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Organic Swung House

Genre: House · Tempo: 124 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 32 steps · Style: organic house built from live acoustic drum hits at heavy swing

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The pattern

InstrumentSteps (1 = start of the bar)VelocityTiming and chance
kick1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29125on the grid, always plays
perc11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 3285-125step 2: late by about 25% of a step; step 4: late by about 25% of a step; step 6: late by about 25% of a step; step 8: late by about 25% of a step; step 10: late by about 25% of a step; step 12: late by about 25% of a step; step 14: late by about 25% of a step; step 16: late by about 25% of a step; step 18: late by about 25% of a step; step 20: late by about 25% of a step; step 22: late by about 25% of a step; step 24: late by about 25% of a step; step 26: late by about 25% of a step; step 28: late by about 25% of a step; step 30: late by about 25% of a step; step 32: late by about 25% of a step
hat-open2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 3185-105step 2: late by about 25% of a step; step 10: late by about 25% of a step; step 18: late by about 25% of a step; step 26: late by about 25% of a step
clap5, 13, 21, 26, 2985-105step 13: early by about 17% of a step; step 29: early by about 17% of a step

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Notes

House at 124 BPM built from live-sounding hits. The steps follow the MIDI grids in Attack Magazine's breakdown of an organic house beat: a kick on every beat, a clap on 2 and 4 with the beat 4 clap rushed, open hats on the offbeats with quieter taps on steps 2 and 10 of each bar, and a steady shaker. Bar 2 adds a short clap on step 26. Swing is heavy, about 62%, and sits on the shaker and the quiet hat taps rather than the main hits.

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