From mmuller@cern.ch Fri Jul 01 20:06:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!mmuller From: mmuller@cern.ch (Marisol Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul01.200616.1219@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 20:06:16 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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? -- Marisol Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mreyes@kth.se Sun Jul 03 19:42:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!mreyes From: mreyes@kth.se (Min-jun Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul03.194216.5079@kth.se> Date: Sun, 03 Jul 1994 19:42:16 GMT References: <1994Jul01.200616.1219@cern.ch> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul01.200616.1219@cern.ch>, mmuller@cern.ch (Marisol Müller) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Min-jun Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From ahernandez@inria.fr Tue Jul 05 15:01:16 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!ahernandez From: ahernandez@inria.fr (Andrei Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul05.150116.2770@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 15:01:16 GMT References: <1994Jul01.200616.1219@cern.ch> <1994Jul03.194216.5079@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul03.194216.5079@kth.se>, mreyes@kth.se (Min-jun Reyes) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. 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! Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Andrei Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0