From atanaka@kth.se Fri Jun 17 07:57:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!atanaka From: atanaka@kth.se (Aiko Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 07:57:33 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn 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? -- Aiko Tanaka Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From tgarcia@hanse.de Fri Jun 17 22:36:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!tgarcia From: tgarcia@hanse.de (Tomas García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jun17.223633.3163@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 22:36:33 GMT References: <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se>, atanaka@kth.se (Aiko Tanaka) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Tomas García -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From rgirard@cern.ch Sat Jun 18 11:14:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!rgirard From: rgirard@cern.ch (Renata Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jun18.111433.5283@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 11:14:33 GMT References: <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se> <1994Jun17.223633.3163@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun17.223633.3163@hanse.de>, tgarcia@hanse.de (Tomas García) writes: > You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Renata Girard | rgirard@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 1167 B34D 3501 16C2 "Keep the channels open." From teriksson@mindspring.com Sat Jun 18 22:13:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!teriksson From: teriksson@mindspring.com (Tyler Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jun18.221333.2484@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 1994 22:13:33 GMT References: <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se> <1994Jun17.223633.3163@hanse.de> <1994Jun18.111433.5283@cern.ch> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun18.111433.5283@cern.ch>, rgirard@cern.ch (Renata Girard) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Tyler Eriksson -- MindSpring Enterprises "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From blee@utexas.edu Sun Jun 19 05:43:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!blee From: blee@utexas.edu (Bastien Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jun19.054333.3583@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 05:43:33 GMT References: <1994Jun17.075733.1703@kth.se> <1994Jun17.223633.3163@hanse.de> <1994Jun18.111433.5283@cern.ch> <1994Jun18.221333.2484@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun18.221333.2484@mindspring.com>, teriksson@mindspring.com (Tyler Eriksson) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Bastien Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.