Drum Patterns Explained: Jeff Mills - Exhibitionist Mix 3 (TR-909 / RD-9 Workout)

[@CaptainPikant]

A quick update: For our new video kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmerlINse9ODkNk we had an authentic TR-909 replica and again performed Exhibitionist 2 Mix 3. It turns out the 909 did have a metronome function which you can activate by pressing GUIDE while in TAP RECORD mode. You also can't simply hold an instrument button on the TR-909 to punch in a series of 16th notes, you have to press the button really fast like a professional Tetris player aiming for a new world record on an NES controller. Jeff Mills does this so subtly that it's easy to miss - his finger barely moves but if you look closely you can see it jittering while he punches in the Closed Hats.

[@kaosimian]

Seeing it broken down like this makes Jeff's performance all the more awe-inspiring.

[@MOOTANT1]

A most splendid video from the Captain! I loaned Jeff Mills my TR909 when he did a gig at the Pelican Club in Aberdeen. His thin wiry hands moved like the wind all over my 909.

[@saturn1returns]

He has a 909 in the soma records hq in Glasgow too.

[@justinsaunders1459]

I’m amazed it was still in one piece when you got it back!

[@cliffnboyzy]

That 909 beings in a museum

[@Old299dfk]

Anybody who like Jeff Mills is my best friend.

[@tylon2999]

I probably have more of Jeff's music in my collection than any artist. His records are so much fun to play with and are designed to work with each other. so I would always by duplicates, same for his UR work. He gets better and better, and I like his new work even more.

[@LiamKillen]

🤝

[@kristianTV1974]

Are they pretentious as too?

[@JackedSchoomves]

@@tylon2999 Oh absolutely! His work is even cross generational. I’m young, just graduated high school, compared to most people that enjoy his music. And I got the same admiration that people that knew about him since the 90s, 80s and 2000s. Been a fan of his since 8th grade. Dude’s a huge inspiration and has influenced the way I mix, even if I just use a four channel DJ controller.

[@Interstellarsun]

This is such a solid device. The old school tools were limited, but those limitations breed so much creativity.

[@01taira]

Limitations breed creativity. I like that!!

[@KoljaBeckmann_music]

The original 909 cant be tapped an step sequenced at the same time

[@zk351]

Seeing Jeff Mills do this live in the early hours of a Sunday morning after a long ass set, pretty special, the guy is a wizard of the 909. Love the video

[@sooperheep]

His name was actually The Wizard when he started out as a DJ in Detroit

[@joefather6084]

It's so simple in parts but all-together, improvised, at 134bpm? That's truely impressive

[@Doctormix]

awesome breakdown!! Thanks :)

[@CaptainPikant]

Thank you so much! I actually learned about the TR-909's total accent feature from one of your videos a few years ago ❤

[@thomasmcfly5518]

Wow…. Doctor Mix is in da House !! Great to see him here on Captain Pikant. We are all Music-Lovers. So we are all on the same Channels…. We are never to Old to learn this stuff….. woohoo !!

[@turfoid7899]

Dr mix!

[@LiamKillen]

He really treats it like an instrument- a true master! Thx for the breakdown 😊

[@gapster77]

I frickin lurv this channel! Every time I see a new vid from the Captain I’m blown away at the level of presentation. Not only are we given information concisely, but our attention is held captive by the gorgeous animation and vivid colours. I subscribed a month or two ago, but now I’ve joined the Patreon. The only way we can see more of this is if we give them a chance to quit their day jobs people!

[@mabaren]

Fantastic stuff man. I always loved the TR-909 Workout but never understood the seemingly erratic adjustment of knobs and hitting of pads. This breakdown renewed and grew my appreciation for Jeff Mills's performance

[@superzeronoelvalencia1361]

YESSSSS!!!!!! Fuel my brain w/ more ideas to put to use and take over the airwaves w/ Sounds of Acid Techno ! D Best channel EVER for this type of thing

[@giuseppenonna2148]

This is super high quality, thanks a lot

[@michel5148]

ah, would love to see squarepusher his eviscerate (version), or sarcacid part 2.

[@FingeredBenh]

May I suggest Plastikman - Spastik on the Rd-8 ? Also anything related to distorting that bassdrum with gain mixer distortion and or gabber would be nice ! I really like your pristine videos guys, keep it up !

