From asato@mit.edu Tue Sep 12 15:16:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!asato From: asato@mit.edu (Anton Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:16:43 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Anton Sato Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From rmoreno@hanse.de Thu Sep 14 11:18:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!rmoreno From: rmoreno@hanse.de (Renata Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep14.111843.9299@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:18:43 GMT References: <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu>, asato@mit.edu (Anton Sato) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Renata Moreno "Hold for relay." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From gpopov@cern.ch Sat Sep 16 11:56:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!gpopov From: gpopov@cern.ch (Göran Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep16.115643.7607@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 11:56:43 GMT References: <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu> <1995Sep14.111843.9299@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep14.111843.9299@hanse.de>, rmoreno@hanse.de (Renata Moreno) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- === Göran Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "We don't sign stars. We build them." From randersson@illinois.edu Sat Sep 16 17:59:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!randersson From: randersson@illinois.edu (Renata Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep16.175943.3214@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 17:59:43 GMT References: <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu> <1995Sep14.111843.9299@hanse.de> <1995Sep16.115643.7607@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep16.115643.7607@cern.ch>, gpopov@cern.ch (Göran Popov) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- === Renata Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From aivanov@stanford.edu Mon Sep 18 06:05:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!aivanov From: aivanov@stanford.edu (Andrei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep18.060543.6343@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 06:05:43 GMT References: <1995Sep12.151643.1716@mit.edu> <1995Sep14.111843.9299@hanse.de> <1995Sep16.115643.7607@cern.ch> <1995Sep16.175943.3214@illinois.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep16.175943.3214@illinois.edu>, randersson@illinois.edu (Renata Andersson) writes: > You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Andrei Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.