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hi all

thru this link you get a folder that includes the entire sets of presets of Electribe-R (more than 700 patches) ... all modified from binary to complex grooves
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apart from the patterns grids and a few parameters here and there from this peculiar menu...
(no swing for instance, that are somehow irrelevant applied to complex groove)

...all the panel of percussion's parameters from the original presets are preserved,

Just the word "Complex" being added to all the original title so it's easy to find and compare it to the original preset

I manage to create all these complex grooves for creative purpose

you might agree that the domination of binary grooves, coming from western world modern music production is likely relevant from a business point of view in music industry,

...but somehow terribly reducing and finally highly conter-productive from the point of view of musical creativity, especially considering the huge potential of modern electronic devices (both instruments and effects especially)

I apologize perhaps of the lack of humility of this enterprise , but insiders might tell you how western ears, even from many skilled musicians, aren't sensitive to these types of grooves when played by traditional African music (for instance)

this including mine, though after 20 years of frequentation of musicians in Burkina Faso, and some countries of the area (Ivory Coast and Guinea Conakry)

So consider this as an early tribute to these musics

feedbacks are more than welcome !

I suggest you to deposit this folder the ELECTRIBE-R preset...this in a Mac, I assume it shouldn't be much different in a PC

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[quote="Krakatau"]let me here show different musical and dancing examples from youtube that are matched by these complex grooves :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LVcOyTrP_I

the ABODAN danse from the Akan tribe of Ivory Coast

then

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8mVxYwLRo

this is a typical dance and rythme from the Diola tribe of Casamance/Senegal called BOUGEUREUBE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8cQipuf33s

Here an Artist from the Diola tribe that includes in her modernised arrangement the same original groove

and finally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOK-HdhiOgQ

from the Bété tribe of Ivory coast, a dance called GBEGBE and it associate groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOxhtyPBGgs

here in a pure traditionnal instrumentation and environment

just load the complex folder beside your user folder and make them play between 135 and 155 bpm...you should then recognise a very close aproximation of these grooves yet unknown in western culture