I’m working on a post about the new strumming patterns, to ask for feedback and ensure I’ve thought of all the important ones. But I’m still struggling with how to categorize all the various patterns… (EDIT: I had a breakthrough and was able to put the post together here…)
In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy hearing these prototypes of some new strumming patterns. These are works in progress – there are some samples that aren’t matching up tonally and other rough bits – but it’ll give you an idea of what’s going to be possible in a future release of Strum Machine. I also overdubbed an instrument in the second half of each clip for context.
Standard 4/4 strumming with moderately-swung upstrokes:
Jig strumming pattern with a fair bit of syncopation:
A half-time feel, because why not:
More details in a couple weeks here!