From nnakamura@kth.se Thu Feb 02 22:07:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!nnakamura From: nnakamura@kth.se (Natalia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 22:07:13 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Natalia Nakamura | nnakamura@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 8369 BAFC 2109 2E28 "Keep the channels open." From lmacdonald@mit.edu Sat Feb 04 12:37:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!lmacdonald From: lmacdonald@mit.edu (Liam MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb04.123713.5490@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 12:37:13 GMT References: <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se>, nnakamura@kth.se (Natalia Nakamura) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). 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! Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Liam MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tcampbell@hanse.de Sun Feb 05 10:12:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!tcampbell From: tcampbell@hanse.de (Tyler Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb05.101213.1300@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 10:12:13 GMT References: <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se> <1995Feb04.123713.5490@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb04.123713.5490@mit.edu>, lmacdonald@mit.edu (Liam MacDonald) 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! Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Tyler Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jmacdonald@stanford.edu Tue Feb 07 07:19:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@stanford.edu (Ji-woo MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb07.071913.8065@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 07:19:13 GMT References: <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb02.220713.3734@kth.se>, nnakamura@kth.se (Natalia Nakamura) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- Ji-woo MacDonald -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."