From tsouza@uni-hamburg.de Wed Nov 22 08:54:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!tsouza From: tsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Takeshi Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov22.085453.8720@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 08:54:53 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. -- Takeshi Souza Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From slarsson@stanford.edu Thu Nov 23 19:06:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!slarsson From: slarsson@stanford.edu (Seo-yeon Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov23.190653.2715@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 19:06:53 GMT References: <1995Nov22.085453.8720@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov22.085453.8720@uni-hamburg.de>, tsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Takeshi Souza) 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. 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! -- Seo-yeon Larsson | slarsson@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 5242 E9FD 22C0 B079 "Keep the channels open." From hrodriguez@mit.edu Fri Nov 24 19:04:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!hrodriguez From: hrodriguez@mit.edu (Heather Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Nov24.190453.5413@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 19:04:53 GMT References: <1995Nov22.085453.8720@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov22.085453.8720@uni-hamburg.de>, tsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Takeshi Souza) 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. -- Heather Rodríguez -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."