From tlaurent@cmu.edu Wed Jul 19 12:47:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!tlaurent From: tlaurent@cmu.edu (Thiago Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:47:51 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Thiago Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From ddubois@inria.fr Fri Jul 21 11:26:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!ddubois From: ddubois@inria.fr (Dong-hyun Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jul21.112651.9242@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:26:51 GMT References: <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu>, tlaurent@cmu.edu (Thiago Laurent) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Dong-hyun Dubois US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ggirard@demon.co.uk Sun Jul 23 09:28:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!ggirard From: ggirard@demon.co.uk (Graham Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jul23.092851.1521@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 09:28:51 GMT References: <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu>, tlaurent@cmu.edu (Thiago Laurent) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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! -- Graham Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ssilva@cern.ch Mon Jul 24 01:32:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!ssilva From: ssilva@cern.ch (Sun-mi Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jul24.013251.9046@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 01:32:51 GMT References: <1995Jul19.124751.9081@cmu.edu> <1995Jul21.112651.9242@inria.fr> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul21.112651.9242@inria.fr>, ddubois@inria.fr (Dong-hyun Dubois) writes: > The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Sun-mi Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------