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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
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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02
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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03
detroit · model 500 territory130 bpm
detroit techno · Model 500 / Juan Atkins · 1985
909 4×4 at 130 with a moog string-stab figure walking i-VI-III-VII in C minor. juan atkins / model 500 / underground resistance dna. plate on for the warehouse.
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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.
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clicking a pattern below appends it to the current set in the URL. share that URL after, or save locally.