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build a set

curate a playlist of patterns. share the URL with a producer, save it locally, or render each one through nick's gear.

01
modular · berlin school territory100 bpm
berlin school / cosmic · Klaus Schulze / Tangerine Dream · 1975
100bpm 8th-note hypnotic sequence through the modular pulse-pad program in C minor. Klaus Schulze / Tangerine Dream / late-70s Berlin school DNA. delay + plate on by default — the FX are half the genre.
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02
808 · planet rock electro116 bpm
electro / electro-funk · Afrika Bambaataa + Soulsonic Force · 1982
Afrika Bambaataa's 1982 template — syncopated 808 kick (1, 1.75, 2.5, 3.5), clap on 2/4, cowbell on every 16th-note offbeat, closed hat on 8ths. The track that invented electro by stacking Kraftwerk over a TR-808. Drive on for punch.
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03
boom-bap · sp-1200 kit92 bpm
golden era hip-hop · Pete Rock / DJ Premier era · 1993
the foundational hip-hop pocket through the SP-1200's bit-crusher. kick laid back, snare on 2/4. tape on for the grit.
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04
dub · lee scratch territory76 bpm
jamaican dub / roots reggae · Lee Scratch Perry · 1976
76bpm. sparse 909 (kick 1, snare 3) + sustained moog sub on 1 of each bar. delay carries the song — that's the whole lesson. delay + plate on by default. drive optional for that ratty bbd character.
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