From ykowalski@ox.ac.uk Sat Aug 27 17:07:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!ykowalski From: ykowalski@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug27.170759.8462@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 17:07:59 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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). The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Yuki Kowalski -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From jnilsson@unam.mx Sun Aug 28 05:52:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!jnilsson From: jnilsson@unam.mx (Joachim Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.055259.4408@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 05:52:59 GMT References: <1994Aug27.170759.8462@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug27.170759.8462@ox.ac.uk>, ykowalski@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kowalski) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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! -- Joachim Nilsson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From dschneider@cam.ac.uk Sun Aug 28 19:58:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!dschneider From: dschneider@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.195859.9480@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 19:58:59 GMT References: <1994Aug27.170759.8462@ox.ac.uk> <1994Aug28.055259.4408@unam.mx> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug28.055259.4408@unam.mx>, jnilsson@unam.mx (Joachim Nilsson) 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. -- Dong-hyun Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nsokolov@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 29 11:20:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!nsokolov From: nsokolov@cam.ac.uk (Natalia Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug29.112059.6962@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 11:20:59 GMT References: <1994Aug27.170759.8462@ox.ac.uk> <1994Aug28.055259.4408@unam.mx> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug28.055259.4408@unam.mx>, jnilsson@unam.mx (Joachim Nilsson) 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! The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Natalia Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------