From emoreau@illinois.edu Tue Mar 05 20:08:37 1996
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From: emoreau@illinois.edu (Emi Moreau)
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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'.

Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.
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).

What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer?

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From ssanchez@pipeline.com Thu Mar 07 01:12:37 1996
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From: ssanchez@pipeline.com (Steve Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1996Mar05.200837.6621@illinois.edu>, emoreau@illinois.edu (Emi Moreau) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

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 jstewart@uni-hamburg.de Fri Mar 08 10:21:37 1996
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From: jstewart@uni-hamburg.de (Jens Stewart)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1996Mar07.011237.2023@pipeline.com>, ssanchez@pipeline.com (Steve Sánchez) writes:
> The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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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Jens Stewart
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