Pop Ambient Pulse
Genre: Ambient · Tempo: 116 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: pop ambient built on a muffled kick pulse and sparse ticks
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 5, 9, 13 | 85 | on the grid, always plays |
| hat-closed | 3, 7, 11, 15 | 35 | step 3: plays 60% of the time; step 7: plays 60% of the time; step 11: plays 60% of the time; step 15: plays 60% of the time |
| perc1 | 3, 7, 11, 14, 16 | 55 | step 3: plays 50% of the time; step 7: plays 70% of the time; step 11: plays 50% of the time; step 14: plays 40% of the time; step 16: plays 60% of the time |
| fx | 9 | 85 | step 9: plays 35% of the time |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick
- T2: hat-closed
- T3: noise tick
- T4: fx (noise swell or pad sample)
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (FM DRUM, soft low body)
- T2: hat-closed (FM DRUM, high noise)
- T3: noise tick (FM DRUM, transient only)
- T4: fx (FM DRUM, long noise)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD SILKY)
- T12: hat-closed (CH CLASSIC)
- T1: noise tick (PC CARBON)
- T10: fx (UT NOISE GEN)
Tonverk
Tracks
- ST1: kick
- ST2: hat-closed
- ST3: noise tick
- T2: fx (noise swell or pad sample)
Notes
Pop ambient at 116 BPM: a soft, muffled kick pulse under ticks and hats that only play some of the time, so the loop never quite repeats. Turn the kick's filter down until it's felt more than heard, and give the swell on step 9 a long reverb.
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