From jpopov@netcom.com Sat Aug 12 16:27:45 1995
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From: jpopov@netcom.com (Julien Popov)
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Subject: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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.

Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum?

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From csato@cmu.edu Sun Aug 13 14:15:45 1995
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Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Aug12.162745.4061@netcom.com>, jpopov@netcom.com (Julien Popov) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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=== Camila Sato ===
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From cschneider@uu.net Mon Aug 14 18:01:45 1995
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From: cschneider@uu.net (Camila Schneider)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Aug13.141545.2237@cmu.edu>, csato@cmu.edu (Camila Sato) writes:
> You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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