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pump · + walking sub-bass on I-IV-I-V

16 bars · 116 bpm · sub-bass arpeggio · also sidechained

pump · + walking sub-bass on I-IV-I-V 16 bars · 116 bpm · sub-bass arpeggio · also sidechained
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Same kick + pad pumping setup, now with a walking sub-bass arpeggio through chord tones over a I-IV-I-V progression. Bass is also sidechained, pumping in lockstep with the pad.

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One more voice, ducking in lockstep

Same kick-and-pad pump, now with a walking sub-bass moving through chord tones over a I–IV–I–V progression. The bass line is just degrees, arpeggiated:

# the bass line — degrees, up and back
1 3 5 8 8 5 3 1

read as a cycle through the chord of the moment in A major. And the bass carries the same sidechain compressor the pad does:

fx_chain:
- pad-pump        # the kick ducks the bass too

So kick, pad, and bass all breathe together — the kick reaches across every voice at once. The groove is a single routing decision, applied in one place.