Reversing percussion sounds can add uniqueness to a driving beat, such as around phrase transitions, or to add an element of surprise in the middle of a phrase.

Kick Drums¶

One particular style of reversing kicks sounds kind of like a “whip”, as demonstrated by the very end of this phrase transition in SP23’s “Leave This City Kickin”:

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This recipe shows you a way you can take a synth module, then use the ping-pong setting of a loop module to create an isolated reversal.

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Modules¶ kicker Provides a constant kick drum rhythm. kick amp Turned on when we want to hear the forward kick drum, off when we want to reverse. kick loop Provides a constant ping-pong loop of the kicker. kick loop amp Turned off normally, and momentarily turned on to reveal the reverse portion of the ping-pong loop. drumsynth Hi-hat and snare to fill out the rhythm.