The Amen Break - An analysis of the most important sample in history | Drum Patterns Explained 

For all you Deluge users we made a list of some helpful shortcuts we used while making this video: • Double clip length and rollout: [Shift] + press [◄ ►] knob • Re-order kit row: [Audition pad] + press and turn [▼▲] knob • Change single kit row colour: [Shift] + [Audition pad] + turn [▼▲] knob • Make a kit row send MIDI: [Audition pad] + [MIDI] (any sound assigned to the kit row is removed, it will only send MIDI now) • Select MIDI channel / note for kit row: [Audition pad] + turn [lower] knob / [upper] knob • Add current instrument to choke group: [Shift] + [Polyphony] > CHOK • Sample start/end: [Shift] + [Waveform]. Press green start line or red end line, then adjust with [pads] or [select] knob. Zoom in for finer adjustments (press and turn [◄ ►] knob) • Newly placed notes and notes played with the audition pads will default to the same velocity as the last note touched on that pattern (that's the reason I touch the cymbal step at 8:00 - so I can use the audition pad at this velocity). These will of course also be in the Deluge Cheat Sheet we're working on right now! :)

I should hate this break as it's been used to death, but it really does sound so nice and lend itself to being used in so many ways.

Man... timestretch artifacts are like a spcial sauce of each sampler. DnB/Jungle oldskoolers seem to just know an Akai timestretch vs anything else.

I can never get tired of hearing an Amen. Great video, thanks for sharing!

First time i heard an Amen, i would have never thought it was just a normal drumkit.

I love how the drum beats that plays during the transitions are played by the featured drum machine (drum machines this time) in his videos.

I always felt the charm of the Amen was how it changed in pitch when it was matched to the tempo of whatever track it was being used in.

Can I just say as a non-musician, but an avid listener who loves doing deep dives on my favorite genres: This was so refreshing and wonderful to hear a precise and in-depth break down of the building block that makes up my favorite genre, Drum and Bass. The way you've presented it is so wonderful and clear. Absolutely lovely. Thank you.

Deluge is a junglemachine--the p-locking lets you change all sorts of parameters per hit, so you can do the filter/pitch/etc sweeping. Also, the timestretch algo is really reminscent of the early Akai algos, so riiiinnnnsssee oooouuuttt to your heart's content.

Wow, I wasn't expecting the reconstruction to sound as convincing as it does, seriously well done 👏

I‘ve always struggled with my songwriting for the singular reason of being bad at designing beats. I just found this channel and it’s a godsend

I m 46 and an oldschool breakbeat rave fan from the 90s era. Also an amateur musician in that genre from 2000. The video blew my mind! Such an inspiration! (Especially the slices!)

I've literally just started playing around with music production stuff, videos like this really help with the motivation to keep learning cool shit like this!

Just subscribed. This is by far the best analysis/breakdown of the amen break that I've ever seen. This is coming from a music producer who has been at it for 8+ years!

The Amen Break has been in thousands of American songs! Thank you for this documentary. Once you hear it, you can't forget it!

I'm a drummer and this video was very helpful. Since Jojo Mayer and his band Nerve emerged, a loy of drummers try to freely improvise on this break in the manner that you just showed. Thank you❤

That tip with the 909 kicks to supplement pitched up amens lack of low end is gonna be really helpful, this video is fantastic!

Loved the ending, another awesome video packed with tons of useful information for us producers....can't thank you enough for your hard work. Your editing is some next level shit, honestly

The time-stretching at the end reminded me of Fatboy Slim's Rockafeller Skank, where he used its slowdown artifacting intentionally when the song transitions to its slower part.

Very detailed and informative, and presented in a clear and accessible way. This is the best analysis of the Amen break that I have seen. Thank you.

first time I've ever seen the Amen broken down in this way - super interesting, thanks!

This is the best Amen Break explaination I ever have seen so far! Very good job! Awesome!

I love your channel. It’s equal parts synth music history and instruction. Keep up the amazing work! Thanks!

Excellent stuff, as always. Watching the deluge used for drums really makes me miss mine, the perfect rhythm interface. Cheers, always love your work.

this hardware is incredible, and here i thought this kinda drum precision necessitated a live recording...

I've always feared these giant drum machines, but you make everything seem so logical and accessible.

Excellent tutorial! Straight to the point, comprehensive and informative. In the 90s I despaired of re-creating this drum loop; wish I would have seen this video back then 😄

Wow, the production quality as well as the content here are astonishing. Great work!

This is so dope. I might use this as an excuse to transcribe to sheet music and cram as much of this info as I can

I was gonna like it anyway but calling the video an Amen Breakdown was a very nice touch that solidified a like and a follow! Great video!

Great clinic. I very much enjoy the production style.

The hand banana man said it all, the Akai s950 was a beast and still in use today. Pete Cannon still bangs out old skool tracks using an old skool studio. Captain Planet, I doff my hat to you sir....

Far one of the best format i see about producing I like to sea how much love and work you put in your videos. Quality instead of Quantity

Learnt a lot from that, thanks. For example, I tend to just lay in a bar or two of drums and repeat it. Now I’m gonna copy that a few times and tweak each bar. Second, I will start to use dynamics on drums more, for ghost notes for example. I need to go away and work out how to chop up a sample like that too. Very cool. Loving my new Deluge, what a machine. Thanks.

Excellent, can you do the Apache break next please?

