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West Coast R&B
In the latest Beat Dissected, we look to the west coast for inspiration on a rolling R&B beat…
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Minimal House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a minimal house beat with a scattering of percussive hits to give it…
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Organic House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we use acoustic drum hits to create the sound palette for a heavily swung house…
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Big House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a bold, in-your-face house beat with a contemporary sound.…
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Miami Bass
In the latest Beat Dissected, we focus on Miami’s unique take on 808-driven electro, with a hip-hop…
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CR-78 Redux
In the latest Beat Dissected, we update the sound of the classic Roland CR-78 using some simple layering and…
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Slow House
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a slow house beat with mixed drum machine samples and live hits.…
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Synthwave Drums
In the latest Beat Dissected, we focus on retro-influenced sound design to create a synthwave groove.…
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Dark R&B
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a dark, woozy R&B beat using classic 808 samples and percussive…
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Broken House
We get experimental in the latest Beat Dissected, twisting a few house conventions using live drums and broken beats to…
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Found Sound Groove
In the latest Beat Dissected, we show how mixing found sound elements with conventional drum hits can create a groove…
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Industrial Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we put together an industrial-inspired techno beat with a heavy, grinding groove.…
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Thumping Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we build a gritty, in-your-face techno beat, constructed mainly from analogue hits.…
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Linn LM-1 Beat
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create a full-bodied disco-style beat using Linn samples.…
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New Wave Drums
In the latest Beat Dissected, we create an 80s-inspired new wave beat.…
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Skippy Broken Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a beat with hints of garage flavour coming from a broken kick pattern…
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808 R&B
In the latest Beat Dissected we create an R&B beat based on classic 808 hits but laced with…
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Loose Disco
In the latest Beat Dissected, we program a disco beat inspired by the tight, raw drum sounds of classic late…
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Grinding Analogue Techno
In the latest Beat Dissected, we tackle a complex, glitchy techno beat based on analogue drum hits.…
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Live Hi-Hats
In the latest Beat Dissected, we look at how detailed programming and hit placement can deliver a live-sounding hi…
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Organic 80s Disco
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we build a disco beat with 80s character and an organic feel.…
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Chugging Analogue Techno
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we drop the tempo for a slow, chugging analogue techno beat.…
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Low-End Theory
This week we tackle a wonky downtempo beat inspired by the LA beat scene.…
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Garage Shuffle
In the latest Beat Dissected, we construct a shuffling garage beat laced with swing.…
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Big Room House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we construct a big room monster.…
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Rolling 2-Step
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we create a rolling 2-step garage beat with heavy swing.…
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Early 80s Groove
In the latest Beat Dissected, we explore the early 80s with a retro pattern based on classic digital drum machine…
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Retro Garage
In the latest Beat Dissected, it’s all about layering with a raw, bouncy old-school garage workout.…
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Deep Tech House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we create a techy house pattern with real depth.…
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Polished House
In our latest sound design and drum programming walkthrough we take a look at techniques used by some of the…
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Simple Jackin’ House
In the latest instalment of Beat Dissected, we go back to basics with a simple jackin’ house beat with serious…
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