evolution

I think most people who make anything funk, breakbeat drum & bass, or hip-hop would agree that ‘Swing’ is crucial to the effectiveness of a beat. The other key factors in a programming sense are ‘dynamic’ and ‘accent’. So many people get wound up when their beats sound ’sterile’ or mechanical’ this is due to the fact that computers and sequencers lock to perfect BPM. A computer on it’s own does not interpret rhythm the way a good drummer does, There are however, certain machines that have their own swing parameters like the Akai MPC range of sampling drum machines which are used extensively by hip hop producers.