From kmoreno@kiae.su Sat Jun 10 21:14:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!kmoreno From: kmoreno@kiae.su (Kenji Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 21:14:35 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. 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). Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Kenji Moreno Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tkarlsson@illinois.edu Mon Jun 12 01:15:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@illinois.edu (Tyler Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun12.011535.6502@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 01:15:35 GMT References: <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su>, kmoreno@kiae.su (Kenji Moreno) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Tyler Karlsson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From mschneider@mindspring.com Tue Jun 13 19:11:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!mschneider From: mschneider@mindspring.com (Morag Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun13.191135.5332@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 19:11:35 GMT References: <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su> <1995Jun12.011535.6502@illinois.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun12.011535.6502@illinois.edu>, tkarlsson@illinois.edu (Tyler Karlsson) 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. -- Morag Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From jbrennan@tum.de Thu Jun 15 23:08:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!jbrennan From: jbrennan@tum.de (Ji-woo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun15.230835.4349@tum.de> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 23:08:35 GMT References: <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su>, kmoreno@kiae.su (Kenji Moreno) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. 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! -- === Ji-woo Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "We don't sign stars. We build them." From jmartinez@earthlink.net Fri Jun 16 02:25:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!jmartinez From: jmartinez@earthlink.net (Julien Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun16.022535.9585@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 02:25:35 GMT References: <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun10.211435.9355@kiae.su>, kmoreno@kiae.su (Kenji Moreno) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Julien Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."