7 iconic drum patterns explained | Native Instruments

Just started programming drums? Boris takes us through how to program seven iconic drum patterns that every producer should know, from techno to drill to drum and bass.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:29 - On beats, back beats, off beats and ghost notes explained
01:45 - Pattern 1 - Techno
03:10 - Pattern 2 - House
04:41 - Pattern 3 - Dancehall
06:41 - Pattern 4 - Drill
07:59 - Pattern 5 - Hard Style
09:16 - Pattern 6 - Boom Bap
10:47 - Pattern 7 - Drum and Bass
12:01 - Final thoughts

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[stoxxhunter]

Boris is a legend!! We want more Boris!!!

[ShaneMoorhead]

Love Boris's passion for all the beats

[ImageMK]

11:50 I always love Boris' little bops to the music 😀

[zhukmy]

Boris, you are the best of the best!
I like your videos, create as often as you can.
Thank you, bro!

[CannedFunkMusic]

I like how in the pocket the Maschine time signature handles all those genres!!! I'm appreciating more everyday that I chose this as my production tool.

[skillmaticwayne]

Thank You NI for creating more NI Maschine+ tuts.

[HEC]

And I almost sold my old and glitchy MK3...4 Boris videos were the cure!!!

[sinombresinapellido]

Gracias boris, eres una maquina . Saludos desde sudamerica . Native instruments son geniales

[reziahamed]

GREAT stuff NI !!!!


PLEASE do a walkthru of a few popular bass riffs as

[DavesMusicTube]

Amazing video. Thanks NI. Great for inspiration! Gonna dig out maschine

[WoodyPianoShack]

awesome lesson here and loved the grooves!

[dimpo]

Fantastic! Love this tutorials! Thank U!

[Jeremyelrick]

Listen to your customers NI - update Maschine - we’ve been asking for years!

[AndyBaylor]

Thank you, and that’s an awesome shirt!

[ReallyRamtin]

Another banger of a video. Boris is the 🐐 and an absolute asset for NI.

Now please update Maschine 🫶🏼

[ursulajanusch]

Du bist der Beste....ich liebe deine Videos 🎉❤

[julienDrcq]

boris is a legend your auto is key to show the potential of Maschine 2 and MK3.
I hope a new Maschine3 is coming with a MaschineMK4 and plus make again uptake for MaschineJAM and MaschineJAM2 I use both ofMachineMK3 n JAM boys is killer. Ni you must uptake maschine2

[greyaltaer]

Boris should have his own channel. I want to see him work with a more diverse toolkit.

[rickrodriguez]

Thanks So much for this, I Love the Tuts! which kit did you use for the "Boom Bap" section?

[redboycaptures]

Dont care about Geartube- Boris is the bonafide rockstar when it comes to learning music and tools of the trade(even if he is mostly limited to NI hardware)