#groove
- Shuffle, swing and FunkTempo techniqueDelaying every second 16th slightly turns a stiff pattern human — shuffle/swing. Trackers do it with groove or speed settings rather than with note positions (source: s-037-lab ) .
- Sidechain pump techniqueDuck the volume of chords and bass at every beat, then let it swell back before the next one. It creates the breathing, pumping motion of modern dance music — even with no kick drum playing at all (source: s-037-lab ) .
- Rhythm and groove in 16 rows conceptIn 4/4 with 16 rows per bar, rows 0 and 8 are the strong beats, 4 and 12 medium, everything else weak: 0 > 8 > 4, 12 > the rest . Notes on weak positions — especially just before a strong beat — create syncopation , the …
- Intense Tech #06 — Groovy Groove and Tick Tricks, Part 1 (Defense Mechanism) summarydefense-mechanism on lsdj timing: what a tick is, how grooves assign ticks to lines, a numbering convention that makes G commands readable, per-channel swing, and phrases lengthened with H ( intense-tech ).
- Intense Tech #07 — Groovy Groove and Tick Tricks, Part 2 (Defense Mechanism) summaryMore lsdj groove tricks from intense-tech : slow tables, Hop + Groove combinations, 3/4 time and triplets from grooves, and a two-channel delay made of nothing but grooves ( defense-mechanism ).
- TW #87–#97 — Music Theory: A Modern Approach (The Modsquad, seven parts) summaryThis is satire , the sequel to the chiptune "seminar" of #77–#81 ( s-tw077-chip-off-the-block ): fake gear lists ("$450 TB-202", a Speak & Spell), "musical DNA", Elvis, juggling raves, a prison inmate given …