How to program Madonna's ''Vogue'' TR-909 pattern

[@PastTime777]

It's incredible how much work and talent happens behind the scenes, the unsung heroes who people barely know about. They piano riff is also neat to play once you know the correct notes.

[@basehead617]

PastTime777 Shep Pettibone is a production genius!

[@MaxZorin8]

In the year 1990, there were lots of great songs on the charts. One of my favorite years in music.

[@kirabarsmith9353]

From Joy Division to Madonna, SynthMania has it covered, love it!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:^)

[@basehead617]

I have the multitracks of the original raw tracks of Vogue, it’s interesting to listen to the 909 parts.. the whole track sounds so plain unmixed and unedited! Except the vocals which seem pretty perfect

[@larsandersen9134]

This drum beat is the best sounding ever, and I have been wondering for a long time what drum machine she used. It's the TR-909. I like the sound of the TR-808 and now the 909 also. Cool!

[@techstore]

Vogue have great synthesizer too. Can you make a video explaining what synthesizer or keyboards in Vogue.

[@tomislavpelin7904]

now piano riffs pls. or total deconstruction? 👍

[@TommyVarekai]

would love to know where the strings were from, probably and M1

[@vishnunath1524]

I have been waiting for this video, I knew someday you will show us how its done :)

[@MrBlueHaze]

Can you show us how to make Soul 2 Soul’s “Keep on Moving” on the Tr909.

[@Alex-jn1xz]

Proper legend this guy 👍

[@MarkyShaw]

You da man Paolo!!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:)

[@breako]

on the first pattern can you have a closed HH an open HH on the same note?

[@kuglepen64]

Madonna also sampled Public Enemy’s “Security of the First World” beat on her “Justify My Love”. The “Security of the First World” beat was a sampler (?) recreation of the James Brown “Funky Drummer” breakbeat. Very meta!

[@kinnytramell]

Can you program the beat of Frankie Knuckles' Whistle Song?

[@davidebaggio8559]

Grande Paolo!! Grazie infinite per tutti i fantastici video. Se possibile, potresti spiegarci come riprodurre con la TR-09/909 i complicati pattern di Hunter di Bjork? A mio modesto parere, il miglior uso della 909 in una canzone. Non sono musicista e non riesco a riprodurre la ritmica e a capire se devo usare anche il Flam e gli accenti. Grazie in anticipo e Buon Anno.

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

Now do the piano riff on the Korg M1!

[@richardwalley2862]

For anyone that is having trouble with the closed and openhat on a tr8s there is a choke setting that needs to be turned off

[@indyfitzpatrick8660]

best video on this Ive seen. Thank you!

[@Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

Wow, so cool, haha! :) That sounds so much like Madonna! I think the producer used kind of similar patterns in slight variations in couple of Madonna songs! I just checked the song "Express Yourself" - bingo! :D

[@exnihilo415]

The category is... TR909 fabulous!

[@shoominati23]

now you need a korg m1 to all all the other arrangements

[@GuyTallo]

Never liked those 16th pop rhytms with a 909. The snare doesn't hold up with like a linndrum snare for example. Thx for the info.

[@simopiudj7521]

Bravissimo.. spiegazione chiarissima..!!!

[@saintnicholas5507]

Thank you ❤😊

This is so funny to do. i'm a new user of a TR-8s. this kind of "how to" are so usefull. thank you.

[@stevejames9261]

Thanks Paolo, Piano riffs to this would be great, if you have the time.

[@zemarceloalencar6716]

Thank you! Do you have more?

[@evildead2002]

One thing though. Do you know what finger snap sample they used on top of the 909? Sounds like a literal recorded sample but just checking.

[@9bridges]

This is awesome

[@PREEM513]

Perfect

[@saintnicholas5507]

You are the man! Love you! Thanks so much ❤️💛💜💚💙

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Very welcome!

[@dosgos]

Nice tutorial Paolo. Is some of the percussion in swing time vs. perfectly straight timing? I know you mentioned in a recent video that some swing was typical of the era say for hi hats and the snare ghost notes. Since I can't perfectly follow the original track so easily, I just assumed there was some swing. Or my timing is terrible. . . Thanks!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Dos gos, the 909 one seems straight in the video, but perhaps some of the other components are "looser" - Vogue definitely has a thick arrangement full of synths / samples / percussion on top of the 909 style beat

[@dosgos]

Thanks Paolo. I think your 909 demo sounds just right so wanted to see if you had incorporated some swing. There is a lot going on in that song as you note. I think the 909 is playing way in front of the beat to give the song energy; that might have been easy with a live drummer but I think the production team worked a lot to get it to "groove" with early 90s tech. The Ital-piano definitely has some effects & syncopation that impact the timing/feel (and maybe some swing); I suppose that might have been the offender. Those early 90s house pianos were very low quality samples due to technology costs but somehow producers got inspiring sounds; I wonder what the trick was. If you need a video idea, you might take a modern piano sample and show us how to get that house piano sound with minimal effects just to see what is behind the curtain (there are a zillion house songs to pick although Vogue would be fine too).

[@Mad4400]

No swing, Doctor Mix explains it on one of his 909 videos

[@dosgos]

Thanks Mad4400. Video is called "Roland TR-909 Famous Patterns" and his Vogue explanation is at 3:42. Dr Mix confirms straight time & says the vocals are driving the swing feel. I suspect other instruments are helping swing things. . .

