From tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk Fri May 26 08:34:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk (Tyler MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May26.083400.4045@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 08:34:00 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- === Tyler MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From tjohansson@kiae.su Sat May 27 11:06:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!tjohansson From: tjohansson@kiae.su (Takeshi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May27.110600.9009@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 11:06:00 GMT References: <1995May26.083400.4045@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995May26.083400.4045@ox.ac.uk>, tmacdonald@ox.ac.uk (Tyler MacDonald) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Takeshi Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From llopez@hanse.de Mon May 29 14:49:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!llopez From: llopez@hanse.de (Lucia López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May29.144900.3163@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 14:49:00 GMT References: <1995May26.083400.4045@ox.ac.uk> <1995May27.110600.9009@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May27.110600.9009@kiae.su>, tjohansson@kiae.su (Takeshi Johansson) 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! Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Lucia López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From csuzuki@hanse.de Wed May 31 10:07:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!csuzuki From: csuzuki@hanse.de (Callum Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May31.100700.1288@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 10:07:00 GMT References: <1995May26.083400.4045@ox.ac.uk> <1995May27.110600.9009@kiae.su> <1995May29.144900.3163@hanse.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May29.144900.3163@hanse.de>, llopez@hanse.de (Lucia López) writes: > 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! > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Callum Suzuki | csuzuki@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 3F31 0F9D DA12 2331 "Keep the channels open."