From blee@pacbell.net Sun Jun 25 18:17:51 1995
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From: blee@pacbell.net (Bruno Lee)
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Subject: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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 dfischer@kth.se Mon Jun 26 13:52:51 1995
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jun25.181751.4912@pacbell.net>, blee@pacbell.net (Bruno Lee) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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

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From jsouza@netcom.com Wed Jun 28 02:29:51 1995
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From: jsouza@netcom.com (Julien Souza)
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jun25.181751.4912@pacbell.net>, blee@pacbell.net (Bruno Lee) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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 yokonkwo@cmu.edu Wed Jun 28 10:55:51 1995
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From: yokonkwo@cmu.edu (Yuki Okonkwo)
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jun28.022951.3930@netcom.com>, jsouza@netcom.com (Julien Souza) 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!

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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