the canon
hand-authored lessons. each one: a reference record · downloadable building blocks rendered by the lab · nick's tip · the common mistake to avoid. these are the seed examples the synthesis machine learns to generate from.
- chicago acid houseintermediate
Phuture · Acid Tracks · 1987
125 bpm · A minor — blues inflectionspatient 4×4 with a 16% swing in the hat pocket. 303 wanders. don't crowd it.
↓ 2 downloads·4 techniques - chicago housebeginner
Frankie Knuckles · Your Love · 1986
122 bpm · C minor — wide pads4-on-the-floor at 122. open hat on the offbeat is the engine. clap on 2 and 4 is the body. don't add anything else til this sits.
↓ 1 download·3 techniques - p-funkintermediate
Parliament · Flash Light · 1977
110 bpm · Bb minorevery note swept by the envelope. percussive. the bass IS the lead.
↓ 1 download·3 techniques - golden era hip-hop / boom-bap originintermediate
Run-DMC · Sucker MCs · 1983
96 bpm · drums only — works under any minor key, originally A minorLOCKED. no swing. no velocity dynamics. every kick the same volume, every snare the same volume, every hat the same volume. the genre is in the absolute consistency of the machine.
↓ 2 downloads·3 techniques
you pick a lesson · the lab renders the parts · open hook tells you the move · you drop the WAVs into your DAW and make the record. that's the synthesis machine.