UK Hardcore Bounce
Genre: UK Hardcore · Tempo: 172 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: 2000s-era UK hardcore: hardstyle/gabber-weighted kicks with a bouncier, cleaner offbeat bassline than gabber and an emphasis on the backbeat
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 5, 9, 13 | 127 | on the grid, always plays |
| sub | 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16 | 75-100 | on the grid, always plays |
| clap | 5, 13 | 105 | on the grid, always plays |
| hat-closed | 2, 6, 10, 14 | 40 | on the grid, always plays |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick (cleaner than gabber/rawstyle)
- T2: sub (bouncy offbeat bass)
- T3: clap
- T4: hat-closed
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (ALGO 1, FM click-into-boom, moderately overdriven)
- T2: sub bouncy bass (ALGO 1 plain sine, two-hit swell pair)
- T3: clap (FM noise + MOD retrigger)
- T4: hat-closed (FM noise)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD HARD)
- T2: sub bouncy bass (SY RAW)
- T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
- T12: hat-closed (HH BASIC)
Notes
UK hardcore at 172 BPM: a cleaner, less distorted kick than gabber or rawstyle, and a two-note-per-beat offbeat bass (loud then soft) that gives the genre's documented 'bouncy' bassline feel rather than the single-swell reverse bass of straight hardstyle. The strong backbeat clap supports the melody and vocal hooks the genre foregrounds over pure kick aggression. An original pattern following the genre's documented conventions, not a transcription of any specific track.
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