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The Ventures

KeyE minorTempo160 bpm
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// Pipeline — The Ventures
// 160 bpm, 4/4, key E minor. Source: midi.
// Generated by strudelify. One cycle = one bar.
// note: ch 2 "bass" named as a bass, played on electric bass finger (its piano patch is not one); ch 3 "bass gut" named as a bass, played on electric bass finger (its piano patch is not one); ch 6 "guitar" named as a guitar, played on electric guitar clean (its piano patch is not one)
// note: Full arrangement: all 146 bars on a 16-step grid, each part at one level; ghost notes are separate "_soft" parts. Source detail keeps the original performance.
setcpm(160/4)

// Notation: c3@3 lasts 3 steps · ~ is a rest · [c3,e3] is a chord · "a, b" plays two voices at once · [...]/2 spreads a riff over 2 bars.
// A part's distinct bars are riffs (A, B, C...) played in order, A@4 for four bars: edit a riff to change every repeat.

// bass · electric bass finger · "bass"
const bass = note(`<
  ~@2 A@12 B@4 C D C D C@2 E@2 A@10 B@4 C D C D C@2 B@2 F G H I F@2 J K L@2 M N O P A@12 B@4 C D C D C@2 E@2 A@10 B@4 C
  D C D C@2 B@2 F G H I F@2 J K L@2 M N O P A@10 B@4 C D C D C@2 E@2 Q@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "e1@3 ~ b1@3 ~ e1@3 ~ b1@3 ~", B: "a1@3 ~ e2@3 ~ a1@3 ~ e2@3 ~", C: "b1@3 ~@3 b1@3 ~@3 b1@2 ~@2",
  D: "c2@3 ~@3 c2@3 ~@3 c2@2 ~@2", E: "[a1@13 ~@3]/2", F: "g1@3 ~ d2@2 ~@2 g1@3 ~ d2@2 ~@2",
  G: "g1@3 ~ d2@3 ~ g1@2 d2 ~ d2 ~ d2 ~", H: "f1@3 ~ c2@3 ~ f1@3 ~ c2@2 ~@2", I: "f1@3 ~ c2@3 ~ f1@2 c2 c2@2 ~ c2 ~",
  J: "a1@3 ~ e2 ~ c2@2 a1@3 ~ e2 ~ c2 ~", K: "a1@3 ~ e2 ~ c2 ~ a1@2 e2 ~ c2 ~ a1 ~",
  L: "g1@3 ~ d2 ~ b1 ~ g1@4 d2 ~ b1 ~", M: "f1@4 c2 ~ a1 ~ f1@3 ~ c2 ~ a1 ~", N: "f1@3 ~ c2 ~ a1 ~ f1@3 ~ c2 ~ f1 ~",
  O: "e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~ e1 ~", P: "e1@7 ~", Q: "[e1@11 ~@5]/2",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.36)

// bass · electric bass finger · "bass gut"
const bass_2 = note(`<
  ~ A B@12 C@4 D E D E D@2 F G B@10 C@4 D E D E D@2 C@2 H@2 I@2 H@2 C@2 H@2 I@2 J G B@12 C@4 D E D E D@2 F G B@10 C@4 D
  E D E D@2 C@2 H@2 I@2 H@2 C@2 H@2 I@2 J G B@10 C@4 D E D E D@2 F G K ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@4 e3 d#3 d3 c#3 c3 b2 a#2 a2 g#2 g2 f#2 f2", B: "e2 ~ b2 ~ g2 ~ b2 ~ e2 ~ b2 ~ g2 ~ b2 ~",
  C: "a2 ~ e3 ~ c3 ~ e3 ~ a2 ~ e3 ~ c3 ~ e3 ~", D: "b2 ~ b2!3 ~ b2 ~@2 b2!2 ~ b2 ~ b2 ~",
  E: "c3 ~ c3!3 ~ c3 ~@2 c3!2 ~ c3 ~ c3 ~", F: "a2!8", G: "~ g3 f#3 f3 e3 d#3 d3 c#3 c3 b2 a#2 a2 g#2 g2 f#2 f2",
  H: "g2 d3 b2 d3 g2 d3 b2 d3", I: "f2 c3 a2 c3 f2 c3 a2 c3", J: "e2!8", K: "e2@3 ~@13",
})).s("gm_electric_bass_finger").gain(0.41)

