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Please allow triplets! You're missing out big without a basic shuffle! I also second the other comments about ordering. Cymbals on top, snare and toms in middle, bass and other pedals on the bottom. e.g.

   hh |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
   S  |----o-------o---|
   B  |o-------o-o-----|

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Is order CH, OH, CY, CB, MA, CL, HC, MC, LC, SD, BD, AC fine or need any other adjustments?

There will be support for triples, soooon.

I’ve never seen a drum pattern setup where the kick and snare are at the top.

Usually from bottom to top it is something like: Kick, Snare, hihat, toms, various cymbals

Just reversed it. Check it out.

Some other ideas:

- 2 bar patterns would also be great. Many patterns repeat over 8 quarters.

- Allowing accents (dynamics). A lot of drum patterns involve just a few drums, where accents are what bring the pattern to life.

With accents and triplets, you can have the Purdie shuffle [1], which is one of my favorite patterns ever :)

:[1] https://tomtommag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Purdie-Shuf...

Could you provide some kind of mockups of different bar patterns you would like to see implemented?

That link I sent is an example of standard notation I used when playing set. For accents, something like bigger or smaller circles could work fine.

Purdie shuffle would look like:

       1  2  3  4 
   hh |x-xx-xx-xx-x|
   S  |-o--o-Oo--o-|
   B  |o----o-----o|

Or something like a basic jazz shuffle:

       1  2  3  4 
   hh |x--x-xx--x-x|
   S  |---o-----o--|
   B  |o--o--o--o--|

looks like the original TR-808 handled triplets, see p.15 of the manual: https://cdn.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/TR-808_OM.pdf ; for example, the SHUFFLE and BOOGIE on p.13 of the sample patterns at the end of the manual.

I guess you could make a 3x16 pattern but interpret it as a 4x12, so each beat is three steps...

They don't roll over to the next 16 on playback automatically, which makes this very awkward.

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