From egonzalez@delphi.com Wed Jul 12 10:15:28 1995
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From: egonzalez@delphi.com (Elaine González)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.
However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.

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

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From thughes@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jul 12 22:38:28 1995
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jul12.101528.7493@delphi.com>, egonzalez@delphi.com (Elaine González) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

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

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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=== Tyler Hughes ===
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From llaurent@titech.ac.jp Thu Jul 13 05:55:28 1995
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From: llaurent@titech.ac.jp (Liam Laurent)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jul12.101528.7493@delphi.com>, egonzalez@delphi.com (Elaine González) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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Liam Laurent -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre
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