The pattern
140 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 | Beat 5 | Step 18 | Step 19 | Step 20 | Beat 6 | Step 22 | Step 23 | Step 24 | Beat 7 | Step 26 | Step 27 | Step 28 | Beat 8 | Step 30 | Step 31 | Step 32 |
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| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| 808 | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Riddim (a dubstep subgenre, Croydon, early 2010s, exploded from 2015; Subfiltronik, Bukez Finezt, 50 Carrot) at 140–150 BPM felt in half time: snare + clap on 3 of every bar, kick on 1 and on a few connecting points. The 808 lane here represents the hits of the main bass (square wave with LFO, repetitive): a 3+3+2 sixteenth-note cell (tresillo) that approximates the genre's triplet-like, swaying feel; in real tracks a triplet grid or an LFO synced to 1/8T or 1/16T is often used. Repetition is the point: the same bass cell for 4–8 bars, with minimal filter or note variations. Variants: triplet percussion on the hats, double kick before the snare, a one-beat "stop" with only the snare reverb, melodic riddim with kick + clap and pads.