From ssantos@stanford.edu Sat Aug 27 01:23:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!ssantos From: ssantos@stanford.edu (Sergei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 01:23:42 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- === Sergei Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From shughes@stanford.edu Sun Aug 28 11:57:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!shughes From: shughes@stanford.edu (Sven Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.115742.2701@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 11:57:42 GMT References: <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu>, ssantos@stanford.edu (Sergei Santos) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. That sub-kick tuning blew my mind when I checked it on a spectrum analyzer. 42.6 Hz is the 3rd harmonic of 14.2 Hz! -- Sven Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kmoreau@uu.net Sun Aug 28 13:27:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!kmoreau From: kmoreau@uu.net (Katrin Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.132742.8928@uu.net> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 13:27:42 GMT References: <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu>, ssantos@stanford.edu (Sergei Santos) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Katrin Moreau | kmoreau@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 35B6 1EAA 3CD4 C927 "Keep the channels open." From loliveira@cam.ac.uk Tue Aug 30 01:28:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!loliveira From: loliveira@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug30.012842.1413@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 01:28:42 GMT References: <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu>, ssantos@stanford.edu (Sergei Santos) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Lisa Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From epark@kth.se Tue Aug 30 11:12:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!epark From: epark@kth.se (Elaine Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug30.111242.2001@kth.se> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 11:12:42 GMT References: <1994Aug27.012342.7382@stanford.edu> <1994Aug30.012842.1413@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug30.012842.1413@cam.ac.uk>, loliveira@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Oliveira) writes: > Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. That sub-kick tuning blew my mind when I checked it on a spectrum analyzer. 42.6 Hz is the 3rd harmonic of 14.2 Hz! -- Elaine Park SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."