From mduarte@kiae.su Sat Jan 01 11:19:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!mduarte From: mduarte@kiae.su (Marta Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 01 Jan 1994 11:19:41 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Marta Duarte Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kpopov@unam.mx Sat Jan 01 14:38:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!kpopov From: kpopov@unam.mx (Katrin Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jan01.143841.6195@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 01 Jan 1994 14:38:41 GMT References: <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su>, mduarte@kiae.su (Marta Duarte) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Katrin Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From gkowalski@inria.fr Mon Jan 03 05:53:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!gkowalski From: gkowalski@inria.fr (Göran Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jan03.055341.5418@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 1994 05:53:41 GMT References: <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su> <1994Jan01.143841.6195@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan01.143841.6195@unam.mx>, kpopov@unam.mx (Katrin Popov) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- === Göran Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tnakamura@tum.de Mon Jan 03 07:54:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!tnakamura From: tnakamura@tum.de (Tyler Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jan03.075441.6641@tum.de> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 1994 07:54:41 GMT References: <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su>, mduarte@kiae.su (Marta Duarte) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tyler Nakamura SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From yoliveira@pipeline.com Tue Jan 04 01:52:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!yoliveira From: yoliveira@pipeline.com (Yuki Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jan04.015241.3910@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 01:52:41 GMT References: <1994Jan01.111941.8491@kiae.su> <1994Jan03.075441.6641@tum.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan03.075441.6641@tum.de>, tnakamura@tum.de (Tyler Nakamura) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Yuki Oliveira SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place."