When I started to look into the Roland TR-727 percussion patterns used by Stock, Aitken & Waterman in the late 80s, I found striking similarities between different songs.
Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Donna Summer, Bananarama, and many others had very similar (sometimes just the same) percussion patterns coming from the 727.
Not surprisingly as they churned out hits and records at a record pace, so some corners had to be cut. And why change a winning formula anyways?
To avoid copyright strikes I've focused on just one of the songs in this video and this is a typical 727 percussion part from that era.
As with the A-ha video I recently published, this is not meant to be a carbon copy remake in terms of sound, it's just a quick demo to show some interesting arrangement decisions. Some tend to take these videos too seriously. ;-)
The Yamaha DX7 patch bank with the bass patches has been confirmed being the real one. It's been confirmed by the very creator.
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24 авг 2024