From mdubois@utexas.edu Mon Jul 03 13:47:24 1995
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From: mdubois@utexas.edu (Mei Dubois)
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Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.
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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Mei Dubois
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From rbrennan@inria.fr Mon Jul 03 16:24:24 1995
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From: rbrennan@inria.fr (Rodrigo Brennan)
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Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jul03.134724.3341@utexas.edu>, mdubois@utexas.edu (Mei Dubois) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.

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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Rodrigo Brennan
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