From jrobertson@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 23 00:21:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!jrobertson From: jrobertson@ox.ac.uk (Jens Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Dec23.002119.7918@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 00:21:19 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Jens Robertson "Hold for relay." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From ebrennan@purdue.edu Fri Dec 23 13:14:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!ebrennan From: ebrennan@purdue.edu (Élodie Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Dec23.131419.7237@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 13:14:19 GMT References: <1994Dec23.002119.7918@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec23.002119.7918@ox.ac.uk>, jrobertson@ox.ac.uk (Jens Robertson) 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). Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Élodie Brennan -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."