From ksouza@pipeline.com Sun Jul 17 06:01:24 1994
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From: ksouza@pipeline.com (Kenji Souza)
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Subject: 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.
Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

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

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From dgarcia@demon.co.uk Mon Jul 18 04:19:24 1994
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From: dgarcia@demon.co.uk (Diego García)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul17.060124.2303@pipeline.com>, ksouza@pipeline.com (Kenji Souza) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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

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From alee@inria.fr Tue Jul 19 21:34:24 1994
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul17.060124.2303@pipeline.com>, ksouza@pipeline.com (Kenji Souza) writes:
> 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.

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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=== Anton Lee ===
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From mkang@mit.edu Wed Jul 20 23:39:24 1994
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From: mkang@mit.edu (Mateo Kang)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul19.213424.7557@inria.fr>, alee@inria.fr (Anton Lee) 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!

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

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From sbrennan@titech.ac.jp Fri Jul 22 17:32:24 1994
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From: sbrennan@titech.ac.jp (Sun-mi Brennan)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jul17.060124.2303@pipeline.com>, ksouza@pipeline.com (Kenji Souza) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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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