This guide focuses on dark, driving, warehouse-style techno drums — punchy kick, industrial hats, and rumbling percussion.

🥁 1. Industrial Techno Kick (Deep & Punchy)

Oscillator

• Wave: Sine

• Pitch: Low (around 40–50 Hz fundamental)

Pitch Envelope (IMPORTANT)

• Amount: High

• Decay: Very short (10–25 ms)
  👉 This gives the classic techno “thump”.

Amp Envelope

• Attack: 0

• Decay: 300–500 ms

• Sustain: 0

• Release: Short

Distortion

• Drive: 20–40%

• Add subtle clipping for grit

Optional

• Slight lowpass filter around 8–12 kHz

• Boost around 60–100 Hz in your DAW EQ

🔥 Pro tip: Layer a second voice with noise + very short decay for extra click.

🥁 2. Dark Warehouse Snare / Clap

Oscillator 1

• Noise generator

Oscillator 2

• Triangle wave (low level)

Filter

• Bandpass

• Medium resonance

Amp Envelope

• Short decay (150–250 ms)

Distortion

• Moderate (adds aggression)

👉 Add slight reverb in DAW for space.

🥁 3. Driving Techno Hi-Hats

Closed Hat

• Noise oscillator

• Highpass filter (5–10 kHz)

• Very short decay (50–120 ms)

Open Hat

• Same noise source

• Longer decay (300–600 ms)

• Slight stereo spread

🔥 Add subtle LFO to filter cutoff for movement.

🥁 4. Industrial Percussion

For metallic percussion:

• Oscillator: Square or triangle

• Add FM if available

• Short decay

• High resonance filter

• Add distortion

This creates that Berlin warehouse vibe.

🎛 5. Techno Groove Pattern (Basic 4/4)

Kick:
X - - - | X - - - | X - - - | X - - -

Closed Hat:
- X - X | - X - X | - X - X | - X - X

Open Hat:
- - - X | - - - X | - - - X | - - - X

Snare/Clap:
- - X - | - - X - | - - X - | - - X -

Tempo: 128–135 BPM

🔥 Advanced Techno Tips

✔ Slight swing (52–55%)
✔ Automate distortion during buildup
✔ Layer rumble (send kick to long reverb → lowpass → sidechain)
✔ Use subtle saturation on drum bus
✔ Keep kick mono