Electroclash Machine Beat

Genre: Electro · Tempo: 128 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: early-2000s electroclash

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The pattern

Instrument	Steps (1 = start of the bar)	Velocity	Timing and chance
kick	1, 5, 9, 13	125	on the grid, always plays
hat-closed	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16	55-105	on the grid, always plays
perc1	3, 9, 11	85	on the grid, always plays
clap	5, 13	125	on the grid, always plays
tom-low	8, 16	85	on the grid, always plays

Digitakt II

Tracks

• T1: kick
• T2: clap
• T3: hat-closed
• T4: tom-low
• T5: cowbell (808 cowbell sample)

Digitone II

Tracks

• T1: kick (FM DRUM, short body)
• T2: clap (FM DRUM, noise burst)
• T3: hat-closed (FM DRUM, high noise)
• T4: tom-low (FM DRUM, pitched body)
• T5: cowbell (FM DRUM, two-operator metallic tone)

Syntakt

Tracks

• T9: kick (BD CLASSIC)
• T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
• T11: hat-closed (UT NOISE GEN)
• T10: tom-low (SY DUAL VCO)
• T12: cowbell (CB CLASSIC)

Tonverk

Tracks

• ST1: kick
• ST2: clap
• ST3: hat-closed
• ST4: tom-low
• ST5: cowbell (808 cowbell sample)

Notes

Electroclash at 128 BPM: a straight four-to-the-floor drum-machine beat with accented 16th hats, an 808-style cowbell and a low tom at the end of beats 2 and 4. Keep everything dry and a bit cheap-sounding.

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