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Tracker Jungle Chop

Genre: Drum & Bass, Breakbeat / Jungle · Tempo: 172 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 32 steps · Style: A break chopped fast and spontaneously, with the second bar re-cut in a way a drummer wouldn't play, rather than looped unchanged

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The pattern

InstrumentSteps (1 = start of the bar)VelocityTiming and chance
kick1, 11, 17, 2760-95step 11: early by about 8% of a step, plays 55% of the time; step 27: early by about 8% of a step, plays 60% of the time
sub1, 11, 1750-85step 11: early by about 8% of a step, plays 55% of the time
hat-closed3, 10, 2635-40step 3: plays 70% of the time; step 10: plays 70% of the time; step 26: plays 70% of the time
snare5, 13, 14, 21, 23, 29, 3155-92step 13: early by about 12% of a step, plays 55% of the time; step 21: early by about 17% of a step, plays 45% of the time; step 29: early by about 12% of a step, plays 50% of the time
perc16, 2252-55step 6: late by about 12% of a step, plays 65% of the time; step 22: late by about 12% of a step, plays 55% of the time
hat-open16, 3250-52step 16: plays 75% of the time; step 32: plays 75% of the time
perc218, 19, 3045-50step 18: late by about 17% of a step, plays 60% of the time; step 19: early by about 12% of a step, plays 60% of the time; step 30: late by about 17% of a step, plays 55% of the time

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A break chopped and re-cut bar to bar: bar 2's main snare moves to the '&' of beat 2 instead of repeating bar 1's beat 2, with an added stutter and looser ghost-snare timing.

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