Hi-NRG Groove
Genre: Hi-NRG · Tempo: 128 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: early-80s Hi-NRG: four-on-the-floor disco kick, staccato offbeat hi-hats, and a syncopated tambourine shuffle layer
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 5, 9, 13 | 120 | on the grid, always plays |
| clap | 5, 13 | 100 | on the grid, always plays |
| hat-closed | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 | 65 | on the grid, always plays |
| perc1 | 3, 7, 11, 15 | 60 | on the grid, always plays |
| sub | 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 | 70-85 | on the grid, always plays |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick
- T2: clap
- T3: hat-closed
- T4: perc1 tambourine
- T5: sub (octave bassline)
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (ALGO 1, FM click-into-boom)
- T2: clap (FM noise + MOD retrigger)
- T3: hat-closed (FM noise)
- T4: perc1 tambourine (high-FDBK FM noise, bright)
- T5: sub octave bassline (ALGO 1, alternating pitch)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD CLASSIC)
- T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
- T12: hat-closed (HH BASIC)
- T2: perc1 tambourine (UT Noise Gen)
- T3: sub octave bassline (SY RAW)
Notes
Hi-NRG at 128 BPM, disco's four-on-the-floor kick pushed faster and busier: staccato hi-hats closed hard on every offbeat, a syncopated tambourine shuffle layer on the '&' of each beat, and a simple octave-jumping bassline underneath -- the well-documented recipe behind the Patrick Cowley/Bobby Orlando-style productions the genre is built on. An original pattern following that documented structure, not a transcription of any specific track.
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