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Glassy Bass House

Genre: Bass House · Tempo: 127 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: bass house with glassy tuned percussion: a heavy four-on-the-floor kick, a busier lightly swung hat layer and syncopated ghost claps

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The pattern

InstrumentSteps (1 = start of the bar)VelocityTiming and chance
kick1, 9120on the grid, always plays
perc2240step 2: late by about 8% of a step, plays 60% of the time
hat-closed3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 1550-85step 3: late by about 4% of a step; step 4: late by about 8% of a step, plays 70% of the time; step 7: late by about 4% of a step; step 10: late by about 8% of a step, plays 70% of the time; step 11: late by about 4% of a step; step 14: late by about 8% of a step, plays 70% of the time; step 15: late by about 4% of a step
clap5, 13, 1555-112step 15: late by about 12% of a step, plays 55% of the time
perc16, 1245-48step 6: late by about 8% of a step, plays 75% of the time; step 12: early by about 8% of a step, plays 65% of the time
hat-open8, 1675-78step 8: plays 85% of the time; step 16: plays 85% of the time

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A driving four-on-floor bass-house foundation (heavy kick on every downbeat, backbeat clap) carrying a busier, lightly-swung 16th-note hat layer for UK-garage-adjacent motion, plus a sparse, syncopated glassy percussion accent (glass 1/glass 2) for melodic texture, and one syncopated ghost clap for extra energy. See each device's hardware notes for how to give the kick sub-level low-end weight without a dedicated sub track. An original pattern in the spirit of modern bass house, not a transcription of any specific released track.

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