Love that this guy doesn’t over explain history or give you the story of life. Just straight knows his stuff and teaches it to you. Which, paradoxically, makes me want to know about his life and how he got so good.
Phil Collins was the most creative TR 808/909 programmer IMHO. Never sounded overtly repetitive, and how it weaved with his acoustic drum patterns were always exciting.
@@SynthManiaDotCom If you listen closely, he has method in his programming madness. He always plans for his interlocking drum parts. He likes to accentuate the upbeats on his drum machines, and leave listeners guessing where the first downbeat falls (e.g. Man on The Corner, In The Air Tonight, Silver Rainbow)
@@davelumenta5206 actually his programming resembles his real drumming style. Nothing random about it. He is a pro when it comes to rythms and overall song writing.
I was a kid when Tarzan came out so I knew about that and that one Journey song about a train or something. DMX put me on 'In the Air Tonight' and that was it for me, but after hearing this... Phil Collins GO! I got some catching up to do.
On the 909, I see how it's programmed now, but I have a question; when for example, you program the low tom, you hit button '5' to pick the tom... but i see the box illustration is under '5' and '6'. does that mean you could pick either? Is it so that one will not cancel out the decay of the other, or is it just that both do the same thing?
I would never... ever imagined that I could be watching this video (for the 20th time :-P) in 2020 on quarantine. Life can change from one side to another just in a second. As you said, it´s time to do an effort to keep faith and to be positive no just for one but for all of us. Yes, this days I also kept thinking which are the most important things of life, and if I could done more to show my loved ones how much more important they are over anything else. Thanks very much Paolo for your videos!
i've always thought that it would be AWESOME to have this song performed live with a real xylophone/marimba in place of the Popcorn, and a chorus-pedal Fender Rhodes for the electric piano part. Far as I can tell, those seem to be what both of those sounds are based on. :)
Excellent video, Paolo! Your love of 70s and 80s music is always a draw; when you show how to recreate classic songs, I'm taken back to that specific time in my life. Great memories for me and a wonderful talent on your part . . . one I wish I had. :)
Awesome, I have duplicated your method on an emulator. It really is that easy, thanks to your instruction. The only could not do with the TR-727 and I could not do two measures with the emulators. Roland offers free emulator for 30 days. You have to have a DAW though. I don't have one yet.
Nice one! Haven't heard in ages! I used this song as one of compositions to get into music school. Sure enough those are almost all 909 sounds, at the time I was just using samples for my EPS. You can literally 'hear' that the song MUST have been done on an SSL. You can hear the crunchy SSL sound an especially channel compressors and gates being used tons. You can also hear for sure the AMS RMX16 and a few other classic in there. For some reason I think I remember from 20+ years ago the exact tempo of the studio recording is a very tight 118.85BPM. I'm really enjoying the channel, keep it up.
Hello Paolo, thank you for posting the worksheet. As many do not have a TR909 laying around; I wanted to see if I could replicate what you did BUT using the IOS app "Funkbox". Using the default 909, I got close BUT the low Tom and clap are on the same assignment. After researching, I found I could create a CUSTOM virtual eprom with all my favorite patches. Thus, I was able to put the hand clap patch on an unused channel. I was also able to add a cabasa to another channel. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the efforts.
Hi, Love your inspiring and really helpful videos. Greetings from Germany. Can you please do similar Video on the tr 909 pattern from Phil Collins Both Sides Of the Story. I‘d love that. Keep up your great work and enjoy the music. Best Adrian
@@SynthManiaDotCom you can check the result here. Unfortunately the Jupiter X's 909 can not tune individual drums, but still pretty close. th-cam.com/users/shortsEAAlFfEDYmA?feature=share
Ciao Paolo congratulation you doing outstanding job on your channel . Can you please re-create tonight tonight tonight from Genesis on the Linn drum sequence Pattern I love that song and I tried to figure out how they did it and which drum machine they use for that particular song. Grazie mille Paolo you're the best
Thank you! If it doesn't have the step sequencer, you can use your DAW's piano roll grid, and paint the notes in there - voila', you can do the same thing :)
It'll be interesting to check how close my own estimated pattern (Beatstep Pro driving a TR-8) is to your version... I suspect I'll be doing some edits... I use the Beatstep Pro over TR-8 because of having longer patterns, plus for this song I can use one of the "melodic" sequencer lines for the synth sequence.