// chords · electric guitar clean · "guitar"
const electric_guitar_clean = note(`<
  ~@5 A@8 B@4 C D E F E F G@3 ~@3 H@6 I J@3 C D K D K L M N@7 O@2 P Q@6 ~@3 A@8 B@4 C D E F E F G@3 ~@3 H@6 I J@3 C D K
  D K L M N@7 O@2 P Q@6 ~@3 R@6 B@4 C D E F E F S@3 T@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "[~@17 b4@12 ~@4 b4@12 ~@4 b4@12 ~@3 b4@12 ~@4 b4@12 ~@3 [g4,b4]@13 ~@3 [g4,b4]@16 ~, ~@15 e4@14 ~@2 e4@13 ~@3 e4@13 ~@2 e4@14 ~@2 e4@14 ~@2 e4@14 ~@2 e4@17 ~, ~@16 g4@12 ~@4 g4@12 ~@4 g4@13 ~@2 g4@13 ~@3 g4@13 ~@36]/8", // G
  B: "[~@2 e4@4 g4@4 b4@2 a4 ~ g4 a4@13 ~@4 a4@13 ~@3 a4@15 ~, ~@31 [c4,e4]@14 ~@2 [c4,e4]@16 ~]/4", // C
  C: "~@2 a4@4 c5@4 e5@2 d5@2 c5 ~", D: "b4@7 ~", E: "[e4,g4,c5]@13 ~@3", F: "[d#4,f#4,b4]@13 ~@3",
  G: "[[d#4,f#4,b4]@6 ~@2 a4@9 ~@7, ~@15 [c4,e4]@19 ~@14]/3", // B C
  H: "[~@17 b4@12 ~@3 [g4,b4]@13 ~@3 [g4,b4]@12 ~@4 b4@13 ~@3 b4@14 ~@2, ~@15 e4@14 ~@2 e4@13 ~@3 e4@12 ~@4 [e4,g4]@13 ~@3 [e4,g4]@14 ~@3, ~@4 g4@3 ~@17]/6", // G Em
  I: "~@2 e4@3 ~ g4@3 ~ b4@2 a4@2 g4 ~",
  J: "[a4@11 ~@5 a4@13 ~@4 a4@15, ~@14 c4@14 ~@3 c4@16 ~, ~@15 e4@13 ~@4 e4@15 ~]/3", K: "[e4,g4,c5]@15 ~",
  L: "[f#4,b4]@7 ~", M: "[d#4,f#4,b4]@11 ~@5",
  N: "[[c4,e4,a4]@13 ~@3 a4@13 ~@3 g4@11 ~@5 d5@12 ~@4 c5@14 ~@2 c5@14 ~@3 g5@13 ~ g4, ~@15 [c4,e4]@14 ~@2 [b3,d4]@12 ~@3 d4@13 ~@4 a4@14 ~@18 [g4,b4]@15 ~@2, ~@47 [g4,b4]@13 ~@2 f4@14 ~@3 [f4,a4]@14 ~@3 d5@14 ~@2]/7", // Am C Bm G F
  O: "[~ g5@13 ~@2 [e5,a5]@15 ~, [b4,d5]@13 ~ a4@15 ~@3, ~@15 c5@15 ~@2]/2", P: "[a4,c5,e5,a5]@7 ~",
  Q: "[~ g5@13 ~@2 [b4,d5,g5]@13 ~@3 [a4,c5,f5]@14 ~@2 [a4,c5,f5]@12 ~@5 e5@18 ~@13, [g4,b4,d5]@14 ~ g4@14 ~@2 f4@15 ~ f4@13 ~@3 [e4,g4]@20 ~@13, ~@64 b4@19 ~@13]/6", // G F G Em
  R: "[~@17 b4@12 ~@3 [g4,b4]@13 ~@3 g4@12 ~@3 [g4,b4]@13 ~@3 [g4,b4]@16 ~, ~@15 e4@14 ~@2 e4@13 ~@3 e4@12 ~@3 e4@14 ~@2 e4@17 ~, ~@4 g4@3 ~@17]/6", // G
  S: "[[d#4,f#4,b4]@12 ~@4 a4@18 ~@5 b6 [g6,a6] [e6,f6] [c6,d6] [a5,b5] [f5,g5] [d5,e5] [b4,c5] [f4,g4,a4], ~@15 c4@19 ~@14, ~@15 e4@17 ~@16]/3", // B Gsus2 Fmaj7 Csus2 Asus2 Fsus2 Dsus2 Cmaj7 …
  T: "[~@5 e5@7 ~@4, e4 ~, ~@3 g4@12 ~@17, ~@3 b4@6 ~@7]/2",
})).s("gm_electric_guitar_clean").gain(0.31)

