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This post will demonstrate how adding a few little twists to a simple, manually programmed midi
pattern can turn it into a groovy House chord pattern. The sequence of steps is very basic, but it
can be applied to any pluck or chord sound in Massive.

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The bass-line pattern and a variation of the chord pattern are also covered, at the end of the post.

1) The Main Pattern

Well use a simple one-bar pattern of voiced Minor 9th chords. Well, this is actually a half-a-bar
pattern, but there is a slight difference in the length of the hits across the two half bars. While for
this sound the difference is subtle, adjusting note lengths can really make a difference on the
overall groove:

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2) Adding Some Swing

Now well use one of the built-in swing preset to add a groove that we cant get with a fixed 1/16
grid. So access your Core Library in Live and from the Swing and Groove folder and Logic subfolder select the Logic 16 Swing 60 preset, or any other swing preset that works for your track.
Drop the groove preset onto your midi clip and click Open Groove Pool. Here you can play with
the Global Amount. This depends on your track, but a value of 80 seemed to fit well here:

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3) Massives Synced Delay

Now we can make use of Massives Synced Delay effect to fit our swing pattern better in the mix.
So select the Delay Synced from any of the FX slots and set the rate to 1/16 to both left and
right channels. Turn the Damp and Feedback knobs to max and the Dry/Wet to roughly 25%:

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4) Some Side-Chain Compression

After adding the groove effect and the 1/16 synced delay in Massive, we can use some side-chain
compression. This will lower the volume of the delay effect that hits on-beat and will add
something new to the main groove:

Hear the difference when the side-chain compression comes in:

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5) The Bassline Pattern

The bass-line pattern follows a simple 3-notes pattern and 1-bar progression E F# G#:

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6) Chord Pattern Variation

Heres a variation of the chord pattern, now extended to two bars. It also moves some of the
minor 9th chords in the upper octave:

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And heres a different pluck sound as these steps can be applied to any sound in Massive:
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