From slaurent@kth.se Sun Oct 09 04:07:33 1994
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From: slaurent@kth.se (Sun-mi Laurent)
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Subject: Discussion: 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.

Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.
The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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Sun-mi Laurent
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From ysato@netcom.com Mon Oct 10 00:52:33 1994
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From: ysato@netcom.com (Yuki Sato)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Oct09.040733.1561@kth.se>, slaurent@kth.se (Sun-mi Laurent) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends.

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=== Yuki Sato ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services
"Do not worship the copy."

From gandersson@unam.mx Mon Oct 10 08:19:33 1994
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From: gandersson@unam.mx (Graham Andersson)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Oct09.040733.1561@kth.se>, slaurent@kth.se (Sun-mi Laurent) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

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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Graham Andersson
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