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Future bass drum pattern

Half-time and emotional; chords swell and pump with the sidechain. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

150 BPM · 808 kit · 2 bars

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
  • Roll: quick hits inside one step
The future bass drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Closed hat1, 3 (soft), 5 (soft), 7 (soft), 9, 11 (soft), 13 (soft), 15 (soft)1, 3 (soft), 5 (soft), 7 (soft), 9, 11 (soft), 13 (roll), 14, 15 (roll), 16
Clap99
Snare99
Kick1, 81, 8
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 150 BPM. No account needed to start.

How future bass drums go

A half-time beat: kick on 1, a big snare and clap on beat 3, eighth hats accented on 1 and 3, thirty-second rolls into the next bar.

Questions about future bass drums

What BPM is future bass?

Usually 130 to 160 BPM. This pattern plays at 150 BPM.

How do you make a future bass drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 8, the snare and clap on step 9 and the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15, then follow the grid for bar 2. 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 future bass 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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