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Aphex Twin - XTAL (Drum Pattern No. 54)

Update 2023/07/31: Optimized the layout, additional remarks

This is my drum pattern transcription in the style of "Aphex Twin - XTAL". It's the opener of his debut album "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" and one of my favourite AFX tracks. The drum pattern is simple compared to his later works, but it features an interesting use of microtiming, mutes and different pitches on the Bass Drum. This pattern is perfect to dip your toes into automation (or parameter locking as it's called on Elektron machines).

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Aphex Twin - XTAL (Drum Pattern No. 54)

Comments

The RD-9 and RD-8 unfortunately don't have microtiming, but honestly it's not *that* important for this track. In our "Short History of the 808" video we also omitted the microtimed Kick :)

Captain Pikant

Love this track! I saw it has a delayed kick. Does anyone know if I can delay a step on the RD9?

Chris Jacobie

Excellent choice! I'll take one from every AT album please ; )

Daniel Francisco Valdez


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