From akang@uni-hamburg.de Sun Feb 26 07:59:29 1995
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From: akang@uni-hamburg.de (Amy Kang)
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Subject: [INFO] 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'.

However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.
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.

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From lito@clari.net Sun Feb 26 14:16:29 1995
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From: lito@clari.net (Lisa Ito)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Feb26.075929.4448@uni-hamburg.de>, akang@uni-hamburg.de (Amy Kang) 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.

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

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Lisa Ito -- ClariNet Communications Corp
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."