From jpark@pacbell.net Fri Oct 11 03:09:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!jpark From: jpark@pacbell.net (Jens Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Oct11.030946.5922@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 03:09:46 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Jens Park "Row 14. No joke." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1 From dtakahashi@utexas.edu Sat Oct 12 06:03:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!dtakahashi From: dtakahashi@utexas.edu (Dave Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Oct12.060346.3393@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 06:03:46 GMT References: <1996Oct11.030946.5922@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct11.030946.5922@pacbell.net>, jpark@pacbell.net (Jens Park) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Dave Takahashi -- University of Texas at Austin "Marcus is not one man." From cjohansson@hanse.de Sun Oct 13 16:13:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!cjohansson From: cjohansson@hanse.de (Camila Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Oct13.161346.9410@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 16:13:46 GMT References: <1996Oct11.030946.5922@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct11.030946.5922@pacbell.net>, jpark@pacbell.net (Jens Park) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- === Camila Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Hold for relay."