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Hard techno drum pattern

Fast, distorted and relentless. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

150 BPM · 909 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
The hard techno drum pattern: the steps each drum plays, bars 1 and 2
DrumBar 1Bar 2
Open hat3, 7, 11, 153, 7, 11, 15
Clap5, 135, 13
Rim–16 (soft)
Kick1, 5, 9, 131, 5, 9, 13
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 hard techno drums go

A distorted four-on-the-floor kick with a rumble, off-beat hats, sixteenth closed hats, claps and metallic hits.

Questions about hard techno drums

What BPM is hard techno?

Usually 140 to 160 BPM. This pattern plays at 150 BPM.

How do you make a hard techno drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1, 5, 9 and 13, the clap on steps 5 and 13 and the open hi-hat on steps 3, 7, 11 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 hard 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 hard techno beat

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

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