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Breakbeat / Jungle

Genre: Breakbeat / Jungle, Drum & Bass · Tempo: 170 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 64 steps · Style: chopped-break jungle production style

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The pattern

Instrument	Steps (1 = start of the bar)	Velocity	Timing and chance
kick	1, 7, 10, 17, 25, 28, 33, 39, 42, 49, 55, 58, 61	88-118	step 7: early by about 8% of a step; step 10: early by about 12% of a step; step 25: early by about 8% of a step; step 28: early by about 8% of a step; step 39: early by about 8% of a step; step 42: early by about 12% of a step; step 55: early by about 8% of a step; step 58: early by about 12% of a step
sub	1, 17, 33, 49	112	on the grid, always plays
hat-closed	3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23, 25, 27, 35, 39, 41, 43, 51, 54, 57	60-72	step 54: late by about 8% of a step, plays 65% of the time; step 57: plays 60% of the time
snare	5, 13, 15, 21, 29, 31, 37, 45, 53, 59, 62, 64	40-115	step 15: late by about 4% of a step, plays 80% of the time; step 31: late by about 4% of a step, plays 75% of the time; step 59: late by about 8% of a step, plays 80% of the time; step 62: late by about 12% of a step, plays 70% of the time
hat-open	32, 64	85-95	step 32: late by about 8% of a step
perc1	46, 48	60-65	step 46: late by about 12% of a step, plays 70% of the time; step 48: late by about 8% of a step, plays 65% of the time

Digitakt II

Tracks

T1: kick
T2: snare
T3: hat-closed
T4: hat-open
T5: perc1
T6: sub

Settings

Ghost snares (steps 15, 31, 59, 62 — velocity 40-50): AMP page DEC locked short (~30, down from the base sound's full decay) on these specific low-velocity hits so they read as texture, not full backbeats
Sub (T6): TRIG PARAMETERS PROB locked to 100 only on the four downbeat steps (1, 17, 33, 49) — leave it unassigned/muted elsewhere for weight without muddying the chopped hats
Bar 4 (steps 49-64): kick and snare p-locks use denser, less quantized TIME values (e.g. step 58 kick TIME -3, step 62 snare TIME +3) as a fill — copy bars 1-3's p-locks first, then hand-edit bar 4

Digitone II

Tracks

T1: kick (ALGO 8, FM click-into-boom, tight)
T2: snare (high-FDBK FM noise)
T3: hat-closed (high-FDBK FM noise)
T4: hat-open (high-FDBK FM noise, long ring)
T5: perc1 (ALGO 1, plain carrier)
T6: sub (ALGO 1, low-ratio carrier, long release)

Settings

Ghost snares (steps 15, 31, 59, 62 — velocity 40-50): SYN page 1 FDBK held at the base 100 but AMP page DEC locked short (~25, down from the base sound's ~50) on these specific low-velocity hits so they read as texture, not full backbeats
Sub (T6): SYN page 1 ALGO 1, RATIO C 0.25 with AMP page REL 90 (long release); TRIG page 1 COND locked to 100% ('ALWAYS') on the four downbeat steps (1, 17, 33, 49) — leave the track unassigned/muted elsewhere for weight without muddying the chopped hats
Kick (T1): SYN page 1 ALGO 8, RATIO C 0.25; SYN page 2 Operator A ATK 0, DEC 12, LEV 100 for a tight, punchy click into the boom; AMP page DEC p-locked shorter (~35, e.g. steps 7, 25, 39, 55, 58, 61) on syncopated hits than on the four downbeat kicks (~DEC 60, steps 1, 17, 33, 49)
Bar 4 (steps 49-64) already carries denser, less-quantized microTiming values in the steps array itself (e.g. step 58 kick -3, step 62 snare +3) as a fill — Digitone II's TRIG page has no confirmed on-device micro-timing field to additionally lock, so layer AMP page DEC variation on top for extra fill intensity instead (e.g. step 58 kick DEC nudged to 30, step 62 snare DEC nudged to 20); copy bars 1-3's p-locks first, then hand-edit bar 4
Hat-closed (T3): SYN page 1 FDBK 95; FLTR page 1 TYPE HP (~90); AMP page DEC 20 for a tight, continuous chopped-break pulse

Syntakt

Tracks

T9: kick (BD Plastic)
T10: sub (SY Dual VCO)
T12: hat-closed (CH Classic)
T1: snare (SD Basic)
T2: perc1 (SY Raw)
hat-open: NOT ASSIGNABLE — see parameterLocks; Syntakt has only one Analog Cymbal voice (T12) and it's already used by hat-closed

Settings

Hat-closed and hat-open share Syntakt's single Analog Cymbal voice (T12) — hat-closed (T12, CH Classic) is assigned the track since it's the pattern's continuous rhythmic pulse (dozens of hits across all 4 bars); the two hat-open end-of-phrase accents (steps 32, 64) can't be voiced on the same unit — run them from a second Syntakt, a sampled layer, or accept the pattern without them
Sub (T10, SY Dual VCO): SYN page tuned low, gated via TRIG PARAMETERS PROB to only the four downbeat steps (1, 17, 33, 49) for weight without muddying the chopped hats
Kick (T9, BD Plastic): SYN page DEC p-locked shorter (~35, e.g. steps 7, 25, 39, 55, 58, 61) on syncopated hits than on the four downbeat kicks (~DEC 60, steps 1, 17, 33, 49)
Ghost snares (steps 15, 31, 59, 62 — velocity 40-50): snare (T1, SD Basic) AMP page DEC locked short (~30) on these hits so they read as texture, not full backbeats

Notes

A 4-bar chopped-break phrase in the classic jungle mold: consistent downbeat kick + sub every bar, syncopated secondary kicks, backbeat snare with low-velocity ghost snares for texture, and a denser bar 4 as a turnaround fill. This is an original pattern inspired by the genre's conventions, not a transcription of a specific breakbeat or track.

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