Trying to get a simple bongo pattern

[morty]

Any help would be appreciated
A drum pattern with simple bongos nothing else

Is there any suggestions

[billbaker]

Morty,

There are a couple of thing you can try; I know that the Krome has an extensive set of Arp patterns as well as Drum Track patterns that have "bongo" elements, maybe even the one you want -- the trick is to get just the bongos.

One way to do that us by limiting the note range of the kit used by the Drum Track to be active for only the notes of the bongo. Any additional notes of a pre-set pattern (i.e., bass drum, snare, etc.) would be silent.

[You can use this same technique to change up and combine bass & snare patterns of two different drum arps to make a hybrid pattern or to eliminate unwanted elements of a pre-set pattern (yes, there is such a thing as too much cowbell).]

Another technique I've used successfully to make similar patterns quickly [on my Triton, which has far more limited pattern resources than the Krome] is to build a User Drum Kit that consists solely of bongos (or single drum type -- hand drums, shakers, small percussion, etc.) and use nominally non-drum patterns like synth arpeggios with that kit. You can get a steady, percussion-based, rhythmic element that also has a much greater variety, if you want it to, since using a melodic arp (rather than a drum arp) can access several octaves worth of notes that also vary depending on notes played. A "shaker" kit (various shakers, brushed snare, finger snaps, etc.) can be particularly effective in constructing new-age, chill, and ambient combinations.

A user kit doesn't need to be LOTS of different drums. Find 7 or 8 decent bongo/conga samples and repeat them to fill a full kit range -- if they repeat at intervals of less than an octave then a simple track transposition can sometimes produce what sounds like several different patterns from one arp, just
based on drum and note order.

Finally, you can use a single-drum-type user kit or a different pre-set drum kit (latin, african) or track transposition combined with the range limitation to change a traditional (rock, e.g.) drum track into one that's recognizable as what it was, but having a new flavor based on being played on non-traditional instruments -- substitute djembe & conga-slap for bass & snare with a shaker for the hi-hat and it has a completely different feel from what's expected.


BB