Good video! Synthmania Rules! i wanna do my petition : replicate the beat of *"Beastie Groove" by the Beastie Boys on a Oberheim DMX* (apparently was used with *'hard rock' chip* ).
You obviously never carried your synth/drum machines for a live performance ; try with "normal size" drum machines you will see how fun it is ; but you're right on Roland, they forgot everything ;
Great mix indeed. Ben Liebrand was testing his new sampler ;-) But I prefer the original 12 "versions of the songs. Relax: th-cam.com/video/okzmGI-Paj8/w-d-xo.html Two Tribes: th-cam.com/video/pnh7x8aU26g/w-d-xo.html
Paolo ! Whose your favourite Australian band/artist (obviously from 70-80's)? Love your stuff, keep it the suggestions, makes for some really cool videos as someone who doesn't have the first clue about music production :)
Hi, deznoites, thank you! There are so many awesome Australian bands from the '70s/'80s that I like! I can mention a few but really, Australia has produced a lot of great music - When I was a teen in the '80s in Italy I especially loved the Died Pretty, they came on tour around my town and we went to see them, it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to! I still remember that the keyboard player had a huge double-manual organ that sounded fantastic, although I don't remember which model it was. My friends and I bought this record so it must have been around 1986. My favorite was the song "Blue Sky Day": th-cam.com/video/QesuVI-diqE/w-d-xo.html Another band that I loved from the era is The Moffs, I bought the Labyrinth album when it came out and I was so enamored with it, especially the song "Touch The Ground": th-cam.com/video/L4G5OnouELk/w-d-xo.html also Nick Cave th-cam.com/video/yXIOAY5B4RI/w-d-xo.html On the pop front of course we all loved Kylie Minogue and the S.A.W. production like "I Should Be So Lucky" th-cam.com/video/bMCXx5k01Tg/w-d-xo.html , and loved INXS of course, especially "Need You Tonight" th-cam.com/video/j07drBZBGe8/w-d-xo.html and of course love AC/DC, Men At Work, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, and more recently Empire Of The Sun - but there are literally so many more great bands. Thanks for watching!
Very nice! wouldn't expect anything less from the synth-god himself hahaha, also if you want to hear something new coming out of Australia, which suits the theme of your channel pretty well, have a listen to 'Client Liaison'. wont tell you too much, ill let you judge for yourself ahah! Keep up the great work !
Very late answer but yeah this was very early, the 909 was released in mid '84 but it wasn't selling well at first, so it was kinda rare in music. Phil sure was an early adopter, but other producers used it at the time (Skinny Puppy, Schoolly D, Mantronix, Chip E to name a few)
I love the TR-909! I have a bunch of 909 samples, and I am in love with the 909 clap. Looking to get a TR-09. Since you own a real TR-909, do you think a TR-09 is any good?
I've heard the demos of the TR-09 and to my ears it sounds fantastic, and most importantly, has the "feel" of the real TR-909 sequencer, but I haven't had a chance to try at the musical instrument store - I'll try it and get back to you with a comparison
Okay, terrific. I used it in my local guitar center and it felt good but I don't know if it's a good enough emulator to the 909. What I really want is a 909 but.... Obviously I can't afford that.
Ironic that an actual drummer has some of the most iconic drum machine patterns ever created. Or is it? 🤔 Prince has some pretty iconic and unique drum patterns, but he’s not a “drummer” per-se. So actually it kinda makes sense than an actual drummer would create iconic patterns.