// drums · kick
const kick = s("bd").struct("<~@6 A@20 B ~@3 A@32 ~@4 A@20 B ~@3 A@32 ~@4 A@18 B ~>".pickRestart({
  A: "x!4", B: "x",
})).gain(0.41)

// drums · snare
const snare = s("sd").struct(`<
  ~@5 A B C B D B@3 D B@3 E B C B C B@3 F G ~@2 H B C B@3 F B@5 C B@3 F B C B C B@11 F ~@3 A B C B D B@3 D B@3 E B C B C
  B@3 F G ~@2 H B C B@3 F B@5 C B@3 F B C B C B@11 F ~@3 H B C B@3 D B@3 E B C B C B@3 F G ~
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~@6 x!2", B: "~@2 x ~@3 x!2", C: "~@4 x ~@5 x ~ x!4", D: "~@4 x ~@7 x!4", E: "~@2 x ~ x!12", F: "~ x!15", G: "x",
  H: "~@6 x!3 ~ x ~ x!4",
})).gain(0.46)

// drums · low tom
const low_tom = s("lt").struct("<~@23 A ~@15 B ~@12 A ~ C ~@28 A ~@15 B ~@12 A ~ C ~@26 A ~@4>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@8 x!4 ~@4", B: "x!6 ~@10", C: "~@12 x!4",
})).gain(0.46)

// drums · hihat
const hihat = s("hh").struct("<[x!4] ~@145>").gain(0.41)

// drums · mid tom
const mid_tom = s("mt").struct("<~@23 A ~@15 B ~@12 A ~ C ~@28 A ~@15 B ~@12 A ~ C ~@26 A ~@4>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@12 x!4", B: "~@6 x!5 ~@5", C: "~@8 x!4 ~@4",
})).gain(0.46)

// drums · open hat
const open_hat = s("oh").struct("<~@6 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@18 ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "~@5 x ~@2",
})).gain(0.36)

// drums · high tom
const high_tom = s("ht").struct(`<
  ~@17 A ~@11 B ~@4 C D ~@3 E ~ F@2 ~@2 G ~ F ~ H ~@4 I ~@2 H J ~@18 A ~@7 A ~@3 B ~@4 C D ~@3 E ~ F@2 ~@2 G ~ F ~ H ~@4
  I ~@2 H J ~@6 B ~@9 A ~@7 A ~@2
>`.pickRestart({
  A: "~ x!3", B: "~@5 x ~@2", C: "~@8 x!3 ~@5", D: "~@4 x ~@3 x!5 ~@3", E: "~@11 x!5", F: "~@10 x ~ x!4",
  G: "~@4 x ~@2 x!2 ~@3 x!4", H: "~@6 x!3 ~ x ~ x!4", I: "~@4 x!4 ~@8", J: "x",
})).gain(0.26)

// drums · high tom · soft notes
const high_tom_soft = s("ht").struct("<~@25 A ~@9 B ~@9 C ~@15 D ~@33 B ~@9 C ~@15 D ~@24>".pickRestart({
  A: "~ x!3", B: "~ x!3 ~ x!3 ~@5 x!3", C: "~@5 x!2 ~@2 x!3 ~@4", D: "~ x!15",
})).gain(0.1)

// drums · tambourine
const tambourine = s("tb").struct("<~@6 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@18 ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "~ x ~ x",
})).gain(0.36)

// drums · crash
const crash = s("cr").struct("<~@25 [~@3 x] ~@59 [~@3 x] ~@57 [~@3 x] ~@2>").gain(0.46)

// drums · ride
const ride = s("rd").struct("<~@6 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@20 ~@4 A@32 ~@4 A@18 ~@2>".pickRestart({
  A: "x!8",
})).gain(0.46)

stack(
  bass, bass_2, electric_guitar_clean, kick, snare, low_tom, hihat, mid_tom, open_hat, high_tom, high_tom_soft,
  tambourine, crash, ride
)

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