I must have missed this comment! I'm so glad you liked the samples. I have made a whole sample library since then which is available on bandcamp. I'm now in the process of making another one :) I might give it away for free as well because why not... :)
Hi, well I can't really tell you because I don't know that either. That sequence was probably overwritten about 15 minutes later. I think it would be more helpful to describe my workflow, rather than trying to recall which notes I used etc.. I don't put much thought and attention to this frankly. In the sequences that are not 4,8,16 steps long, placing a gate a specific step is irrelevant because the sequence will shift over time, in relation to the kick. Most of my sequences are 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 steps long, which means, most of them shift, which means it's just not relevant because it will fall at a different step on every bar. But if you're going for anything "square" like 4 or 8, the just avoid activating steps where the kicks are. good rule of thumb that works for me. Also, avoid 16 step sequences. you lose that rolling feeling thats needed for this kind of genre. but 9 and 15 work well :) Regarding scales, I'm a total mess, and if you like dark stuff, that's the way to go. I do come from a more traditional background, classical music, writing notes, reading notes etc... But in my opinion, for techno, you have to unlearn all that and react to what you hear, tweak knobs, move sliders, until you get something that moves you. Don't try to plan a melody or anything like that. Just move stuff and react to what you hear. on Varigate it's easy to make a dissonant scale or any scale you want, and then you just move sliders that are then quantized to that scale. On Voltage block is kinda the same, but you don't get to build your own scale. You choose one that suits the style and off you go. Move the pitch slider until you're happy, then save. It all comes to that. Reacting rather than trying to control. Hope that makes sense.
