From mpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Nov 23 11:39:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!mpopov From: mpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mateo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov23.113919.7019@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 11:39:19 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Mateo Popov -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ofischer@pipeline.com Fri Nov 24 01:08:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!ofischer From: ofischer@pipeline.com (Olga Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov24.010819.3415@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 01:08:19 GMT References: <1995Nov23.113919.7019@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov23.113919.7019@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mateo Popov) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Olga Fischer "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From apark@berkeley.edu Fri Nov 24 06:43:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!apark From: apark@berkeley.edu (Anja Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov24.064319.2862@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 06:43:19 GMT References: <1995Nov23.113919.7019@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Nov24.010819.3415@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov24.010819.3415@pipeline.com>, ofischer@pipeline.com (Olga Fischer) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. 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! -- === Anja Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."