From tperez@ox.ac.uk Wed Feb 22 09:06:37 1995
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From: tperez@ox.ac.uk (Thiago Pérez)
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Subject: Observation: 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.
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?

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From tlee@mit.edu Fri Feb 24 04:27:37 1995
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From: tlee@mit.edu (Thiago Lee)
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb22.090637.4893@ox.ac.uk>, tperez@ox.ac.uk (Thiago Pérez) 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.

The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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From jlarsson@berkeley.edu Sat Feb 25 06:51:37 1995
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From: jlarsson@berkeley.edu (Julien Larsson)
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Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb24.042737.6023@mit.edu>, tlee@mit.edu (Thiago Lee) writes:
> The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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!

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