From mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de Wed Nov 23 04:53:51 1994
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From: mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Matthias Robertson)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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 mlindqvist@demon.co.uk Thu Nov 24 13:14:51 1994
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Nov23.045351.8706@uni-hamburg.de>, mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Matthias Robertson) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software.

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From jtanaka@cmu.edu Fri Nov 25 07:18:51 1994
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Nov24.131451.8749@demon.co.uk>, mlindqvist@demon.co.uk (Morag Lindqvist) 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.

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