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Dub techno drum pattern

Hypnotic, deep and spacious; straight (no swing in Attack's Basic Channel beat); the movement lives in the delays and reverbs, not the drums. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

120 BPM · 909 kit · 1 bar

The pattern, step by step

Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. A lit square is a hit; a fainter one is played softer.

  • Hit
  • Softer hit
The dub techno drum pattern: the steps each drum plays
DrumSteps
Open hat3, 7, 11, 15
Clap5 (soft), 13 (soft)
Snare5 (soft), 13 (soft)
Rim4 (soft), 10 (soft)
Kick1, 5, 9, 13
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 120 BPM. No account needed to start.

How dub techno drums go

A soft four-on-the-floor kick, an open hat on every and, a quiet snare layered with a bit-crushed, high-passed clap on 2 and 4, a couple of percussion hits on the off-sixteenths, everything sent to dub delays.

Questions about dub techno drums

What BPM is dub techno?

Usually 110 to 135 BPM. This pattern plays at 120 BPM.

How do you make a dub techno drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9 and 13, the snare and clap on steps 5 and 13, the rim on steps 4 and 10 and the open hi-hat on steps 3, 7, 11 and 15. Each step is a sixteenth note, four to a beat: step 1 is beat 1, 5 is beat 2, 9 is beat 3 and 13 is beat 4. Open it in the free editor to change any step.

Do dub techno drums swing?

No: every hit lands straight on the grid. The editor’s Steps view can add swing if you want the groove to bounce.

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Make a dub techno beat

The free editor opens with a whole dub techno beat: drums, bass and chords, each part yours to change, add to or take away.

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