From smoreau@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 08 18:23:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!smoreau From: smoreau@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug08.182354.3557@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 18:23:54 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.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? -- Sergei Moreau "Hold for relay." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From fsilva@berkeley.edu Wed Aug 10 21:02:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!fsilva From: fsilva@berkeley.edu (Freya Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug10.210254.3633@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 21:02:54 GMT References: <1994Aug08.182354.3557@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug08.182354.3557@cam.ac.uk>, smoreau@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Moreau) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Freya Silva Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From deriksson@pipeline.com Thu Aug 11 17:01:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!deriksson From: deriksson@pipeline.com (Dmitri Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug11.170154.6037@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:01:54 GMT References: <1994Aug08.182354.3557@cam.ac.uk> <1994Aug10.210254.3633@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug10.210254.3633@berkeley.edu>, fsilva@berkeley.edu (Freya Silva) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Dmitri Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jmuller@hanse.de Fri Aug 12 19:19:54 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!jmuller From: jmuller@hanse.de (Jens Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug12.191954.1119@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:19:54 GMT References: <1994Aug08.182354.3557@cam.ac.uk> <1994Aug10.210254.3633@berkeley.edu> <1994Aug11.170154.6037@pipeline.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug11.170154.6037@pipeline.com>, deriksson@pipeline.com (Dmitri Eriksson) 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! -- Jens Müller "Do not worship the copy." Atari TT030 / SunOS 4.1.4