From fsokolov@mit.edu Fri Jul 15 05:47:43 1994
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From: fsokolov@mit.edu (Freya Sokolov)
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Subject: 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).
The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

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

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From mweber@kth.se Sat Jul 16 02:07:43 1994
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul15.054743.3800@mit.edu>, fsokolov@mit.edu (Freya Sokolov) 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 MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software.

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From aivanov@kth.se Sat Jul 16 04:34:43 1994
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From: aivanov@kth.se (Andrei Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul16.020743.3820@kth.se>, mweber@kth.se (Min-jun Weber) writes:
> The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software.

Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends.

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From bschneider@tum.de Sun Jul 17 01:31:43 1994
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul16.020743.3820@kth.se>, mweber@kth.se (Min-jun Weber) writes:
> The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software.

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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