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Re:Typedrummer by brownbat on Sunday May 10, 2015 @11:29AM (#9520177)

Here's my best guess:

  a: click with a slight rattle, like rattan brushes
  b: closed hihat
  c: distored synth bass with rattle, like tambourine
  d: distored synth bass higher pitch and muted
  e: muted synth bass
  f: sizzle ride hit like crash
  g: maracas
  h: muted maracas
  i: afuche-cabasa
  j: synth snare
  k: deeper snare
  l: castanets
  m/n: tap on closed hihat - maybe striking the hardware?
  o: booming tonal bass
  p: half muted tonal bass
  q: muted bass
  r: very muted, blockish bass
  s: synth splash
  t: agogo bell
  u: guiro upstroke
  v: guiro downstroke
  w: tamborine
  x: snare
  y: synth snare
  z: concert bass
  non-alpha: rest
  (): beat = 1/3 - note: triplets will begin on the letter before the first open paren, it modifies the space before, not after, each note.

A beat: http://typedrummer.com/91l102

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Re:Typedrummer by brownbat on Sunday May 10, 2015 @11:54AM (#9520256)

The parens don't quite line up with how triplets are usually notated. This effectively prevents you from ending the composition with a triplet that loops properly.

You can hear it weird here: http://typedrummer.com/53d811

vs. without the triplets at the end, only in the middle, so less broken sounding: http://typedrummer.com/4x2977

EDIT: Ok, workaround: just put the first character in parens - http://typedrummer.com/hoxj64

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Re:Typedrummer by monokrome on Sunday May 10, 2015 @01:49PM (#9520681)

I think m/n is hitting the top of the hi-hat instead of the sides

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Re:Typedrummer by brownbat on Sunday May 10, 2015 @04:20PM (#9521166)

I think you're right, with n maybe using the shaft of the stick on the bell of the closed hat.

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Re:Typedrummer by monokrome on Sunday May 10, 2015 @05:55PM (#9521507)

Yeah, I think so

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Re:Typedrummer by TeMPOraL on Sunday May 10, 2015 @02:47PM (#9520894)

Let's go meta with that: http://typedrummer.com/c8094s.

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