[@LouisSerieusement]

no accent ? Awesome video thank you, I'm always happy to hear you play your 909 :p

[@rafaeltorres3121]

Can you show us how to program madonna’a express yourself remix?

[@rijkaardvangaal3246]

Show us how to program "Gary Low - I Want You" on the Linndrum please

[@williamsonsam4420]

Love it! :)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you!

[@henriquemonducci]

On the 5th you can start singing Robyn S - Show Me Love 😍✨

[@nicholaskolaric343]

Synth mania, could you please show us how to program the Drum patterns from Robin S - Show me love on the TR 909 please.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Yes, I already have it on the to-do list from another viewer

[@Kosmokatze_de]

THX for your Tutorials. Maybe you create a tutorial for the fantastic VP9000 - if you still own it :-)

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you, yes, I have the VP-9000 and even have all the factory sounds zip drives, I'll do a video on it hopefully soon

[@Kosmokatze_de]

I have one of those, too. A very underrated and rare Sampler here in Germany. But very powerful in my opinion. Maybe u show us some Tipps&Tricks. At this point i only use the VP-Z libraries sometimes.

[@BaksoffDJ]

Me too. As a Roland lover, I also interesting to see the video tips with this roland sampler, perhaps i would own it in a closer time.

[@TommyVarekai]

would you happen to know the synth they used for that? mainly the strings

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I'd need to check if I have info on these Shep Pettibone era productions, and I'm sure I do somewhere in my magazine collection, the problem is to find which magazine/issue :-D

[@flyobdab7746]

Can you do a demo on how they made the Stranger Things theme? Thanks

[@johnny711]

another great video

[@johngoodlass]

Excellent

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:)

[@nofretzDW]

“...there’s nothing...to it” 😜

[@manuelbasten3671]

Awesome!!!

[@grahamburgess6163]

great

[@vinnytnecniv]

Loves it 😊👍🏽

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@EvLoutonian]

Currently on 909 LIKES that's the bizness, people

[@evgenycostygin9333]

Hi, Paolo! But isn't that where it's played using shuffle?

[@JanKowalski-vh1rg]

No its played straight but maddona was singing in shuffle and it created effect of drums shuffle

[@m1ke1981]

Paolo would you please do Adamski "Killer" 909 pattern? Pretty Please 🙏

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Sure, my pleasure - added Killer 909 pattern to the to-do list

[@m1ke1981]

Thank You :)

[@JuliusBaz]

Genial!

[@peterhahn82]

Synthmania, anyway you are familiar with the drum programming going on in 1979 by smashing pumpkins? I think it was done by Flood on an alesis sr16. I have an sr18 and have been trying to make it to use with my cover band to add a little extra. I've looked around the internet for a breakdown of the beat but have found little to nothing.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Peter, yes, I am familiar with the Smashing Pumpkins as my sister had their CDs and also with the SR-16 drum machine as I bought an SR-16 new when they came out in 1990. The pattern in 1979 is a simple 8-beat.. do you have problems recreating it on the SR-18?

[@peterhahn82]

SynthMania i was more referring to the intro and the patch/drum kit used at the very first couple of seconds of the song. It sounds maybe layered and i kind of got lost on it. Im new to drum programming as my background is guitar

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Oh, check it out, there are multitracks of the song - if you scroll down in this playlist, you can hear each part isolated (bass drum, hi hat, drum machine etc.) kzbin.info/aero/PL2046B39E00A1FBEB

[@peterhahn82]

SynthMania I’ll check it out. Thank you for taking the time to reply. I love your content on KZbin.

[@ryanedwardmusic]

No swing?

[@amonster8mymother]

❤

[@amonster8mymother]

👍👍👍

[@chezchezchezchez]

You are the best, synth mania !!

[@tysonb3568]

Just sample love is the message, thats how! 😂

[@lalskdjfhg]

Electronic disco

[@ezquimal]

Paolo on the 90 what computer secuence do you use on live ?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

In 1990 I used the Roland W-30 built-in sequencer (similar to the Roland MC series sequencers) on live, then for the home studio I used Cubase MIDI) a few years later and also Finale ,

[@ezquimal]

@@SynthManiaDotCom thanks Paolo.

[@amonster8mymother]

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[@isaacdebolt3637]

Dope nigga.

[@amonster8mymother]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheArpomni2]

Why you teasing us all , sod Madonna lol , were all waiting for your birthday pressy Marshall time modulator demo , !!! Stop being cruel lol

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

:-D. No worries, the Marshall Time Modulator is definitely coming, I'm having the cabling redone in the studio to go with a new patch bay and right now don't have a good way to incorporate outboard effects in the computer - Redco should be done with the job next week, so definitely going to do the MTM soon :)

[@TheArpomni2]

@@SynthManiaDotCom cant wait , especially if you run the Omni 2 through it , love to know how Hannet got the choral sound on it for Decades and The Eternal , and Truth new order

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

I totally understand what you mean, Chris! I've been trying to find that choral sound on Decades for..... decades (pun intended) :-D Hopefully we can recreate it with the Omni-2 and the Time Modulator.... I should be getting the new cables + patchbay next week....

[@dantanner5844]

Life is strange...The guy's from Chicago that created house music couldn't even get record deals, and Madonna waltzes right on in with her copy house song "vogue"

[@lalskdjfhg]

Omg ahh madonna released a successful house song!!! She’s the devil!!!!!