Tokøta from Mastering.com walks through building a drum groove from scratch in Logic Pro's step sequencer, using the stock Drum Machine Designer instrument.
The process is hands-on: click steps on and off to place hits, then adjust velocity on individual steps to add dynamics instead of leaving everything at a flat 127.
Adding repeats to a step creates quick rolls and stutters, a fast way to turn a static pattern into something that feels played rather than programmed.
Because Drum Machine Designer is pre-mapped to the sequencer, swapping sounds is as simple as clicking a pad to pull up its sample for tweaking.