Hello everyone! Today we finished post-production of the RD-8 MKII comparison video :) We set out to make the ultimate comparison of the MKII and the MKI by using the powers of our stop motion equipment. This allowed us to match the knob positions on both machines with insane precision - something which probably was never don...
2022-04-12 15:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This song was recommended by our patron Binuts. It is from "Moon Safari", a seminal album of the 90's. You should definitely check it out if you haven't heard it yet 😊
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Your fellow patron Craig M. suggested Skinny Puppy, so here we go :) Some very interesting patterns, generously drenched in distortion (I didn't go quite as far in the sound sample). The 808 Clap with distortion sounds like it came straight out of hell. The levels of all instruments going into the distortion have to be carefu...
2022-04-02 21:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! The last weeks were a bit rough for us because our production schedule was sabotaged by a quarantine. As you probably have noticed we used the time wisely by transcribing a lot of new drum patterns that we can use in future episodes. We've since continued filming and we're already done with a few scenes of the...
2022-03-28 11:03:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I know there are a few Radiohead as well as CR-78 fans among you, so I hope you like this one :) This is of course not the album version, but the "Jonny, Thom & a CR78" version you can find on YouTube (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson). Amazing what can be done with just two guitars and a drum machine!
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2022-03-27 06:33:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my drum pattern transcription in the style of "Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (Drum Pattern No. 49)".
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Our patron TomDread had a very special request... A transcription of patterns used in Jimi Hendrix' Voodoo Child - played on the Vermona DRM1 MkIV :) It was a lot of work, but it was worth it! Funny how some people I showed this to thought it was a hip-hop song from the 90s... The drummer Mitch Mitchell played every part diff...
2022-03-15 06:49:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to Barry for requesting this one! Lots of classic Roland machines involved here: 303, 808, 909 and whereever that tambourine came from :)
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Thanks to our patron aseeon for suggesting this pattern :) Here Timecop1983 frequently uses silence in the drum track, either half a bar before new sections or entirely muted for several bars. The sound set is similar to Michael Sembel...
2022-03-05 11:46:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a Roland TR-08 on loan right now, so we used the opportunity to make a Cheat Sheet for it :) If you get your hands on an original TR-808 you can use this Cheat Sheet as well because the basic operation is practically identical.
We're probably not going to make a review on the TR-08, so here's the bottom line: Mi...
2022-02-27 21:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay I couldn't leave you hanging there after the previous "pattern", so I took a shot at Kavinsky's newest release "Zenith", which he calls the sequel to "Nightcall". 11 years later, Kavinsky has certainly upped his game (by 3 BPM, 2 kicks and 1 variation to be exact).
This all begs the question: Who would be up for a ...
2022-02-12 14:14:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I was looking forward to transcribing this one, but to be honest I was a bit shocked how simple the drums are. I remembered that very differently 😂 The noisy synth pads take the role of cymbals and with everything else that's going on I guess it's all this classic synthwave track really needs. And hey we don't need a slowe...
2022-02-12 14:10:28 +0000 UTC View Post
This is probably my favourite Hi-Hat pattern ever! While the song was written and produced by Prince, the drum beat apparently was a stock pattern on the Linn LM-1 created by David Garibaldi, the drummer for Tower of Power. The track's groovy Hi-Hat programming fooled many into thinking it was played by a live drummer on a re...
2022-02-04 07:04:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! In our newest episode of "Drum Patterns Explained", we take a look at the drum pattern behind the legendary Amen Break, how it works, its little details and what makes it special (including some resampling and slicing). Attached to this post you will find the high quality WAV files mentioned in the video (and ...
2022-01-22 15:43:30 +0000 UTC View Post
To prepare for the upcoming "Drum Patterns Explained" episode, I revisited my transcription from last year. While that was an adaptation for basically any drum machine with accents, this new transcription contains more details, requiring at least t...
2022-01-22 11:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you're all doing well! We just turned the lights out on our set after a very successful day of filming for the next "Drum Patterns Explained" video 🐇
We collected so much interesting material on humanizing Hi-Hats that it no longer fit into this Drum Patterns Explained episode - so we're dedicating a full length...
2022-01-18 16:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Those of you that have been following the Audio Laboratory series might have noticed that we're quite fond of a certain spring reverb pedal. In 2022-01-15 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the Cheat Sheet for the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator PO-12 rhythm. As simple as that fun little barebones calculator seems - some functions aren't that obvious. For example it took me way too long to realize that you can fine tune sounds and then place them on the sequencer without live recording parameter autom...
2022-01-10 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Update 2022/01/29: Cheat Sheet updated for firmware version 1.08. New feature "Shift all pattern steps left or right". They fixed the swing bug! Hopefully they will soon address the LFO reset bug in keyboard mode. I added a few helpful pointers for the firmware update procedure.
Well, apparently writin...
2022-01-04 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Why not accompany your little cousin who's playing the recorder and torture the whole family with your very own rendition of "Last Christmas"?
You knew this had to be coming, so we might as well get it over with this year ;) It started as a joke (like many of our ideas do), but this is actually an interesting LinnDrum p...
2021-12-18 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
For the upcoming busy festive season in December we will be taking a short break from the Captain Pikant channel. Patreon will not bill you for December and we will be back with new content in January 2022 - although Beatbunny might bring you a special gift a few days before Christmas ;)...
2021-11-27 20:00:53 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! The poll on which Drum Machine Cheat Sheet to tackle next has now ended and the results were clear:
Last week we've already taken care of the 2021-11-24 11:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to our Patron Albert Pauw for recommending this one! We finally got to use the Quijada in a transcription ;) I have to admit that this one was a bit harder to crack than I expected...
I know, it's just a single one bar pattern in 1/8 triplets, but the Korg Minipops 7 has a surprising amount of instruments that ki...
2021-11-20 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Turns out the Arturia DrumBrute and the DrumBrute Impact share many features, so we could finish this Cheat Sheet much faster than anticipated :)
We hope this will be useful to you. If anything should be unclear, if you find an error or you feel like something is missing just drop us a line - either here in the comments...
2021-11-18 22:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Our list of Cheat Sheets has grown quite a bit over the last year 😊 We don't have many drum machines left to make one of, but we're keen to hear which ones you're most interested in.
Please...
2021-11-10 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Elektron Model:Samples Cheat Sheet is done! The machine of course shares most functions and features with its twin Model:Cycles, but there are a few key differences that justify a separate Cheat Sheet.
Included are some popular workarounds for attack, portamento, accents as well as Hi-Hat choking.
We hope this...
2021-11-06 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We used the Digitakt to recreate and explain the drums of the famous 1984 synth pop classic "Axel F" (better known as the title song of the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies).
Here's what's on the menu for this iconic drum track: LinnDrum sounds, a tom fill, delay, a kick drum with a twist and gated reverb - which we fak...
2021-10-25 12:51:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
The next "Drum Patterns Explained" video is coming next week! We just finished filming the final scene and now everything is going into post-production.
While writing the episode the song turned out to have so many interesting aspects to talk about - so instead of just piggybacking Hi-Hat humanizin...
2021-10-23 15:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's one requested by our Patron Larry's Cactus Farm :) This Pattern was used in the 1988 latin freestyle song "I Wanna Be The One" by Stevie B. It's a great 808 pattern, but I think they used a different kick in the recording (certainly one with a lot of gated reverb added to it).
Notice how the Closed Hat and the Ri...
2021-10-16 07:53:43 +0000 UTC View Post
