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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
grandmother · 16th arp112 bpm
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.
·full detail →·↓ render wav
02
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.
·full detail →·↓ render wav
03
parliament · flash light bass110 bpm
p-funk · Parliament · 1977
moog-only bass pattern walking root-5-b7-root in Bb minor — bernie worrell's expressive monosynth phrasing. add drive to taste.
·full detail →·↓ render wav
04
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.
·full detail →·↓ render wav

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clicking a pattern below appends it to the current set in the URL. share that URL after, or save locally.