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Neurofunk drum pattern

Tight, clean and aggressive at 175; straight sixteenths, the drums at full tempo. Here are its drums on a step grid, at the tempo it starts at, to hear and to change.

175 BPM · Breakbeat 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 neurofunk drum pattern: the steps each drum plays
DrumSteps
Closed hat1 (soft), 3, 5 (soft), 7, 9 (soft), 11, 13 (soft), 15
Snare5, 13
Kick1, 8
Open these drums in the editor

They open as one drum lane on a step grid, at 175 BPM. No account needed to start.

How neurofunk drums go

The two-step with the second kick pulled back to the last sixteenth before beat 3 (kick 1 and the a of 2), a loud layered snare on 2 and 4, a ride on the eighths, sliced breaks high-passed underneath; snare rolls at the end of 8- and 16-bar phrases.

Questions about neurofunk drums

What BPM is neurofunk?

Usually 172 to 178 BPM. This pattern plays at 175 BPM.

How do you make a neurofunk drum pattern?

Start with the kick on steps 1 and 8, the snare on steps 5 and 13 and the closed hi-hat on steps 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 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 neurofunk 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 neurofunk beat

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

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