Rawstyle Distortion
Genre: Rawstyle · Tempo: 150 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: darker, harsher rawstyle offshoot of hardstyle: multistage distorted kicks and screech leads
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 4, 5, 9, 12, 13 | 70-127 | step 4: plays 30% of the time; step 12: plays 30% of the time |
| sub | 3, 7, 11, 15 | 105 | on the grid, always plays |
| perc1 | 15 | 55 | step 15: plays 45% of the time |
| hat-closed | 2, 6, 10, 14 | 32 | on the grid, always plays |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick (multistage distorted)
- T2: sub (reverse bass)
- T3: perc1 screech
- T4: hat-closed
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (ALGO 1, FM click-into-boom, heavily overdriven)
- T2: sub reverse bass (ALGO 1 plain sine, short swell)
- T3: perc1 screech (ALGO 8, resonant inharmonic ring)
- T4: hat-closed (FM noise)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD HARD)
- T2: sub reverse bass (SY RAW)
- T3: perc1 screech (SY CHIP)
- T12: hat-closed (HH BASIC)
Notes
The darker, more aggressive rawstyle offshoot of hardstyle: a harsher multistage-distorted kick, occasional low-probability kickroll hits, and a resonant screech accent standing in for the genre's metallic screech leads. Same reverse-bass groove as the euphoric hardstyle pattern, just more clipped. An original pattern following the genre's documented kick/screech vocabulary, not a transcription of any specific track.
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