Hi Paolo, thank you for this video. It was extremely helpful to me for creating the drum part in my backing track / instrumental version of this song. I have now completed it and uploaded to TH-cam, if you or anyone else would like to check it out, here's the link: th-cam.com/video/AautEeCDORM/w-d-xo.html I'd love to know what you think! Keep up the good work. Chris
Love that this guy doesn’t over explain history or give you the story of life.
Just straight knows his stuff and teaches it to you.
Which, paradoxically, makes me want to know about his life and how he got so good.
Phil Collins was the most creative TR 808/909 programmer IMHO. Never sounded overtly repetitive, and how it weaved with his acoustic drum patterns were always exciting.
I think he just entered notes at random - like we all do
COMPLETELY agreed. When i think about the 808, HES the one i think of! He honestly had the best drumbeats on the 808 outside of rap in the 1980s.
@@SynthManiaDotCom If you listen closely, he has method in his programming madness. He always plans for his interlocking drum parts. He likes to accentuate the upbeats on his drum machines, and leave listeners guessing where the first downbeat falls (e.g. Man on The Corner, In The Air Tonight, Silver Rainbow)
@@davelumenta5206 actually his programming resembles his real drumming style. Nothing random about it. He is a pro when it comes to rythms and overall song writing.
This is probably my fav Phil Collins song. Very nice drums rendition!
Thank you very much!
THIS DUDE IS SO FUNKY. BRO IS NASTY ON THESE KEYS. 🔥 🔥 🔥
I heard the TR-808, Roland Juno-60 patch “Popcorn” and Yamaha DX7 internal patch “Electric Piano 1” in Take Me Home (1985).
I was a kid when Tarzan came out so I knew about that and that one Journey song about a train or something. DMX put me on 'In the Air Tonight' and that was it for me, but after hearing this... Phil Collins GO! I got some catching up to do.
Easily one of the best songs of the 80s. Love it. And I love that you covered/showed it here. Cheers to ya! :D
Thank *you for watching!
On the 909, I see how it's programmed now, but I have a question; when for example, you program the low tom, you hit button '5' to pick the tom... but i see the box illustration is under '5' and '6'. does that mean you could pick either? Is it so that one will not cancel out the decay of the other, or is it just that both do the same thing?
This is so good!
I would never... ever imagined that I could be watching this video (for the 20th time :-P) in 2020 on quarantine. Life can change from one side to another just in a second. As you said, it´s time to do an effort to keep faith and to be positive no just for one but for all of us. Yes, this days I also kept thinking which are the most important things of life, and if I could done more to show my loved ones how much more important they are over anything else. Thanks very much Paolo for your videos!
Thank you for making it so easy to understand and discern exactly what it is you do to reproduce it
Thank you for this video!
A few months ago I got a Roland TR-8S and was able to recreate this pattern using the built-in 909 and 727 sounds.
Nice video! Really love this song. Such a good beat. Phil is a master.
Just made this pattern on my fantom 7. Dead on. Thanks
The Yamaha DX7 “Electric Piano 1” internal patch and Roland Juno-60 patch “Popcorn” were heard in this song.
i've always thought that it would be AWESOME to have this song performed live with a real xylophone/marimba in place of the Popcorn, and a chorus-pedal Fender Rhodes for the electric piano part. Far as I can tell, those seem to be what both of those sounds are based on. :)
Excellent video, Paolo! Your love of 70s and 80s music is always a draw; when you show how to recreate classic songs, I'm taken back to that specific time in my life. Great memories for me and a wonderful talent on your part . . . one I wish I had. :)
Sean, thank you!
fantastic! I mentioned on your other video for famous 909 patterns that I was surprised that this one wasnt included. thank you for doing this
Paolo, you're our hero ! this is really awe-inspiring !!
Way too kind! Thank you
That kick! Nothing like the real thing.
is there anything you cant replicate or know ...your donna summer 'i feel love ' ...and everything else ...top notch descriptions
Thank you
Oh man you did it!!! Just stunning!!! Nailed it!!! Mindblowing!!!
