From tschneider@utexas.edu Tue Apr 11 06:13:03 1995
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From: tschneider@utexas.edu (Takeshi Schneider)
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Subject: [INFO] 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'.

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?

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From jmacdonald@pipeline.com Wed Apr 12 14:14:03 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Apr11.061303.7926@utexas.edu>, tschneider@utexas.edu (Takeshi Schneider) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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

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From nsanchez@rwth-aachen.de Wed Apr 12 19:34:03 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Apr11.061303.7926@utexas.edu>, tschneider@utexas.edu (Takeshi Schneider) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> 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 kmoreau@uni-hamburg.de Thu Apr 13 21:51:03 1995
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From: kmoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty Moreau)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Apr12.193403.5497@rwth-aachen.de>, nsanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Natalia Sánchez) 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!

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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