From dwatanabe@demon.co.uk Wed Feb 15 11:35:04 1995
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From: dwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Watanabe)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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.

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).
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?

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=== Dong-hyun Watanabe ===
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From bschneider@clari.net Thu Feb 16 23:08:04 1995
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From: bschneider@clari.net (Bill Schneider)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb15.113504.5185@demon.co.uk>, dwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Watanabe) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.
> 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 LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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From jtakahashi@uu.net Sun Feb 19 02:25:04 1995
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From: jtakahashi@uu.net (Jens Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb15.113504.5185@demon.co.uk>, dwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Watanabe) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.
> 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).

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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From acampbell@purdue.edu Tue Feb 21 06:01:04 1995
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From: acampbell@purdue.edu (Amy Campbell)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb19.022504.3917@uu.net>, jtakahashi@uu.net (Jens Takahashi) 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!

Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers.

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

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