Music & Audio

Generate MIDI groove pattern

Use this simple tool to construct a midi bar containing 4 bars of the rhythm pattern you select. The resulting midi files should be easy to turn into a groove pattern template in typical DAWs like Logic or whatever you're using.

Once you've created such a groove pattern, simply make sure everything in your song is quantized to this pattern. But don't mix! If you use one of these patterns, all your instruments must follow that same pattern.

Name / description	Ratios	Construction / actual pattern
West African triplets I	3:3:4	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
West African triplets II	4:3:3	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
Chad/Sudan baggara	4:2:3:3	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
Basic Samba	4:4:4:5	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
Cumbia I	5:3:4	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
Cumbia II	4:2:3	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
India shuffle	3:2	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker
Marara Kelly, Sonho BB	6:5:5:7:4:5	MIDI	Samplitude	Studio One	Tracker

How To Use

Samplitude

Place the files in C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\Samplitude Pro X8 Suitex-preset\Grooves

Studio One

Place the files in Presets/User Presets/Quantize Settings, and if they don't show up, use the "Re-Index-Presets" button at the bottom of the home page.

See also this page which shows how such non-western world rhythms can be analyzed.

Website by Joachim Michaelis