From livanov@panix.com Mon Oct 09 19:25:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!livanov From: livanov@panix.com (Lars Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 19:25:45 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. 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). Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Lars Ivanov -- Public Access Unix of New York "Do not worship the copy." From amartinez@delphi.com Tue Oct 10 21:01:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!amartinez From: amartinez@delphi.com (Anja Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct10.210145.1719@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 21:01:45 GMT References: <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com>, livanov@panix.com (Lars Ivanov) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Anja Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fchoi@rwth-aachen.de Thu Oct 12 00:20:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!fchoi From: fchoi@rwth-aachen.de (Fiona Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct12.002045.7444@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 00:20:45 GMT References: <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com>, livanov@panix.com (Lars Ivanov) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Fiona Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From otanaka@pacbell.net Thu Oct 12 05:22:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!otanaka From: otanaka@pacbell.net (Olga Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct12.052245.1970@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 05:22:45 GMT References: <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com> <1995Oct10.210145.1719@delphi.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct10.210145.1719@delphi.com>, amartinez@delphi.com (Anja Martínez) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Olga Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Oct 12 06:39:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!aduarte From: aduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Aiko Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct12.063945.7203@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 06:39:45 GMT References: <1995Oct09.192545.4351@panix.com> <1995Oct10.210145.1719@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.210145.1719@delphi.com>, amartinez@delphi.com (Anja Martínez) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. 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! -- Aiko Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------