patterns
- phuture · acid territory✎125 bpm · chicago acid house · Phuture · 1987
chicago 4×4 909 floor under a moog acid-bass riff in A minor. tape on for warmth, delay off — keep the 303 dry like the original.
- 707 · voodoo ray acid house✎122 bpm · uk acid house · A Guy Called Gerald · 1988
A Guy Called Gerald 1988 UK acid house template — TR-707 4-on-the-floor at 122bpm + Moog acid bass in A minor. Brighter pop-machine kick + cowbell ping on every offbeat + claps on 2/4. Tape on for warmth, plate on for the rave room.
- TR-606 · Sheffield industrial✎130 bpm · industrial / post-punk electronic · Cabaret Voltaire · 1983
Cabaret Voltaire 1983 template — TR-606 drums alone at 130bpm. Driving kicks on EVERY beat (mechanical four-on-the-floor, no swing), tight snares on 2/4, metallic hat on 8ths, cymbal washes on the 1 of every 2 bars. Drive + delay on for the proto-industrial Sheffield warehouse sound.
canonical lessons
- canonical lesson · chicago acid housePhuture · Acid Tracks · 1987125 bpm · intermediate
patient 4×4 with a 16% swing in the hat pocket. 303 wanders. don't crowd it.
- canonical lesson · UK acid houseA Guy Called Gerald · Voodoo Ray · 1988122 bpm · intermediate
bright. 122bpm 4×4 with a TR-707 (not 909) so the kick is poppier + the snare is pop-thin + the cymbals are crisp. clap on 2/4. cowbell on every offbeat (the genre signature). open hat on the 'and of 2' as the ear-candy variation.