From fwatanabe@inria.fr Sat Jun 25 17:55:06 1994
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From: fwatanabe@inria.fr (Freya Watanabe)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer?

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From vmacdonald@tum.de Sun Jun 26 01:17:06 1994
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From: vmacdonald@tum.de (Valeria MacDonald)
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jun25.175506.1856@inria.fr>, fwatanabe@inria.fr (Freya Watanabe) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

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

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Valeria MacDonald -- Technische Universität München
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."