Hi, Bitley, glad you enjoyed it! Thank you very much!
Woow, cool drums
Awesome, I have duplicated your method on an emulator. It really is that easy, thanks to your instruction. The only could not do with the TR-727 and I could not do two measures with the emulators. Roland offers free emulator for 30 days. You have to have a DAW though. I don't have one yet.
Nice one! Haven't heard in ages! I used this song as one of compositions to get into music school. Sure enough those are almost all 909 sounds, at the time I was just using samples for my EPS. You can literally 'hear' that the song MUST have been done on an SSL. You can hear the crunchy SSL sound an especially channel compressors and gates being used tons. You can also hear for sure the AMS RMX16 and a few other classic in there. For some reason I think I remember from 20+ years ago the exact tempo of the studio recording is a very tight 118.85BPM. I'm really enjoying the channel, keep it up.
Love your videos keep it up!
Thanks!
B B and me
can't thank you enough for helping to program my favorite beat
I think you are the nicest guy on YT, Sir.
Thanks a lot lovely done!
Really really nice tutorial - loved it!
You wrecked this bro!👏🏿
Cute, wise, informative. Perfect.
Great Work
Thank you
you really nailed it
This also as a tutorial for both Roland, great vid!
Thank you for watching!
Excellent as always!
I like the spreadsheet idea!
Thanks! You might be interested in this: th-cam.com/video/y4hIq16H7mM/w-d-xo.html
Amazing. You have great ears!
Hello Paolo, thank you for posting the worksheet. As many do not have a TR909 laying around; I wanted to see if I could replicate what you did BUT using the IOS app "Funkbox". Using the default 909, I got close BUT the low Tom and clap are on the same assignment. After researching, I found I could create a CUSTOM virtual eprom with all my favorite patches. Thus, I was able to put the hand clap patch on an unused channel. I was also able to add a cabasa to another channel. Worked like a charm. Thanks for the efforts.
dope house beat
This was a big help programming my Alesis SR 16 so I can cover this song. Thank you!
Awesome! Thank You!
1000 thanks, very good work!
Thank you too!
Thanks , great video ; will program this into my Roland JD-XI
and here it is ... th-cam.com/video/xAdvnFEE-TE/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Syhtmania, please, I like so much 80's syntpop and I like do you play the background beats of pointer sisters songs: jump and automatic.
Thanks for this. Very easy to follow. I'm using a software version of the 909 which luckily has the cabasa built in
Thank you
Hi, Love your inspiring and really helpful videos. Greetings from Germany. Can you please do similar Video on the tr 909 pattern from Phil Collins Both Sides Of the Story. I‘d love that. Keep up your great work and enjoy the music. Best Adrian
I heard the TR-909 in some 1983 non-hip-hop song.
Thank you !
I love this tune! :) Thanks for doing this! :)
Great stuff. I was going to make this on my Jupiter X tomorrow. Now it just became a lot easier. Thanks
Glad it helped!
@@SynthManiaDotCom you can check the result here. Unfortunately the Jupiter X's 909 can not tune individual drums, but still pretty close. th-cam.com/users/shortsEAAlFfEDYmA?feature=share
Ciao Paolo congratulation you doing outstanding job on your channel .
Can you please re-create tonight tonight tonight from Genesis on the Linn drum sequence Pattern I love that song and I tried to figure out how they did it and which drum machine they use for that particular song.
Grazie mille Paolo you're the best
It was actually a Linn hooked to a Simmons for toms.
Please do the Sussudio drum beat.
Ok - I put it in my to-do list
Michael Langley very basic
would LOVE to see / hear this!
Thanks SynthMania.
James Reeno. I think he means the drums and Moog bass line. There are some subtleties that make it more than basic.
Brilliant!!
You’re awesome!
LOVE THIS!!!
Millions don’t realize the hundreds of hours Phil and Chester spent mastering drum machines.
Would really love to get my hands on this sample to try and re-create this song...
If only the clap didn't share the same slot as the 727 cabasa on the TR-8, I'd be set. Going to program it anyway.
