From mhernandez@inria.fr Thu Jan 26 14:54:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!mhernandez From: mhernandez@inria.fr (Mateo Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 14:54:00 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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 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? -- Mateo Hernández "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mlaurent@ox.ac.uk Thu Jan 26 22:33:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!mlaurent From: mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Marta Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 22:33:00 GMT References: <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr>, mhernandez@inria.fr (Mateo Hernández) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Marta Laurent Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mfournier@delphi.com Fri Jan 27 21:47:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!mfournier From: mfournier@delphi.com (Min-jun Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan27.214700.7532@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 21:47:00 GMT References: <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr> <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk>, mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Marta Laurent) 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. -- Min-jun Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rsmirnov@demon.co.uk Sun Jan 29 14:19:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!rsmirnov From: rsmirnov@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan29.141900.4190@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 14:19:00 GMT References: <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr> <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jan27.214700.7532@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan27.214700.7532@delphi.com>, mfournier@delphi.com (Min-jun Fournier) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- === Rodrigo Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jtakahashi@ox.ac.uk Sun Jan 29 21:39:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan29.213900.4516@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 21:39:00 GMT References: <1995Jan26.145400.5437@inria.fr> <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan26.223300.4845@ox.ac.uk>, mlaurent@ox.ac.uk (Marta Laurent) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Joachim Takahashi -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."