Sixteen drums held in a four-by-four steel rack, alone in a dark room under four hard lime stage lanterns, casting a row of shadows across the lit floor

Sixteen grooves in five.

All written for this instrument. Open any one, change it, keep it in the link.

96 BPM

The grooves

Sixteen grooves, all shown.

  • 02

    Two Then Three

    2+392 BPM

    Same five beats, accent moves to one and three.

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  • 04

    Half Step Back

    2+396 BPM

    Rim answers on every off-beat under a 2+3 pulse.

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  • 07

    Shortwave

    3+2104 BPM

    Hat sits on the off-beat sixteenths, kick holds the pulse.

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  • 10

    Catch Up

    2+3106 BPM

    Kick trails through each group then lands hard on the seam.

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  • 11

    Cross Latch

    3+2110 BPM

    Rim and kick interlock right across the 3+2 seam.

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  • 12

    Offset Load

    2+3110 BPM

    The heaviest kick hit falls off the downbeat entirely.

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  • 13

    Tight Corner

    3+2114 BPM

    Dense sixteenth kick with a hard turn at the group seam.

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  • 14

    Loose Thread

    2+3114 BPM

    Irregular gaps in every voice that never quite line up.

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  • 15

    Double Take

    3+2118 BPM

    Kick stutters a second hit right after each downbeat.

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  • 16

    Full Tilt

    2+3120 BPM

    All five voices active, the busiest groove in the set.

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The bench

Five voices down the side, five beats across. Click cells. It plays as you build it.

Kick
Rim
Hat
Ping
Sub

96 BPM

Grouping

The pattern and the tempo live in the address bar and in this browser.