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Originally Posted by ilikexd

It needs to be the 1st one if you're going to use 32nds. Bursting at double bpm on pad very quickly scales up to impossible after the first few notes, although trills are still manageable. If you don't want to use trills the other option is to use 24ths or even 20ths if you're feeling creative.

I'll have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. I can see where you're coming from, although fast trills depend on the rebound of the pad. I would have exponentially more trouble passing the first image patterns than the second image patterns.

In the first image the player needs to vibrate on pads with good rebound. In the second image the player can attempt to pivot their feet minimally. Both cases the player can miss some notes and still pass, but in the first one if the player isn't vibrating fast on pads with good rebound then they'll dump many misses.

You never see trill-based patterns in more recent fast files. It's universally agreed amongst footspeed players that trills are worse than spread-out patterns. The patterns in the 2nd image are fine.