Skippy Broken Techno
Genre: Techno, UK Garage · Tempo: 125 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 32 steps · Style: broken techno with a 2-step garage kick
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 8, 12, 24, 28 | 105-125 | step 8: late by about 17% of a step |
| hat-open | 1, 9, 17, 20, 25, 30, 32 | 55-105 | step 20: late by about 21% of a step |
| perc3 | 1 | 85 | on the grid, always plays |
| hat-closed | 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31 | 105 | on the grid, always plays |
| snare | 4, 20 | 105 | on the grid, always plays |
| perc1 | 4, 12, 20, 29 | 85 | step 4: late by about 21% of a step; step 12: late by about 17% of a step; step 20: late by about 21% of a step |
| perc2 | 6, 22, 26 | 85 | step 6: late by about 21% of a step; step 22: late by about 12% of a step |
| fx | 9, 17 | 85 | on the grid, always plays |
| clap | 11, 29 | 105 | on the grid, always plays |
| rim | 17, 20 | 85 | step 20: late by about 21% of a step |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick (909 kick sample)
- T2: snare (snare and stick layer sample)
- T3: clap
- T4: rim (clave sample)
- T5: hat-closed
- T6: hat-open (filtered found-sound hat sample)
- T7: woodblock lo (stick sample)
- T8: woodblock hi (stick sample tuned higher)
- T9: shaker (ganza sample)
- T10: fx (vocal slice and low percussion samples)
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (FM DRUM, round low body)
- T2: snare (FM DRUM, body and noise)
- T3: clap (FM DRUM, noise burst)
- T4: rim (FM DRUM, short click)
- T5: hat-closed (FM DRUM, high noise)
- T6: hat-open (FM DRUM, high noise, short)
- T7: woodblock lo (FM DRUM, short click)
- T8: woodblock hi (FM DRUM, short click)
- T9: shaker (FM DRUM, noise only)
- T10: fx (FM DRUM, long noise)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD HARD)
- T10: snare (SD HARD)
- T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
- T11: rim (RS CLASSIC)
- T12: hat-closed / hat-open (HH BASIC)
- T2: woodblock lo (PC CARBON)
- T3: woodblock hi (PC CARBON)
- T4: shaker (SP TWINSHOT, ganza sample)
- T5: fx (SP TWINSHOT, vocal slice sample)
Tonverk
Tracks
- ST1: kick (909 kick sample)
- ST2: snare (snare and stick layer sample)
- ST3: clap
- ST4: rim (clave sample)
- ST5: hat-closed
- ST6: hat-open (filtered found-sound hat sample)
- ST7: woodblock lo (stick sample)
- ST8: woodblock hi (stick sample tuned higher)
- ST9: shaker (ganza sample)
- T2: fx (vocal slice and low percussion samples)
Notes
Broken techno at 125 BPM. The steps follow the MIDI grid in Attack Magazine's breakdown of skippy broken techno: a kick pattern loosely drawn from 2-step garage, a stick layer on the snare just before beat 2, a clap that plays around the kicks and lands on the last beat of bar 2, two field-recorded sticks either side of the snare and clap, and offbeat hats with a filtered found-sound hat accenting the start of each bar. A vocal slice on step 9 and a low percussion hit on step 17 fill the gaps. Swing is about 60% on the sticks and clave.
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