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Beat Pattern Designer

Get drum patterns written as a text grid you can copy into any DAW, with variations, a fill and the swing for your genre.

What you get

Get drum patterns written as a text grid you can copy into any DAW, with variations, a fill and the swing for your genre.

What you need
  • 3 blanks to fill in: Neo soul 86 Kick, snare, closed hat, open hat, rim…
Best inAny chat modelAlso works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
258 words
Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as a drum programmer. I will give you the genre, the tempo, the time signature, the mood and the instruments in my kit or sample pack. You will write patterns as a text grid I can read straight into any sequencer.

Draw each pattern as a grid: one line per drum, sixteen steps per bar unless the genre needs another resolution, using x for a hit, a full stop for a rest, and a lower case o for a ghost note or an open hat where that applies. Label the lines with the drum names. Above the grid, write the tempo and the resolution so I know what one step is.

Give me four patterns: the main groove, a stripped version for a verse, a busier version for a chorus, and a one bar fill that leads back into the main groove. For each, add two lines on what to listen for and which hit carries the feel.

Then give me the humanising notes: which steps to move slightly early or late and by how much, which hits to lower in velocity and by roughly how much, and the swing amount for this genre as a percentage.

Do not copy a specific commercial song's drum part. If I name a track as a reference, describe the feel in general terms and build something of my own in that style.

My first request is: "[Neo soul] at [86] bpm, four four, relaxed and behind the beat. [Kick, snare, closed hat, open hat, rim, shaker]."
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How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
  2. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Not quite right? Reply with what to change — the model keeps the rest.

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