Rimshot Garage Chop

Genre: UK Garage, Bass House · Tempo: 139 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: Attack Magazine's 'Beat Dissected' breakdown of a UK garage beat: a rimshot instead of a snare, offbeat hats every other 8th, a dense varied-velocity 16th hat layer, and a chopped shaker with silence at the top of the bar

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The pattern

Instrument	Steps (1 = start of the bar)	Velocity	Timing and chance
kick	1, 7, 15	65-95	step 7: late by about 21% of a step, plays 60% of the time; step 15: late by about 21% of a step, plays 65% of the time
hat-closed	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16	42-62	step 2: plays 95% of the time; step 4: plays 90% of the time; step 6: plays 95% of the time; step 8: plays 90% of the time; step 10: plays 95% of the time; step 12: plays 90% of the time; step 14: plays 95% of the time; step 16: plays 90% of the time
rim	5, 13	88-90	on the grid, always plays
perc1	11, 13	44-50	step 11: late by about 8% of a step, plays 55% of the time; step 13: plays 70% of the time

Digitakt II

Tracks

• T1: kick
• T2: rim
• T3: hat-closed
• T4: shaker (chopped)

Digitone II

Tracks

• T1: kick (FM DRUM, tight body)
• T2: rim (FM DRUM, short bright click)
• T3: hat-closed (FM DRUM, high noise)
• T4: shaker (FM DRUM, noise only)

Syntakt

Tracks

• T9: kick (BD HARD)
• T10: rim (RS HARD)
• T12: hat-closed (CH CLASSIC)
• T11: shaker (SY DUAL VCO)

Tonverk

Tracks

• ST1: kick
• ST2: rim
• ST3: hat-closed
• ST4: shaker (chopped)

Notes

A rimshot stands in for the snare entirely, a dense 16th-note hat layer never repeats the same velocity twice, and a chopped shaker drops out for one 16th before fading back in. Based on Attack Magazine's breakdown of a UK garage beat. An original pattern in that spirit, not a transcription of any track.

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