Drum Patterns

You can create up to 8 variations, to add another one click on the + in the bottom right corner next to 1.

Use 1-8 keys on your keyboard to change between variations.

To change the tempo (BPM), click -/+ in the bottom left corner, or click directly on the number and use your keyboard.

Right next to the BPM you can adjust swing time. Click on the swing icon to increment, or edit the number directly. Swing applies to every other note.

You can change some voices by clicking on the label. Try clicking MA to change Maraca to Clap. Number and order of voices depends on chosen drum machine.

• CH - Closed Hi-Hat
• OH - Open Hi-Hat
• CY - Cymbal
• CB - CowBell
• MA - Maraca - click on MA to change to Clap (CP)
• CL - Claves - click on CL to change to the Rim Shot (RS)
• HC - High Conga - click on HC to change to the High Tom (HT)
• MC - Mid Conga - click on MC to change to the Mid Tom (MT)
• LC - Low Conga - click on LC to change to the Low Tom (LT)
• SD - Snare Drum
• BD - Bass Drum
• AC - Accent (makes other voices play a little bit louder)
• GH - Ghost (makes other voices play a little bit softer)

Accent and Ghost gives you some control over the volume of given beat. Normal beats play at volume 3, Accented at volume 4 and Ghosted at volume 1. Combining Accent and Ghost (Accented Ghost) will result in beats at volume around 2.

The Choke is the interaction between Closed Hi-Hat and Open Hi-Hat. When both Hats are placed on the same beat, the Open Hi-Hat is ignored and Closed Hi-Hat is played on both channels, as a shorter note. Experiment with it to add movement to your groove!

Choose Magic wand and click on the pattern for chosen instrument to create procedural beat. Generated pattern is influenced by the chosen genre. If no genre is selected, it will be picked at random. This feature is experimental.

You can paste (CTRL+V) text representation of the pattern to import it. It doesn't have to be the full list of voices, but the pasted pattern should always have 16 beats. Try this one:

CH X-X-X-XXX-XXX-XX
SD ---X-XX-----XXX-
BD XX------XX------
AC X-XX--X-X-X-X-X-

Also you can copy (CTRL+C) current variation as text and then paste it.

You can create songs out of variations by commenting on pattern @[comma separated list of variation number]. For example @[1,2,2,1] will create special link in the comment, that will trigger playing pattern variations in this order (1, 2, 2, 1) automatically.