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curate a playlist of patterns. share the URL with a producer, save it locally, or render each one through nick's gear.

01
trap · 808 sub + half-time140 bpm
atlanta trap · Lex Luger / Metro Boomin era · 2011
half-time pocket at 140 (feels like 70). kick on 1+3, snare on 3 only, hi-hat 16ths with a triplet roll. moog 808-sub slides root → 5. tape on for cohesion. this is the atlanta template.
·full detail →·↓ render wav
02
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
03
C64 SID · rob hubbard territory140 bpm
8-bit / chiptune · Rob Hubbard / Martin Galway · 1985
140bpm 16th-note pentatonic lead through the C64 SID chip. fast, repetitive, in-your-face — Rob Hubbard / Martin Galway video-game-soundtrack DNA. no FX by default — the SID's own character is the texture.
·full detail →·↓ render wav
04
frankie knuckles · warehouse floor122 bpm
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.
·full detail →·↓ render wav

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