Euphoric Hardstyle

Genre: Hardstyle · Tempo: 150 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: classic four-on-the-floor hardstyle with a reverse-bass groove

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The pattern

Instrument	Steps (1 = start of the bar)	Velocity	Timing and chance
kick	1, 5, 9, 13	127	on the grid, always plays
sub	3, 7, 11, 15	110	on the grid, always plays
clap	5, 13	90	step 5: plays 70% of the time; step 13: plays 70% of the time
hat-closed	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16	38	on the grid, always plays

Digitakt II

Tracks

• T1: kick (distorted, three-layer)
• T2: sub (reverse bass)
• T3: clap
• T4: hat-closed

Digitone II

Tracks

• T1: kick (ALGO 1, FM click-into-boom, overdriven)
• T2: sub reverse bass (ALGO 1 plain sine, long-attack swell)
• T3: clap (FM noise + MOD retrigger)
• T4: hat-closed (FM noise)

Syntakt

Tracks

• T9: kick (BD HARD)
• T2: sub reverse bass (SY RAW)
• T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
• T12: hat-closed (HH BASIC)

Notes

Classic euphoric hardstyle at 150 BPM: the four-on-the-floor kick and the reverse-bass groove between kicks are the whole genre, everything else (light hats, doubled clap) just adds shimmer around them. The reverse bass is a genuine reversed-sample swell on Digitakt (SRC page PLAY REVERSE); Digitone II and Syntakt have no reverse-playback mode, so their versions approximate the same rising-then-cut shape with a long attack envelope instead. An original pattern following the genre's well-documented kick/reverse-bass structure, not a transcription of any specific track.

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