Signal 02 Grooves

Groove constellations

Common beats across genres — click any grid cell to experiment, then loop and hear your changes. Edits reset on refresh.

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Rock · 4/4

Rock Eighths

The default backbeat — steady hats, snare on 2 and 4, kick anchoring 1 and 3.

108 BPM
Feel
Straight eighths · driving · stadium-ready
Kit focus
Closed hi-hat, backbeat snare, four-on-the-floor kick option
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Rock · 4/4

Rock Sixteenths

Sixteenth hi-hats with the same backbeat skeleton — more energy, more control demanded.

96 BPM
Feel
Machine-gun hats · modern rock and pop-punk
Kit focus
Tight hats, accented snare, kick on 1 and the & of 2
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Rock · 4/4

Half-Time Rock

Snare lands on beat 3 only — huge space, massive tom fills, modern alt-rock feel.

78 BPM
Feel
Wide · heavy · halftime swagger
Kit focus
Crash on 1, snare on 3, sparse kick placements
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Funk Pocket

Ghost notes, syncopated kick, and a hi-hat that never stops talking.

92 BPM
Feel
Dry · syncopated · chicken-grease pocket
Kit focus
Snare ghosts on e and a, kick on 1 and the & of 2
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Funky Drummer Pocket

Clyde-inspired syncopation — ghost notes bubbling under a backbeat that never sits still.

98 BPM
Feel
Loose · greasy · sample-hunt legendary
Kit focus
Ghost snares on e and a, kick on 1 and the & of 3, relentless hat chatter
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Linear Funk 16ths

Tower-of-power linear motion — no two limbs hit together except where the phrase demands it.

104 BPM
Feel
Clean · athletic · West Coast precision
Kit focus
Sixteenth hats, linear kick/snare placements, accents on the backbeat
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Chicken Grease

Sparse kick, heavy ghosts, and space — the drum line says more by refusing to overplay.

88 BPM
Feel
Dry · behind-the-beat · New Orleans lean
Kit focus
Cross-stick color optional; focus on ghost depth and late backbeat
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Disco Strut

Four-on-the-floor kick with open-hat sizzle and ghost chatter — dancefloor funk pressure.

112 BPM
Feel
Bright · four-on-the-floor · Saturday night
Kit focus
Open hat on offbeats, ghost snares between backbeats, locked kick pulse
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Funk · 4/4

Ghost Parade

Ghost-note parade on the snare with a syncopated kick — bootsy-adjacent pocket science.

96 BPM
Feel
Muted · syncopated · deep pocket
Kit focus
Low ghost wall on snare, kick on 1, the & of 2, and late 4
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Jazz · 4/4

Jazz Ride Swing

Ride pattern spelling triplet swing with feathered kick and brush-ready snare comping.

120 BPM
Feel
Triplet swing · conversational · ride-centric
Kit focus
Ride bell on 1 and 3, skip note on 2, feathered kick
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Shuffle · 4/4

Shuffle Blues

Triplet grid with a lazy swing — snare backbeat riding the shuffle grid.

88 BPM
Feel
Triplet bounce · blues barroom · slow burn
Kit focus
Hi-hat shuffle, snare on 2 and 4, kick on 1
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Latin · 4/4

Bossa Nova

Brazilian cross-stick pattern — light, floating, and harmonically sophisticated.

116 BPM
Feel
Syncopated · nylon-string calm · brushless jazz-pop
Kit focus
Cross-stick, bass drum syncopation, constant eighth hats
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Latin · 4/4

Reggae One-Drop

Kick and rim on 3, space everywhere else — roots reggae and dub pressure.

74 BPM
Feel
Offbeat emphasis · space as an instrument
Kit focus
Cross-stick on 3, kick with the snare, hats on upbeats
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

HipHop · 4/4

Boom Bap

Lazy kick, crispy snare, hats with swing — the golden-era sample backbone.

86 BPM
Feel
Behind-the-beat · dusty · head-nod pocket
Kit focus
Snare slightly late, kick on 1 and late 3, loose hats
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Metal Double Kick

Sixteenth-note kick engine under a locked snare — precision and endurance test.

140 BPM
Feel
Aggressive · grid-locked · double-kick drive
Kit focus
Alternating kick sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Gallop Ride

Triplet gallop on the kicks — da-da-DUM under a locked snare backbeat. Thrash and power metal bread and butter.

132 BPM
Feel
Triplet gallop · forward thrust · headbang physics
Kit focus
Kick on 1, the of-3, and 3 of each beat group; snare on 2 and 4
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

D-Beat

Hardcore d-beat skeleton with double-kick bursts — crust, d-beat, and extreme punk DNA.

148 BPM
Feel
Charging · raw · punk-metal crossover
Kit focus
Snare bombardment on 1 and the & of 2, double kick fills between accents
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Half-Time Chug

Half-time snare with eighth-note double-kick chugs — djent and prog metal slowdown power.

