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The Blue Monday bassline

A single pattern of 16ths, an octave jump and a synth that holds its nerve. Sonyk ships a demo song of it — open it, then learn what makes it work.

Open the demo

Sonyk’s bundled demos include a Blue Monday sequence. In the app: LIBRARY → Demos → Blue Monday. The pattern, sound and tempo load together.

The pattern

It is a straight 16th-note pulse on one note with the octave popping up on the off-beats — the tension comes from what does not change. Set the track length to 16, fill every step, then raise the pitch by 12 on steps 4, 8, 12 and 16 in the step inspector.

The sound

A fast decay, no glide, a slightly open filter with a touch of resonance, and a hair of overdrive. The 303 model works, but the Analog Poly with a square wave and a short amp envelope is closer to the original’s Moog.

Make it yours

Change the key chip and everything follows. Roll the composer dice for a counter-melody in the same key, or DJ the pattern against the record on deck B — same clock.

The demo is a recreation for learning; the original recording belongs to New Order and Factory Records.

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