Great video. With the Amen break, that ride cymbal can be a bit much, especially when pitching down. The bell of the ride just makes me pucker some times and reach for a lot of EQ. If you're using Ableton, the drum bus plug-in has a transient section that can really take the edge off it. Just dial it down to taste. It is much more pleasing than trying to notch out different frequencies. Plus it shortens up the ringing of the ride, creating more space for other sounds with mid-high and high, dominant, frequencies.

Just a subtle correction from a drummer: it's not a crash cymbal, its the edge of the ride cymbal.

You are the best on RU-vid! So much kudos for making your videos adfree! This tube is rotten with ads!

Very interesting break-down of the mother (or brother) of all breaks! Your videos always start me thinking and give me a better understanding of the music I love. I've taken to programming some "realistic" (as far as my understanding of live drumming allows me to be) drums using the recently released free Vintage Drums library for the Spitfire LABS VST, that I then sample and chop to add a little variation in my D'n'B / jungle / braindance -ish sketches. It's great fun.

Did you already release that video about the humanization of samples, you are talking about at 8:10? Couldn't find it here on a channel or on your Patreon page. Anyway, excellent, high-quality content. Huge thanks for your time and effort, and separate thanks for posting it here on RU-vid for free. Make no mistake, your work is appreciated!

Now i miss my Deluge! A great job on Amen break; thx

For me, the nicest thing about the Amen is that Im not playing a loop. It has its notes and it's structure but you are giving me all this The basis of drum sampling Might seem like a simple thing to say today, but a godsend to the world when it happened. I have a drum set!

Following along transcribing and programming this on my own machine was pure joy! Thank you for the awesome tutorial, captain!

This is the best drum machine/electronic music channel I've ever run across.

Amen Brother.. We are blessed.

What a great video. Your breakdown of how to compile and complete this classic riff are well presented! Cheers!

This is legitimate my favorite break, and my favorite sample, I have samples at least one part of it in most of my (admittedly trash) songs! Very good analysis!

Velocities are so so important but since software, you wouldn't know it was a big thing for creating expression and dynamics. The velocity response/curve on many software instruments and drum machines is pathetic. Edit: and PS Captain, very authentic and well done. 😎

Just what I needed!! Great tutorial for Amen Break lovers!

This is the best production lesson channel out there, and I really enjoy your aesthetic! Thanks for making such great content

Just wow. never thougt about remaking that drumbeat, but here you are. Amazing video and Deluge too..

Wonderful video about the amen break!

Amen for this brother

Oooooh the bunny has smashed it this time. That was awesome. Looks like you have set me some homework. Cheers Cap!

Definitely would want to see more tr6s videos

This is so entertaining, useful, cool, and informative. Thanks!

Fantastic video. The production quality is unparalleled imo

Fantastic, thanks!!!

Awesome video, I really like how easy you made it on the viewer, it's a very easy watch in my opinion and yet you're going into very specific detail. Lovely !

This is great. Inspired me to open up me DAW again and start playing around. Also I never put that hip hop beat with the Amen break, used to knock that out on the table top as a kid.

Brilliant work after slicing and adding Thank you for the tips

You never fail to amaze me

I think it was pretty easy to sample, as just playing at 33 1/3 rpm (for the single version) immediately makes it hip hop

Holy Hell!. I have learned so much just from this one video. Thank you, dude!! 😃👌👍

What a fantastic video - thank you for making this, its so useful for a new comer in understanding the amen break which gets mentioned and used so much.

The video I didn’t know I need this am!

Omg please do more!! More drum n bass/ Jungle

Excellent, need some time to process this. But it really is a great drum break. Thank you

So cool! Never managed to deconstruct those dnb rhythms...

great video! love your work - thank you!

such a clean lesson, thanks!

Amazing! thanks for the tut, please keep creating educative content like this one

Your videos are always so crispy and detailed, great 🔥

My favourite new RU-vid discovery this channel. Well done, great channel!

That was an awesome breakdown! Pun intended.

the "multisampling" mentioned around 6:15 is usually called round robin. multisampling would be different samples for different velocities. round robin is when you play the same note at the same velocity but get a different sample each time.

Love these vids! Love to see more hip hop.

Whoah your sub count has exploded since I last looked. This is a great video!

This video has such amazing production. Brilliant channel.

Best Amen Break analysis ever. Should be taught in music school.

Everything you add it to makes it amazing 👏

You certainly know your stuff Buddy. Excellent 👌🏼

Mind boggling! 🔥🔥🔥

This is gold! My 20s and 30s summarized! Thank you!

this is the best explanation ever

Perfect way to understand the pattern

Wonderful video as always! Love it!

Did justice mate. Love seeing how others chop it up. Got it distilled on that machine ❤

Wow, you did an amazing job 🤯 Thank you

what a lesson! amazing! thanks 🤜🤛

You just got a sub from and old school junglist. Pure homage

Outstanding video

Awesome vid, very slick produxtion. A joy to watch

Bro Best Amen break video Ever. Peace n Love

So fun watching you :) can u make a tutorial on the behind the secne of 606/707/808/909 sound design? 707 is the best kick and snare in the world for retro 80s synthwave ;)

The New Tetris OST for the Nintendo 64 used this break beat a lot. They also used time stretching to great effect.

Just wonderful

Great video on the most well known drum sample (possibly any sample). Also a great advert for the deluge. I'm definitely getting one now.

flippin' fantastic beat breakdown

Great video, thanks!