Denny AJD's extreme polymeter with four independent meters played at once - Bounce Metronome Pro
Channel: robertinventor
Date: 2012-05-26

Shows Bounce Metronome's capability to play polymeters http://bouncemetronome.com 

Also shows how you can set instruments for individual beats, and can set it to play rhythms with notes of different sizes e.g. mix quarter notes with eighth and sixteenth notes in the same part. 

Denny's original video is here with music notation for the rhythm: http://klinikdrum.com/dennyajd.html Extreme Polymetric Ostinatu demonstration.

I tried the rhythm really fast and it sounded great like that too, so here it is done with a gradual tempo change from very slow to really fast.

I've done it with the same instruments as the original as best as I could approximate with Kontakt's Studio Drummer.

SETTINGS IN BOUNCE METRONOME

THIS DESCRIPTION IS FOR THE NEXT RELEASE, AVAILABLE SOON - join http://facebook.com/bouncemetronome or watch out in the blog http://bouncemetronome.com/blog for an announcement when it's ready.

This shows the new polymeter feature of Bounce Metronome available in the next upload
- after the release, you can select "Polymeters like 3/8 with 2/4 (Beat Preserving) in the main window.

Also gradually changing tempo switched on (keyboard shortcut for the window Ctrl + 225).

Also uses the option to set an instrument for each beat - you do that with a right click at right side of the beat in one of the bounce windows and select the instrument from the drop menu, or else you can also do it within the instruments menu.

Then I made the notes of different sizes by skipping beats - you can just click on any beat to skip or play it. You can also make a rhythm like this using music notation if you choose Drum & Dance as the metronome type, and then choose to play the rhythm as a polymeter (new option AVAILABLE SOON)..

Also for fun, also switched on the option to expand the size of the text at the top of the bounce, which is in the More (several times) version of 2D Bounce - Other Visuals (keyboard shortcut Ctrl + 225)

Also did a view from above in 3D - you can adjust the view in 3D if you hold down the Alt key and then click and drag with the mouse left or right buttons or middle button (or both together).