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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
DX7 · quincy '85 territory80 bpm
80s pop r&b · Quincy Jones / Whitney Houston era · 1985
80bpm electric piano arpeggio walking i-VI-III-VII in C minor + a bell stab on the top of every bar. Whitney / Quincy Jones / patch-11 territory — the sound of every TV theme from 1984 to 1991. tape on for warmth, plate on for the room.
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02
grandmother · dub jam78 bpm
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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03
phuture · acid territory125 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.
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04
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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