Greetings from Chile. Congratulations. It's a very interesting and fun channel.
Could you recreate the main sequence from Erasure's "Chorus"??
Maybe the linndrum pattern for take on me by a-ha?
OK - I put it on the to-do list
can you do something like the instrumental of captain hollywood project's more and more?
excelente!
¡Gracias!
Can you tell me a little more about the spread sheet? It a great Idea. Thanks
th-cam.com/video/y4hIq16H7mM/w-d-xo.html
I found the Roland TR-909 And the Roland TR-727 on eBay and reverb
Awesome!
Wish my DAW contained a step sequencer.
Thank you! If it doesn't have the step sequencer, you can use your DAW's piano roll grid, and paint the notes in there - voila', you can do the same thing :)
Probably. But I've had difficulty with quantize. The suggestion is still appreciated.
good in 132 and snare for cabasa
(3:17) Kinda-sorta sounds like the "West End Girls" intro except they double up on the bass.
Anyone know how to do the arpeggiated synth part from Take me Home or have a link?
That's what I wanna learn
It'll be interesting to check how close my own estimated pattern (Beatstep Pro driving a TR-8) is to your version... I suspect I'll be doing some edits... I use the Beatstep Pro over TR-8 because of having longer patterns, plus for this song I can use one of the "melodic" sequencer lines for the synth sequence.
How about a cover of Happy Children by P-Lion!
I second that!!!
Good video! Synthmania Rules! i wanna do my petition : replicate the beat of *"Beastie Groove" by the Beastie Boys on a Oberheim DMX* (apparently was used with *'hard rock' chip* ).
i always thought it was a 808! now I know! :)
I did a version of Take me home once. I used a TR505.
Nice Work Bro
Thanks 🔥
i love it :) could you perhaps do the drum pattern from crockett's theme by jan hammer?
I think the cabasa sound is an Oberheim DMX. I got essentially the exact cabasa sound with the Oberheim DMX.
"Cuz I don't remember!"
"Taaaaake, take me hooooome!"
How many drum patterns can you store on the 909?
What I would give to get my Hands on that Sample...
could you do Paul Hardcastle's "Rainforest"?
that is an 808, I am pretty sure.
I just sequenced the spreadsheet into a midi file you can download or play from here: onlinesequencer.net/591551
This is in the movie trailer for marcell the shell with shoes on
Wow, a normal size drum machine! I think Roland has forgotten how to build those.
don't forget patent-trolling anyone who tries to sell a 909 clone T_T
You obviously never carried your synth/drum machines for a live performance ; try with "normal size" drum machines you will see how fun it is ; but you're right on Roland, they forgot everything ;
LOL...I used to haul a 10 piece drum set around, so a 14x12 drum machine that weighs 5lbs is not a big deal, at least I can turn the knobs on it.
Please do Pet Shop Boys "One In A Million"
Can I get a copy of that grid sheet please?
You certainly can
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Two Tribes.
Very nice beat LinnDrum 2 only.
Maybe you can do this too?
Edit: I subscribed :-)
Thanks for subscribing!! Yes, definitely will have FGTH tracks on the channel soon
Rumor has it, he never arrived :P Great vid, as always
FGTH definitely have a good beat.
The Relax track is a simple beat, but Two Tribes is more complex.
nedrail1435 Now u mention them. Best mix of both songs :) th-cam.com/video/9ttNJ5tPwEE/w-d-xo.html
Great mix indeed.
Ben Liebrand was testing his new sampler ;-)
But I prefer the original 12 "versions of the songs.
