From klopez@pacbell.net Tue Sep 03 19:51:11 1996
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From: klopez@pacbell.net (Karen López)
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Subject: Question: 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'.

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.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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Karen López <klopez@pacbell.net>
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From lreyes@hanse.de Thu Sep 05 22:32:11 1996
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From: lreyes@hanse.de (Liam Reyes)
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Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1996Sep03.195111.8651@pacbell.net>, klopez@pacbell.net (Karen López) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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=== Liam Reyes ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg
"Hold for relay."