From dkowalski@mit.edu Sat Oct 21 07:54:03 1995
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From: dkowalski@mit.edu (Dave Kowalski)
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Subject: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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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?

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From mfischer@uu.net Mon Oct 23 03:45:03 1995
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From: mfischer@uu.net (Matthias Fischer)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Oct21.075403.6988@mit.edu>, dkowalski@mit.edu (Dave Kowalski) 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.

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Matthias Fischer
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