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Culture Clash: four-on-floor kit with snare 2&4, trap hats, fills every 8

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Replaced breakbeat with hand-written kit: kick on 1&3, snare on 2&4,
16th note trap hats with open hat on beat 3 &. Fill every 8 bars with
snare rolls + kick accents building to crash. March snare at 0.8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Kenneth Reitz
2026-03-30 04:04:36 -04:00
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@@ -36,33 +36,68 @@ MR = DrumSound.MARCH_SNARE
# Bars 57-64: Military snare crescendo, everything fades, final hit
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# ── DRUMS — breakbeat backbone ──────────────────────────────────
score.drums("breakbeat", repeats=64)
score.set_drum_effects(volume=0.45, humanize=0.1, ensemble=4)
# Swap ride cymbals to closed hats
for hit in score.parts["drums"]._drum_hits:
if hit.sound == DrumSound.RIDE:
hit.sound = DrumSound.CLOSED_HAT
# ── FOUR ON THE FLOOR — kick on every beat ──────────────────────
kick = score.part("kick", volume=0.4, humanize=0.05)
# ── DRUMS — four on the floor, snare on 2 & 4, trap hats ───────
drums = score.part("kit", volume=0.5, humanize=0.06)
# Bars 1-8: rests
for _ in range(8):
kick.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
drums.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
# Bars 9-56: kick on every quarter note
for _ in range(48):
for beat in range(4):
kick.hit(DrumSound.KICK, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=110)
# Bars 9-56: kick + snare + trap hats
K = DrumSound.KICK
S = DrumSound.SNARE
CH = DrumSound.CLOSED_HAT
OH = DrumSound.OPEN_HAT
# Bars 57-64: fading
for vel in [95, 85, 75, 60, 45, 30, 15, 0]:
if vel > 0:
for beat in range(4):
kick.hit(DrumSound.KICK, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=vel)
for bar in range(48):
if bar % 8 == 7:
# FILL BAR — snare rolls + kick accents
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=100)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=65)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=70)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=105)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=105)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=68)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=72)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=108)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=70)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=112)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=75)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=115)
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=118, articulation="accent")
drums.hit(OH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=90)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=120, articulation="accent")
else:
kick.rest(Duration.WHOLE)
# Normal bar
# Beat 1: kick + hat
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=110)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=45)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=50)
# Beat 2: snare + hat
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=105)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=42)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=48)
# Beat 3: kick + hat (open hat on the &)
drums.hit(K, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=108)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
drums.hit(OH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=60)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=45)
# Beat 4: snare + hat rolls
drums.hit(S, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=108)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=52)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=48)
drums.hit(CH, Duration.SIXTEENTH, velocity=55)
# Bars 57-64: fading via velocity
for bar in range(8):
v = max(10, 100 - bar * 12)
drums.hit(K, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=v)
drums.hit(S, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=max(10, v - 10))
drums.hit(K, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=max(10, v - 5))
drums.hit(S, Duration.QUARTER, velocity=max(10, v - 15))
# ── DIDGERIDOO CHORD — two drones a fifth apart ────────────────
didge_lo = score.part("didge_lo", instrument="didgeridoo", volume=0.45,