88 BPM
Feel
Massive · slow-burn · low-string friendly
Kit focus
Snare on 3 only, double kick eighths, sparse china accents optional
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Blast Beat Bar

Single-bar blast template — snare and kick locked in sixteenths, cymbal chaos on top.

160 BPM
Feel
Extreme · blast · endurance test
Kit focus
Alternate snare/kick sixteenths with constant hats — start slow, build control
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Heel-Toe Groove

Heel-toe friendly double-kick grouping — two quick kicks leading into the downbeat each beat.

126 BPM
Feel
Articulated · controlled · pedal technique lab
Kit focus
Pairs of sixteenth kicks on 3-e and 4-e of each beat, backbeat snare
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Metal · 4/4

Triplet Kick Engine

Triplet-feel double bass under straight eighth hats — prog metal and tech metal staple.

118 BPM
Feel
Odd-group kicks · flowing · subdivision stretch
Kit focus
Kick groups of three sixteenths, snare on 2 and 4, tight ride or hat
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Pop · 4/4

Four on the Floor

Quarter-note kick with backbeat snare — the dance-pop and EDM-adjacent pulse behind countless choruses.

118 BPM
Feel
Driving · four-on-floor · club-ready
Kit focus
Kick on every downbeat, snare on 2 and 4, steady eighth hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Pop · 4/4

Indie Pocket

Dry, restrained kick placements with tight backbeat — modern indie and alt-pop session feel.

104 BPM
Feel
Dry · restrained · headphone intimate
Kit focus
Sparse kick, snare on 2 and 4, offbeat hat accents
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Pop · 4/4

Disco Hat Pulse

Open hi-hat on the offbeats with a pumping kick — mirrorball energy without losing the pocket.

112 BPM
Feel
Offbeat open hats · pumping · disco-pop
Kit focus
Kick on 1 and 3, open hat on &, snare backbeat
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Pop · 4/4

Half-Time Hook

Snare on 3 with wide kick and hat space — the halftime pop drop before the chorus hits.

84 BPM
Feel
Wide · cinematic · hook-ready
Kit focus
Snare on beat 3, sparse kick, sixteenth hat chatter
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Rock · 4/4

Punk Drive

Relentless eighth hats with a driving kick-and-snare push — basement show velocity.

168 BPM
Feel
Fast · aggressive · all downstrokes energy
Kit focus
Eighth hats, kick on 1 and &, snare on 2 and 4
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Rock · 4/4

Alt Syncopation

Kick on the & of 2 and beat 3 — the 90s alternative pocket that refuses to sit square.

98 BPM
Feel
Offbeat kick · angular · radio-alt
Kit focus
Syncopated kick, backbeat snare, tight closed hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Rock · 4/4

Power Ballad

Floor tom swells with a soft backbeat — slow-build arena ballad gravity.

68 BPM
Feel
Slow · weighted · tom swells
Kit focus
Floor tom on 1, snare on 2 and 4, sparse hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Jazz · 4/4

Brush Ballad

Feather-light kick and cross-stick comping — late-night jazz ballad whisper.

72 BPM
Feel
Soft · singing · brush vocabulary
Kit focus
Cross-stick comping, feathered kick, minimal hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Jazz · 4/4

Jazz-Funk Grid

Sixteenth hat chatter with syncopated kick and snare ghosts — fusion-era pocket.

96 BPM
Feel
Busy hats · ghost notes · fusion pocket
Kit focus
Sixteenth hats, ghost snares, syncopated kick
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Shuffle · 4/4

Texas Shuffle

Wide triplet bounce with a lazy backbeat — double-stop guitar's best friend behind the kit.

92 BPM
Feel
Triplet swing · greasy · roadhouse
Kit focus
Shuffle hats, snare on 2 and 4, lazy kick
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Latin · 4/4

Samba Lite

Surdo-style bass drum pulse with constant sixteenth hats — carnival energy in a compact grid.

108 BPM
Feel
Bouncy · sixteenth hats · surdo pulse
Kit focus
Alternating kick pulse, cross-stick, busy hats
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

Latin · 4/4

Son Montuno

Clave-aware kick and rim pattern — Cuban son feel for salsa and Latin jazz settings.

98 BPM
Feel
Clave · montuno · dance-floor
Kit focus
Clave kick pattern, cross-stick, offbeat hats
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Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

HipHop · 4/4

Trap Hat Rolls

Machine-gun sixteenth hats with sparse kick and clap-style snare — modern trap backbone.

140 BPM
Feel
Rolling hats · sparse kick · 808-adjacent
Kit focus
Sixteenth hat rolls, snare on 2 and 4, sparse kick
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.

HipHop · 4/4

Lo-Fi Swing

Swung hat pattern with a lazy snare and dusty kick — study-beats and chill-hop pocket.

82 BPM
Feel
Swung · dusty · behind-the-beat
Kit focus
Swung hats, soft snare backbeat, lazy kick
Edit in lab →

Click cells to add notes. Snare/hat: click again for accent or open, once more to clear.