From lnilsson@panix.com Mon Oct 02 01:57:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!lnilsson From: lnilsson@panix.com (Liam Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct02.015746.3835@panix.com> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 01:57:46 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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? -- Liam Nilsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From lsouza@delphi.com Tue Oct 03 19:17:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!lsouza From: lsouza@delphi.com (Lucia Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct03.191746.8337@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 19:17:46 GMT References: <1995Oct02.015746.3835@panix.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct02.015746.3835@panix.com>, lnilsson@panix.com (Liam Nilsson) 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 LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Lucia Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.