From msmirnov@mit.edu Mon Feb 06 13:28:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!msmirnov From: msmirnov@mit.edu (Morag Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 13:28:55 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Morag Smirnov -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dpark@titech.ac.jp Tue Feb 07 07:10:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!dpark From: dpark@titech.ac.jp (Diego Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb07.071055.1047@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 07:10:55 GMT References: <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu>, msmirnov@mit.edu (Morag Smirnov) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Diego Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From fnakamura@kiae.su Thu Feb 09 06:11:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!fnakamura From: fnakamura@kiae.su (Freya Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb09.061155.3063@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 06:11:55 GMT References: <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu>, msmirnov@mit.edu (Morag Smirnov) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Freya Nakamura | fnakamura@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: E423 D6EC C964 45C5 "Keep the channels open." From mbrennan@stanford.edu Thu Feb 09 16:59:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!mbrennan From: mbrennan@stanford.edu (Mei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb09.165955.4823@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 16:59:55 GMT References: <1995Feb06.132855.7407@mit.edu> <1995Feb09.061155.3063@kiae.su> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb09.061155.3063@kiae.su>, fnakamura@kiae.su (Freya Nakamura) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Mei Brennan Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."