From tnilsson@cmu.edu Tue Jul 12 03:45:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!tnilsson From: tnilsson@cmu.edu (Tobias Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul12.034505.1556@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 03:45:05 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Tobias Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dnovak@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jul 13 16:40:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!dnovak From: dnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Dong-hyun Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul13.164005.5649@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 16:40:05 GMT References: <1994Jul12.034505.1556@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul12.034505.1556@cmu.edu>, tnilsson@cmu.edu (Tobias Nilsson) 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. -- Dong-hyun Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From bsouza@mindspring.com Fri Jul 15 20:25:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!bsouza From: bsouza@mindspring.com (Bill Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Jul15.202505.8154@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 20:25:05 GMT References: <1994Jul12.034505.1556@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul12.034505.1556@cmu.edu>, tnilsson@cmu.edu (Tobias Nilsson) 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. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Bill Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.