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Longest pattern you have ever used?

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i cant seem to get past 8 before my chops get sloppy

ive done a 16 bar one but it was all spacey...

im wondering if anybody gets crazy and bangs out like a 32 bar loop in one take :lol:
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I made some dub and 2 step shit in fl that used 16 bar patterns, which for the dub tunes is like 8 bars anyway seeing as the drums are programmed halfime at 140....

But yeah on the sp i dont think i ever do more that 4 bar patterns lol
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Jmoki wrote:I made some dub and 2 step shit in fl that used 16 bar patterns, which for the dub tunes is like 8 bars anyway seeing as the drums are programmed halfime at 140....

But yeah on the sp i dont think i ever do more that 4 bar patterns lol

yea 4 is pretty much standard...

i was talking sp specific too :D

sometimes just loads of 1 bar loops is fun

but then you need like 32 of them
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often i only do 2 bars, im really lazy lol
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at my very SP beginnig i had only the sp-303, so i used also over 50 bars :mrgreen: ...
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hurlingdervish wrote:im wondering if anybody gets crazy and bangs out like a 32 bar loop in one take :lol:


I did, but only because I had a bassline figured out that was like 32 bars.

I am not someone who really can do lots of complicated drums in one go though, so there was a lot of fixing involved and I definitely need something to get my timing right. Be it a metronome, or a hi hat pattern.

I know some cats online that can do awesome live drumming though, using like ten fingers at the same time. I'm sure they can do many more than 32 bars. :)

I guess practice makes perfect, especially when you're going to play a sampler like a true instrument. 8)
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Started with 1, then went to 2, now it's usually 4 or 8. If I'm doing something abstract it's usually 3, 5 or 7 bars. I don't think I've ever gotten over 8 bars yet, though...
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I typically use 8 bar loops. I have tried recording 16 but end up forgetting where I started and either record over a performance or come one or 2 bars short of a full loop.

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for the open challenge #2 i had a 24 bar pattern. i think thats the longest ive gone
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i very rarely make anything outside of 2-4bars, usually just 2bar loops. lots of variations/breaks though, keep it intersting when tracking out.
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not on the 505 because it has an 8 bar limit. stupid

I used to bang out like 64 bar sequences on my su700.

not because I'm mr whatever. the sequence editing on that machine is rough
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