From sjohansson@illinois.edu Sun Mar 05 14:54:27 1995
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From: sjohansson@illinois.edu (Steve Johansson)
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Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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 kgonzalez@ox.ac.uk Sun Mar 05 22:26:27 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Mar05.145427.9646@illinois.edu>, sjohansson@illinois.edu (Steve Johansson) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> 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).

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!

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From bperez@unam.mx Mon Mar 06 23:23:27 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Mar05.145427.9646@illinois.edu>, sjohansson@illinois.edu (Steve Johansson) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> 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).

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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From vtakahashi@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 08 11:09:27 1995
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From: vtakahashi@berkeley.edu (Valeria Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Mar05.222627.8655@ox.ac.uk>, kgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Kenji González) writes:
> 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!

The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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