From smoreau@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jan 27 03:44:42 1995
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From: smoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Steve Moreau)
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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'.

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?

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Steve Moreau -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik
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From dsokolov@panix.com Sat Jan 28 23:00:42 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jan27.034442.9107@uni-hamburg.de>, smoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Steve Moreau) 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.

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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From esantos@kth.se Sun Jan 29 09:34:42 1995
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From: esantos@kth.se (Elaine Santos)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jan28.230042.6486@panix.com>, dsokolov@panix.com (Dave Sokolov) writes:
> You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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From chughes@kiae.su Mon Jan 30 21:37:42 1995
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From: chughes@kiae.su (Callum Hughes)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Jan27.034442.9107@uni-hamburg.de>, smoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Steve Moreau) 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.

Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers.

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