From knakamura@mindspring.com Sun Sep 11 21:07:14 1994
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From: knakamura@mindspring.com (Karen Nakamura)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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?

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.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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From cmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Sep 13 23:58:14 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Sep11.210714.6162@mindspring.com>, knakamura@mindspring.com (Karen Nakamura) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?
> However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.

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

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From klindqvist@netcom.com Wed Sep 14 18:11:14 1994
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From: klindqvist@netcom.com (Karen Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Sep11.210714.6162@mindspring.com>, knakamura@mindspring.com (Karen Nakamura) 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!

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=== Karen Lindqvist ===
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