From hnakamura@kth.se Mon Nov 04 02:48:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!hnakamura From: hnakamura@kth.se (Heather Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Nov04.024827.6993@kth.se> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 02:48:27 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Heather Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mpopov@pacbell.net Mon Nov 04 08:19:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!mpopov From: mpopov@pacbell.net (Morag Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Nov04.081927.4512@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 08:19:27 GMT References: <1996Nov04.024827.6993@kth.se> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov04.024827.6993@kth.se>, hnakamura@kth.se (Heather Nakamura) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Morag Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dlee@kth.se Wed Nov 06 07:32:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!dlee From: dlee@kth.se (Dong-hyun Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Nov06.073227.3499@kth.se> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 07:32:27 GMT References: <1996Nov04.024827.6993@kth.se> <1996Nov04.081927.4512@pacbell.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov04.081927.4512@pacbell.net>, mpopov@pacbell.net (Morag Popov) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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! -- Dong-hyun Lee US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."