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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.

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  1. 01
    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.

  2. 02
    italo / proto-house · Giorgio Moroder / Donna Summer / mid-80s synth-pop · 1979

    112bpm 16th-note arpeggio in A minor over a 909 four-on-the-floor. The arp walks A → C → E → G → A → E → G → C across the bar. tape on for cohesion. swap moog→hookeclav or hookelead via the override panel to hear the actual grandmother play it.

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    kingston dub · King Tubby / Lee Scratch Perry territory · 1975

    78bpm dub pocket with the moog grandmother on sub-bass duty. 909 kick on 1 + snare on 3, hat lift on the and-of-4. delay + plate on so the snare blooms into the next bar. swap moog→hookesub via the override panel to hear nick's actual analog grandmother on the bass.

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