[@ZAFlRAH]

Oh yeah some 90s Gabba or early hardcore would be nice! Would be funny to hear your prestine presentation style over some insanely distorted kicks and amen breaks 😄

[@NinoJoy]

Spastik is a masterpiece, as well as every Plastikman albums

[@LouisSerieusement]

@@ZAFlRAH you would need an old mackie mixer to do several signal re-injection of your kick drum, for a proper and authentic gabber kick

[@ericMT]

@@LouisSerieusementoh I always thought they just used an overdrive or distortion pedal or just turned the gain stage way up on the mixer. It’s not that complicated to get drum sounds to distort.

[@alexcardenal]

Please make more Digitakt videos

[@goofballskouf5494]

Every time I hear something on the 909 I appriciate it more and more.

[@NOLNV1]

the second kick on the first bar is such a good agressive detroit sound

[@briancassidy6678]

Thanks for the shout out!

[@anotherguycalledsmith]

Cooler Kanal, herzlichen Glückwunsch zu den 100k ;-)

[@searchingfortruth537]

You are a legend already 💌

[@mattkaz9604]

With this video and 30 years of practice I'll perform like Mills.

[@edsinclair4047]

Such great videos you're making here. I would be delighted to see this treatment for anything by the Chemical Brothers!

[@stigmatik]

yes if something nknowit do that cause jeff is perfomer for 2000te chemical are musican for all time

[@aftertheendtimes]

Love you mr.pikant for this video🙏❤️😊👍

[@spookybuk]

My, I would really, really, really like to understand the logic behind the drum patterns in the song Future Days, by Can.

[@mikiodj]

Amazing breakdown of a breathtaking performance, thank you for this video! Love this channel already!

[@DeanGvozdic]

Your channel and the style of your videos are amazing!

[@LFC303606ACID]

Great work, as usual! And the RD-9 sounds sweet..

[@MaxChaplin]

1:17 - It's similar to how when you strum on a guitar, the hand always moves down on the downbeat and up on the upbeat, regardless if you strum or not.

[@peeknic]

So many great tips! Thank you for your videos, tehy are excellent!

[@winesynths]

Extraordinary video! And excellent drum machine!

[@albertopopescu7848]

Great video!

[@frankzelazko]

legendary machine

[@sirchickenmcnasty]

This is dope. Please continue this series… Shonuff!

[@josemarquez950]

This is wonderful in every way. Thank you!

[@ULRecordings]

The 909 does have a metronome. It's literally the guide button on the interface. For the metronome sound the rimshot is used. 🙂

[@akasantodomingo]

Excellent

[@adrianmena718]

Would be great a video about the Moog Dfam

[@Cl4rendon]

Used to mess around in 1997 on the MC 303 like that too!

[@_MarcusNewman_]

All your videos are amazing but this is next level. Such a great breakdown. Thank you.

[@that_guy0_0]

Great stuff! subscribed

[@mischastiefenhofer]

Wie immer super gemacht

[@ignobile]

Great job! Thanks for this video.

[@BoardnotBored]

Great video. Nice breakdown of how the original was created. Really highlights what a talented musician Jeff Mills is 🤘

[@ErikHawk]

Wow, brilliant breakdown, awesome! Thanks for doing this!

[@SpikesStudio3]

Captain, you just got another sub. Great work.

[@lillehammerexperimental]

Amazing thanks !

[@userthrusound]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

[@Smokedog92]

Wicked! Jeff Mills has always been my favourite Techno producer. I have an Atomic Jam ticket signed by him for my 30th birthday from 2002 @ Air nightclub, digbeth, Birmingham UK.

[@motohddk]

Absolute legend

[@jonsteen]

This is gold!

[@untoldstory176]

Very Nice!

[@tiagocavalcante2854]

What an amazing video. Very good content.

[@auxchar]

Wow, I play guitar, and I'm definitely going to implement that timekeeping method into my picking technique. That looks really helpful.

[@remka2000]

Super interesting, thanks a lot! Subscribed.

[@Chucosan]

this is awesome thank you!

[@BenColemanUK]

Amazing, great work. It's surprising (really not surprising given it was 80s) how limited these early drum machines were for live performance

[@THR-zf6ti]

Great explanation .... Still für Wizard ist a magicien!

[@ptroni23]

Would love to see some Prince patterns explained!

[@CaptainPikant]

Any specific requests?

[@Johnws26]

fantastic content!

[@robotspaceninjas5784]

IS that breakdown in written format shown at the beginning available for download anywhere? Would love to read it.

[@CaptainPikant]

You can find it on our Patreon :)

[@harrietHHH]

What a great demo! Thank you.

[@Lucrezio82]

Jeff Mills is to the 909, what Prince was to the Linn LM-1; a master.

