From toliveira@cmu.edu Sat Feb 19 03:50:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!toliveira From: toliveira@cmu.edu (Thiago Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 03:50:41 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Thiago Oliveira "We don't sign stars. We build them." Atari Falcon 030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From hmoreau@kth.se Sat Feb 19 09:39:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!hmoreau From: hmoreau@kth.se (Hugo Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Feb19.093941.3551@kth.se> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 09:39:41 GMT References: <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu>, toliveira@cmu.edu (Thiago Oliveira) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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! If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Hugo Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Do not worship the copy." From tlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Feb 20 16:32:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!tlee From: tlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Feb20.163241.4061@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 16:32:41 GMT References: <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu>, toliveira@cmu.edu (Thiago Oliveira) 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. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Thiago Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From amacdonald@cern.ch Mon Feb 21 19:04:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!amacdonald From: amacdonald@cern.ch (Anton MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Feb21.190441.9683@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 19:04:41 GMT References: <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu>, toliveira@cmu.edu (Thiago Oliveira) 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. -- Anton MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From sjohansson@uu.net Tue Feb 22 04:04:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!sjohansson From: sjohansson@uu.net (Sun-mi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Feb22.040441.2374@uu.net> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 04:04:41 GMT References: <1994Feb19.035041.3224@cmu.edu> <1994Feb19.093941.3551@kth.se> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb19.093941.3551@kth.se>, hmoreau@kth.se (Hugo Moreau) 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. -- Sun-mi Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.