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Listening Techno

Genre: Techno, Experimental · Tempo: 128 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 32 steps · Style: Rhythm as a deterministic four-on-the-floor core with generative, never-quite-repeating percussion layered over it

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The pattern

InstrumentSteps (1 = start of the bar)VelocityTiming and chance
kick1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29100on the grid, always plays
hat-closed3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 3144-49step 3: plays 90% of the time; step 7: plays 90% of the time; step 11: plays 90% of the time; step 15: plays 90% of the time; step 19: plays 90% of the time; step 23: plays 90% of the time; step 27: plays 90% of the time; step 31: plays 90% of the time
perc24, 12, 22, 26, 3031-37step 4: late by about 8% of a step, plays 35% of the time; step 12: late by about 8% of a step, plays 35% of the time; step 22: late by about 8% of a step, plays 34% of the time; step 26: late by about 8% of a step, plays 36% of the time; step 30: late by about 8% of a step, plays 33% of the time
perc16, 10, 14, 20, 2833-41step 6: early by about 8% of a step, plays 45% of the time; step 10: early by about 8% of a step, plays 45% of the time; step 14: early by about 8% of a step, plays 45% of the time; step 20: early by about 8% of a step, plays 44% of the time; step 28: early by about 8% of a step, plays 46% of the time
rim9, 2555-57step 9: plays 60% of the time; step 25: plays 60% of the time
hat-open16, 3250-51step 16: plays 70% of the time; step 32: plays 70% of the time

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A steady, unvarying four-on-the-floor kick (the deterministic element) under a bed of sparse, probability-driven percussion that never repeats identically bar to bar (the generative element). Built as a 2-bar phrase: the kick stays identical in both bars (the deterministic half), while the two generative percussion layers (bell, click) trade grid positions between bar 1 and bar 2 rather than just re-rolling their velocity at the same slots. An original pattern, not a transcription of any specific track.

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