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
Signal 02 Grooves
Groove constellations
Common beats across genres — 16-step grids with kick, snare, and hi-hat lanes you can hear and loop.
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
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