[@AndrewJohnClive]

Thanks Captain! Brilliant stuff.❤️

[@travisneilson2667]

This was so cool. I really like your explanation, very clear, also charming and entertaining. I am your 500th like on this video. I think I'll also subscribe.

[@stotka]

Great content! Cant wait for more! I'm hoping for a bunch of PO - 12 Rhythm videos

[@markfelixm]

Great idea and execution for a tutorial! Thanks

[@semi788]

this is like drum machine 101

[@eduard_schneider]

Much appreciated!!! All your videos rock and are spot on!

[@77377]

Subscribed! Cheers!

[@luizinhosalles1]

Great 🎛️🥁📡🇧🇷

[@tehranminimal5097]

amazing

[@michaelmueller9816]

Jeff Mills ❤❤❤

[@disassembleverything]

Amazing!!!! I'd love for you to continue this series with the rest of the video q; 😂 But seriously you'd have quite the job on your hands hahahaha very good stuff!!!

[@je7647]

great channel

[@izbr661]

What is the strangest digital & analog multi frequency phased organ available (or a midi plug in for pc bootable for mobile if you'regood at programs)?

[@LouisSerieusement]

damn the RD9 sounds so cool, I'm impressed with the toms !

[@ruyblanco4164]

Love this video

[@SL3pt0n]

Can you please do a video on how to an make electro breakbeat track from beginning to end. In full detail.

[@peglapegla]

Interesting to watch.

[@kurisuaa.official]

I can't wait to do this on my rd 9!

[@andisymington5592]

Subscribed 🕶️

[@MassimilianoGallieri]

Great!

[@Huumf]

Can you do some electro 808 patterns etc?

[@First-2b-Last]

Subscribed, liked and hit the bell👍

[@RaglansElectricBaboon]

You guys could do an awesome live show. Part explanations, part performance. Just remember to bring a red shirt for the Kraftwerk bits ;)

[@danielgomezjr]

Hella cool video

[@mindstuff417]

In the beginning of the video you show a document. Sorry if I missed the info but is that available somewhere? Thx.

[@CaptainPikant]

Hi Mindstuff, that's one of our transcriptions we made for our Patrons. You can check our Patreon page, there are a few free ones on there as well that you can download without a pledge.

[@PorchBass]

I like the content! An analysis of 'vertigo' by Eats Everything would be great.

[@Stue007]

Awesome!!

[@super-ulitka]

Gold 🥇

[@MrMatcho7]

WOW ! 👏👏👏

[@atomaalatonal]

isnt the anchor better suited at the last bar as the indicator for the first beat on the first bar?

[@CaptainPikant]

I think it's more common to put the anchor at the end (like the hi-hat on step 16 in Daft Punk's "Da Funk"), but I wouldn't say it's necessarily better. Just do what sounds good to you :)

[@lullatone]

This rules!

[@Goettel]

Never got why Jeff Mills mostly remained under the mainstream radar. I guess people are just deaf : - )

[@Goettel]

@@dxtrs_mnpltr Shows what you know : - )

[@davesandison2588]

@@dxtrs_mnpltr I really can’t stand this kind of response.

[@SpikesStudio3]

Dexterous Manipulator . Hey bro, really approve of your comment. Have been smashing plastikman again after all these years. Real techno is an aquired taste. Most people dont understand. Their loss, my opinion. You "get it" clearly.

[@matthiasschneider6398]

hi whats that manual u have on the beginning, is there a link to it? would be nice..thnx

[@CaptainPikant]

Hi Matthias, these are the pattern sheets we make for our patrons :) The link is in the description.

[@iljab3557]

Awesome seeing this magic broken down. What is the pattern quantised on? 16th notes?

[@CaptainPikant]

Yes, since the pattern runs on a normal 1x tempo multiplier, it is quantised to 16th notes :)

[@iljab3557]

@@CaptainPikant thanks man:))

[@tylon2999]

Jeff works that way because he a drummer.

[@aceboo7541]

excellent format & explanation, great work here. Would have been even better with an original 909 but doesnt matter, very good content

[@CaptainPikant]

Thank you so much! I agree, but sadly we don't have access to one. Although... I still have a kidney I could sell... ;)

[@aceboo7541]

@@CaptainPikant perfectly understandable, pretty rare gear. Honestly I think the rd is excellent for the demo, and sounds really good. In my opinion, the biggest difference with the original should have been about the tap button feeling.

[@Semiosphere]

Does the 909 quantize to 16th steps or what?