From abrennan@mit.edu Fri Aug 04 19:06:10 1995
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From: abrennan@mit.edu (Anton Brennan)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.

The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.
However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.

Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum?

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From jsilva@delphi.com Sun Aug 06 04:02:10 1995
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From: jsilva@delphi.com (Jens Silva)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Aug04.190610.9944@mit.edu>, abrennan@mit.edu (Anton Brennan) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

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

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From mnilsson@pipeline.com Mon Aug 07 03:18:10 1995
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From: mnilsson@pipeline.com (Marta Nilsson)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Aug04.190610.9944@mit.edu>, abrennan@mit.edu (Anton Brennan) writes:
> Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record.

The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software.

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