Breakbeat
165–175 BPM · 120 bars · D minor · A minor · E minor
The song
- Tempo
- 165–175 BPM, 170 unless you move it
- Keys
- D minor · A minor · E minor
- Harmonic cycle
- 4 bars
- Length
- 120 bars across 7 sections
- Asks for
- 9 parts · 4 hooks · 28 step patterns
Progression
| Degree | Chord | Notes | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| i | Dm | D · F · A | 2 |
| VI | Bb | Bb · D · F | 2 |
Structure
Energy picks each part’s density band.
| Section | Bars | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere | 8 | 0.12 |
| Drums Alone | 16 | 0.42 |
| First Drop | 32 | 0.9 |
| Kick Alone | 8 | 0.05 |
| Second Drop | 32 | 0.95 |
| Rollout | 16 | 0.6 |
| Outro | 8 | 0.18 |
The parts it asks for
9 requests, in the order the template authors them.
| Part | Character | Priority | Notes | Needed | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| snare | dirty | 1 | 1 | required | Drums Alone, First Drop, Second Drop, Rollout |
| kick | hard | 2 | 1 | required | Drums Alone, First Drop, Kick Alone, Second Drop, Rollout, Outro |
| sub | dark | 2 | 1 | required | First Drop, Second Drop, Rollout |
| closed-hat | clean | 3 | 1 | required | Atmosphere, Drums Alone, First Drop, Second Drop, Rollout, Outro |
| rim | clean | 3 | 1 | required | First Drop, Second Drop, Rollout |
| ghost-perc | soft | 4 | 1 | required | Drums Alone, First Drop |
| ghost-perc | dark | 5 | 1 | required | Second Drop, Rollout |
| tom | soft | 4 | 1 | optional | First Drop, Second Drop, Rollout |
| pad | soft | 5 | 3 | required | every section |
What covers it
Each box resolved against this direction with nothing beside it.
- Akai Professional MPC Live III7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Akai Professional MPC One G27 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Akai Professional MPC XL7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Arturia MicroFreak1 of 7 essential partssub
- Behringer CRAVE1 of 7 essential partskick
- Behringer MODEL D1 of 7 essential partskick
- Behringer NEUTRON1 of 7 essential partskick
- Behringer RD-84 of 7 essential parts, 5 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · tom
- Behringer RD-94 of 7 essential parts, 5 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · tom
- Elektron Analog Rytm MKII4 of 7 essential parts, 5 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · tom
- Elektron Digitakt7 of 7 essential parts, 8 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · pad
- Elektron Digitakt II7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Elektron Digitone4 of 7 essential partssnare · kick · sub · rim
- Elektron Digitone II7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Elektron Octatrack MKII7 of 7 essential parts, 8 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · pad
- Empress Effects ZOIA Euroburo0 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- Intellijel Cascadia1 of 7 essential partskick
- Intellijel Metropolix0 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- KORG minilogue xd1 of 7 essential partssub
- Moog DFAM1 of 7 essential partssnare
- Moog Grandmother1 of 7 essential partssnare
- Moog Matriarch1 of 7 essential partssnare
- Moog Minitaur1 of 7 essential partssub
- Moog Mother-321 of 7 essential partssnare
- Moog Muse1 of 7 essential parts, 2 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsub · pad
- Moog Subharmonicon1 of 7 essential partskick
- Moog Subsequent 371 of 7 essential partssub
- Novation Circuit Tracks5 of 7 essential parts, 6 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · pad
- Polyend Play+7 of 7 essential parts, 8 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom
- Polyend Seq0 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- Polyend Tracker7 of 7 essential parts, 8 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · pad
- Polyend Tracker Mini7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Roland MC-1017 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Roland MC-7077 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Roland SP-404MK27 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Roland TR-10004 of 7 essential parts, 5 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · tom
- Roland TR-6S4 of 7 essential parts, 5 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · tom
- Roland TR-8S6 of 7 essential parts, 8 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Squarp Instruments Hapax0 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- Synthstrom Audible Deluge7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Tascam Model 24000 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- teenage engineering EP–133 K.O. II7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- teenage engineering EP–40 riddim7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- teenage engineering OP-XY7 of 7 essential parts, 9 of 9 including what this direction can do withoutsnare · kick · sub · closed-hat · rim · ghost-perc · ghost-perc · tom · pad
- Torso Electronics T-10 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
- Zoom LiveTrak L-80 of 7 essential partsnothing on its own
These are what each box carries alone. A rig is more than one box, and two of these together cover more than either does here.