MANIAC - The most INSANE drum pattern of the '80s | Drum Patterns Explained
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The drum pattern of Michael Sembello's "Maniac" is positively insane. It's what you'd get if you made a Synthwave drum track, decided it wasn't complex enough, glitched it up with a tiny dash of Aphex Twin and then put a second drum track on top of that with over a dozen Tom fills for good measure. Pure '80s maximalism with two of the most iconic drum sounds of that era.
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Gear used:
Squarp Hapax Sequencer
Dübreq Stylophone
ESI Xkey 37
Arturia Keystep
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
Fender AM Pro II Jazzmaster
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Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter