Learn · Nine chapters, one beat
Build a beat from nothing.
One song, Golden Hour, built a step at a time: a house groove at 122 BPM in A minor. Each chapter brings in what the beat needs next, and by the last one you play it live.
The goal
Four tracks, one groove.
Every track loops on its own length. Then you mix it, add effects, and play it with mutes, punch-ins and scenes.
1 DRUMS
PUNCH KIT
Four on the floor, a clap on 2 and 4, an open hat on the offbeats, ghost hats with a roll, a rim that plays half the time.
1 bar · ch. 2, 5
2 ACID
ACID BASS
A sixteenth-note acid line in A minor that climbs and answers itself, with an accent, a slide and a brighter note.
2 bars · ch. 3, 5
3 SOFT
SOFT KEYS
Am, Am, F and G, stabbed between the kicks, three keys at a time.
2 bars · ch. 4
4 VIBES
VIBES
A lead you play over the loop and keep afterwards, with a recorded TONE move.
4 bars · ch. 7
How it works
Follow along.
In the browser
The real Groove OS runs next to the steps, played with the mouse, a touchscreen or your keyboard. It ticks each step off as you do it and lights the next control to press.
The chapters
Nine chapters.
01 · 5 min · 11 steps
First groove
A new project, the tempo, PLAY and stop, and the keys.
Open02 · 8 min · 13 steps
Drums
A kit track, kick and clap on the steps, an offbeat hat, DICE and undo.
Open03 · 12 min · 13 steps
Bass
A VA track, an acid bass sound, notes in key, a two-bar loop.
Open04 · 10 min · 18 steps
Chords
An FM track, chords by holding three keys, the scale and the key.
Open05 · 15 min · 31 steps
Shape the sounds
The K1 to K4 macros, p-locks, ratchets and chance.
Open06 · 12 min · 20 steps
Mix and effects
Levels, a send on every track and pad, the effect chain.
Open07 · 10 min · 8 steps
Lead and takes
Play over the loop, keep the take with SHIFT + SAVE, record knob moves, undo.
Open08 · 8 min · 13 steps
Perform
Mutes on the bar, punch-ins, throws, scenes and the drop.
Open09 · 5 min · 9 steps
Keep it
Save, rename, export the .groove file, share it.
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