunset, Peak time for midnight. The energy word changes how dense the drums and chords are played.
• Try 121 and 123 as variations. Two extra renders in the same key give you a small set of tools that blend into each other.
• A Portuguese hook with a Neutral accent reads as authentic without a heavy accent setting; keep the lines short so pronunciation stays clean.

Common problems

It came out as tech house. The vibe mentioned "rolling bassline" or Rolling bassline was ticked in featured sounds. Remove it and keep Bongos / congas and Organ only.

The vocal is everywhere. How much vocal was left on Full lead. Set it to Hook only and cut the lyrics down to the chorus plus one short verse.

The percussion is thin in the intro. Prefer the take with the busier first 16 bars, or re-render with "layered congas, shakers and rim clicks from bar one" added to the vibe.

The key sounds off against my other records. Models follow key approximately. Keep the file tag as your guide for Camelot mixing, and prefer the take that holds pitch through the outro.