The UK garage and bass family is defined by syncopation and swing rather than a straight four-to-the-floor. Drums shuffle, snares land off the expected beat, and the sub bass is a rhythmic instrument in its own right. It covers 2-step and speed garage, 4x4 bassline, breakbeat, and the half-time weight of dubstep and riddim.
130–145 BPM for garage, bassline and breakbeat; dubstep at 138–142 BPM felt in half-time.
| Drums | Swung 16ths with syncopated kick placement and snares displaced off the grid; shakers and rim clicks fill the gaps. |
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| Sub bass | Warping, gliding or wobbling — the bass carries rhythm, not just harmony. |
| Vocals | Pitched, time-stretched and chopped soul or MC phrases used percussively. |
| Stabs | Short filtered organ or string stabs answering the vocal on the offbeat. |
| Weight | Half-time genres leave whole beats empty so the bass and snare hit harder. |
2-step lives on a snare that lands just off the expected backbeat while the listener still feels a steady pulse. Nudge snares by a 16th or a triplet and add a ghost hit to keep the bar readable.
Filter cutoff, pitch glide and LFO rate movement on the sub is what makes speed garage and dubstep bass feel alive. Automate one parameter per bar rather than layering more bass patches.
Chop first, then tune each slice to the bass note underneath. Two well-tuned slices beat a long unpitched phrase for both groove and clarity.
Each subgenre has its own prompt engine, tempo range and arrangement template. Open one to see example prompts and start a sketch.
Late 90s-early 00s UK 2-step with shuffled swing beats, deep warping basslines, soulful R&B vocals, pirate radio energy
Classic UK speed garage 1995-1998 — unbroken four-on-the-floor kick, heavy garage swing, jungle-influenced ghost percussion low in the mix and a deep rubbery filtered sub bass. Rhythm and bass carry the identity, never melodic EDM.
Raw high-speed warehouse rave with a swung four-to-the-floor groove, warped Reese bass, rave stabs and tightly looped vocal chops.
4/4 UK bassline with wobbling bass and grime influences
Post-dubstep UK bass with 130 BPM grooves
Heavy bass wobbles and powerful drops
Repetitive heavy basslines with minimal drops
Bright supersaws with emotional vibes
Syncopated funk breaks with layered drums and heavy basslines
Sketches are delivered as separated 48 kHz WAV stems, so you keep the parts you like and replace the rest in your own session.
UK garage generally sits at 130–138 BPM, speed garage at 135–140 BPM, and 4x4 bassline around 135–142 BPM. Dubstep is written at 138–142 BPM but felt at half that pace.
2-step uses a syncopated, shuffling drum pattern with displaced snares and no kick on every beat. 4x4 garage and bassline keep a four-to-the-floor kick and put the syncopation in the bass and percussion instead.
Stems are delivered as separate 48 kHz WAV files so you can rebuild the drums or bass freely. Check the licensing page for how generated material may be released.
Pick a subgenre, describe the groove you want, and get an editable multitrack starting point back.
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