#rhythm
- Octave bass techniqueThe oldest trick in dance music and chiptune alike: alternate the bass note with the same note one octave up ( 0 12 0 12… ) in straight 8ths or 16ths. Instant drive, zero extra channels. Variants: octave on the …
- Retrigger and resync techniqueRe-playing the current note at a fixed tick rate without new note rows: drum rolls, ratchets, stutters, and — with a falling volume — a one-channel echo. "Resync" restarts the sound generator itself at a very high rate, …
- 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 …