Decided to make a little demo with some cross rhythm patterns
Here’s the furnace file, if you’re interested @Paralytik
Only 4 patterns + a click. If you want to think of it as a time signature, 12/8 or 6/8 is probably the best. I just think of it as 12 beats. There’s not really a subdivision in this kind of music, so meter isn’t really the same.
. . . . . . . . . . .
Click is on the downbeat
x . . x . . x . . x . .
Kind of like quarter note triplets
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
First pattern is the standard bell
x . x . x x . x . x . x
then the double strike on the front beat of the pulse
x x . x x . x x . x x .
then double strike on the back beat of the pulse
. x x . x x . x x . x x
then both the front and back double beats playing
x X x x X x x X x x X x
then the chaabi beat
. . x . x . . . x . (x) x .
parentheses around the second to last hit because that’s just one version and it’s not always played
then I just start messing around with combining them.
It’s kinda sloppy, and I was super lazy with the fm synth lol. Might redo it with samples or something in a bit.