From lgarcia@kth.se Fri Mar 04 05:06:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!lgarcia From: lgarcia@kth.se (Lucia García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 05:06:19 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Lucia García "They will send a copy in my place." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / SunOS 4.1.4 From ijohansson@purdue.edu Sat Mar 05 11:45:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!ijohansson From: ijohansson@purdue.edu (Ines Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar05.114519.3929@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 11:45:19 GMT References: <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se>, lgarcia@kth.se (Lucia García) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Ines Johansson -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From bweber@uni-hamburg.de Mon Mar 07 00:29:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!bweber From: bweber@uni-hamburg.de (Bastien Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar07.002919.2491@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 00:29:19 GMT References: <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se>, lgarcia@kth.se (Lucia García) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Bastien Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bmuller@ox.ac.uk Tue Mar 08 00:14:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!bmuller From: bmuller@ox.ac.uk (Brian Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar08.001419.6100@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 00:14:19 GMT References: <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se>, lgarcia@kth.se (Lucia García) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- === Brian Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From aschneider@cam.ac.uk Tue Mar 08 20:40:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!aschneider From: aschneider@cam.ac.uk (Anja Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar08.204019.6514@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 20:40:19 GMT References: <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar04.050619.6899@kth.se>, lgarcia@kth.se (Lucia García) 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! -- Anja Schneider | aschneider@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: FE0E FFBE AB15 1233 "Keep the channels open."