I spent some time relaxing in our hotel by searching for drum machine sounds. My three favorites are always Mini-Pops MP-3, Roland CR-78, and Casio SK-1. I always seem to end up gravitating to them.

When I was loading them into the Patterning app, I was struck by how different the wave patterns look compared to sound wave patterns I am used to seeing. The kick and snare wave patterns for the CR-78 look more like modern art than sound waves. I was expecting to see “www” but they look more like “O o •”.

The other thing I was noticing is that kick, snare, and high hats sound like kick, snare, and high hat. The rest of the sounds in the kits are really cool but I find myself wanting to rename them.

I’m still working out how to map out the drum pads. There are two rows of four. For the bottom row, I can’t decide between:

- Kick, Snare, High Hat, Snare 02
- Snare 02, Kick, Snare, High Hat
- Kick, Snare, High Hat, Open High Hat

It will get figured out. Just got to try each one a bunch of times and see which one clicks. Right now I like the having two slightly different snare sounds. I think there is a way to do the same effect in the Patterning app with the velocity setting.