Relax: th-cam.com/video/okzmGI-Paj8/w-d-xo.html
Two Tribes: th-cam.com/video/pnh7x8aU26g/w-d-xo.html
Paolo ! Whose your favourite Australian band/artist (obviously from 70-80's)? Love your stuff, keep it the suggestions, makes for some really cool videos as someone who doesn't have the first clue about music production :)
Hi, deznoites, thank you! There are so many awesome Australian bands from the '70s/'80s that I like! I can mention a few but really, Australia has produced a lot of great music - When I was a teen in the '80s in Italy I especially loved the Died Pretty, they came on tour around my town and we went to see them, it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to! I still remember that the keyboard player had a huge double-manual organ that sounded fantastic, although I don't remember which model it was. My friends and I bought this record so it must have been around 1986. My favorite was the song "Blue Sky Day": th-cam.com/video/QesuVI-diqE/w-d-xo.html Another band that I loved from the era is The Moffs, I bought the Labyrinth album when it came out and I was so enamored with it, especially the song "Touch The Ground": th-cam.com/video/L4G5OnouELk/w-d-xo.html also Nick Cave th-cam.com/video/yXIOAY5B4RI/w-d-xo.html On the pop front of course we all loved Kylie Minogue and the S.A.W. production like "I Should Be So Lucky" th-cam.com/video/bMCXx5k01Tg/w-d-xo.html , and loved INXS of course, especially "Need You Tonight" th-cam.com/video/j07drBZBGe8/w-d-xo.html and of course love AC/DC, Men At Work, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, and more recently Empire Of The Sun - but there are literally so many more great bands. Thanks for watching!
Very nice! wouldn't expect anything less from the synth-god himself hahaha, also if you want to hear something new coming out of Australia, which suits the theme of your channel pretty well, have a listen to 'Client Liaison'. wont tell you too much, ill let you judge for yourself ahah!
Keep up the great work !
Would u be so kind as to post a link to an excel template
Nice video, What do you think about the Roland TR-09?
Okay thanks for your answer
Was Take Me Home one of the first songs to use a TR-909?
Very late answer but yeah this was very early, the 909 was released in mid '84 but it wasn't selling well at first, so it was kinda rare in music. Phil sure was an early adopter, but other producers used it at the time (Skinny Puppy, Schoolly D, Mantronix, Chip E to name a few)
Great video! Any chance you can share the spreadsheet?
Thanks! Super easy to make, I made a video about it here: th-cam.com/video/y4hIq16H7mM/w-d-xo.html
You can screenshot it if you need it, he does show it in the video :p
Great job! Now I want to go listen to that album again! =)
Could you show us the synth sounds from The Strangler's song "Skin Deep?"
I'm a complete nerd so I eat this stuff up
Nice video! I have a noob question: how do you connect the two drummachines? just with one midi cable?
Thanks! Yes, just a MIDI cable
I love the TR-909! I have a bunch of 909 samples, and I am in love with the 909 clap. Looking to get a TR-09. Since you own a real TR-909, do you think a TR-09 is any good?
Mrcardman12345 why don't you buy a TR8? With the 7x7 upgrade pack you have several drum machines under 1 bonnet!!
The TR8 is a fantastic drum machine, but it isn't exactly in my price range.
I've heard the demos of the TR-09 and to my ears it sounds fantastic, and most importantly, has the "feel" of the real TR-909 sequencer, but I haven't had a chance to try at the musical instrument store - I'll try it and get back to you with a comparison
Okay, terrific. I used it in my local guitar center and it felt good but I don't know if it's a good enough emulator to the 909. What I really want is a 909 but.... Obviously I can't afford that.
SynthMania only one output
119 bpm
I can hear Layzie Bone in my mind..
im suprised you are not copyrighted
Ironic that an actual drummer has some of the most iconic drum machine patterns ever created. Or is it? 🤔 Prince has some pretty iconic and unique drum patterns, but he’s not a “drummer” per-se. So actually it kinda makes sense than an actual drummer would create iconic patterns.
Hi Paolo, thank you for this video. It was extremely helpful to me for creating the drum part in my backing track / instrumental version of this song. I have now completed it and uploaded to TH-cam, if you or anyone else would like to check it out, here's the link: th-cam.com/video/AautEeCDORM/w-d-xo.html I'd love to know what you think! Keep up the good work. Chris