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

01
TR-606 · Sheffield industrial130 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.
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02
DMX · sucker MCs96 bpm
golden era hip-hop / boom-bap origin · Run-DMC · 1983
Run-DMC 1983 template — Oberheim DMX drums alone at 96bpm. Kick on 1 and 3 (laid back), snare on 2 and 4 (cracking with 8-bit aliasing), closed hat on every 8th, NOTHING ELSE. The first hip-hop record made without a live drummer. Drive on for the punch — Run-DMC records were tracked dry but mixed bright.
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03
frankie knuckles · warehouse floor122 bpm
chicago house · Frankie Knuckles + Jamie Principle · 1986
the foundation — chicago 4×4 909 only, no bass, no chords. learn to sit the kick at 122 first. plate on for the room.
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