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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
    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.

  2. 02
    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.

  3. 03
    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.

  4. 04
    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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