Glicol Beatz School
[music synth drum My name is DJ Borscht, I’m full of beatz… Basic rhythm patterns from Pocket Operations implemented in Glicol…
Basic Patterns
One and Seven and Five and Thirteen
Keeping it simple and writing out all 16 sequence locations with spaes
bd: seq 60 _ _ _ _ _ 60 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >> sp \808bd
sn: seq _ _ _ _ 60 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 60 _ _ _ >> sp \808sd
Boots and Cats
Glicol lets you run the sequences at different rates, so we can try that here to not have to write so many blanks
bd: speed 2.0 >> seq 60 _ >> sp \808bd
sn: speed 2.0 >> seq _ 58 >> sp \808sd
ch: speed 4.0 >> seq 62 _ 62 _ >> sp \808ch
Tiny House
We probably just want to make this
oh: speed 4.0 >> seq _ 60_ >> sp \808oh
bd: speed 4.0 >> seq 60 _ >> sp \808bd
Good to go
bd: speed 1.0 >> seq 60_ _60 _ 60_ _ 60_ _ _ >> sp \808bd
sn: speed 2.0 >> seq _ 60_ >> sp \808sd
Hip hop
bd: speed 1.0 >> seq 60 _ 60 _ _ _ 60 60 _ _ _ _ _ _ 60 _>> sp \808bd
sn: speed 2.0 >> seq _ 60 >> sp \808sd
ch: speed 4.0 >> seq 60 60 >> sp \808ch
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
Groove Essentials: funky ghost snares (p.55)
“To hear how the use of so-called ‘ghost’ notes can inject life and interest into a static beat, program a basic drum groove comprised of eigth note closed hats, a kick on beats 1 and 3 of the bar, and a snare on beats 2 and 4. It’s a straightforward disco-style beat that’s about as vanilla as they come.”
ch: seq 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 >> sp \808ch
ki: seq 60 _ _ _ 60 _ _ _ >> sp \kick1
sna: seq _ _ 60 _ _ _ _ 60 _ _ >> sp \808sd >> mul 0.5
“Ghost notes are quieter hits - invariable on the snare, that sit around the main hits. Adding an additiona snare on the final 16th note of beat two helps break the straight rhym, instantly giving the groove a more characterful ‘skipping’ feel”
ch: seq 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 >> sp \808ch
ki: seq 60 _ _ _ 60 _ _ _ >> sp \kick1
sna: seq _ _ 60 _ _ _ _ 60 _ _ >> sp \808sd >> mul 0.5
ghost: seq _ _ _ _60 _ _ _ _ >> sp \snare2 >> mul 0.5
Beat starts: House and deep house
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