From mramirez@pipeline.com Tue May 03 16:18:05 1994
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From: mramirez@pipeline.com (Mikhail Ramírez)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.
The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer?

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From mduarte@ox.ac.uk Thu May 05 12:55:05 1994
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From: mduarte@ox.ac.uk (Marisol Duarte)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994May03.161805.8564@pipeline.com>, mramirez@pipeline.com (Mikhail Ramírez) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

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

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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From jito@cmu.edu Thu May 05 21:56:05 1994
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From: jito@cmu.edu (Jens Ito)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994May03.161805.8564@pipeline.com>, mramirez@pipeline.com (Mikhail Ramírez) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends.

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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