Captain Pikant

Learn how to use accents on a drum machine. An easy starter tutorial for anyone interested in rhythm and making electronic music.

Our instrumental electronic cover version of Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight".

Our review of the Behringer RD-8 drum machine with the newest firmware 2.0.6.

In this video we show you some awesome features that Cyclone Analogic put in their TT-78 and TT-606 drum machines.

A shootout of all the currently available low-cost Behringer distortion, overdrive and fuzz pedals on different drum machines and synthesizers.

We got our hands on the brand new Vermona DRM1 MkIV drum synthesizer! Watch us explore its sounds including distortion pedals, five example patterns and a torture test.

There are lots of improvements in the new 2.1.2 firmware update, some of which were recommended by us to Behringer! Watch us do a quick tour of them all and get the updated RD-8 Cheat Sheet on our Patreon page. Also, we share some ideas on how to make the RD-8 (and of course the RD-9) even better.

In this episode we explain common drum machine features for changing the pattern length such as "Last Step", pages and chaining as well as unrolling or extending.

This is our thorough review of Behringer's TR-909 inspired drum machine. We included lots of example patterns and a blind test comparing it to Roland's ACB emulation of the 909. Also, what's wrong with the Hi-Hat in Authentic Mode?

Jeff Mills has quite a few tricks up his sleeve - and we're showing you a few of them step by step. There's lots to learn from "The Wizard" about performing on a drum machine, and that knowledge is not only applicable to Detroit Techno! Jeff originally used a Roland TR-909, we recreate the first minute of his performance live on the Behringer RD-9.

Eurodance... love it or hate it, but there are a few great beginner lessons in there. We listened to / suffered through dozens of Eurodance songs to bring you the common beat denominators that make up the genre. We had a blast making the episode (especially the chiptune renditions of the songs) and we hope you enjoy the trip back to the 90s

We used the Digitakt to recreate and explain the drums of the famous 1984 synth pop classic "Axel F" (better known as the title song of the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies).