From cdubois@kth.se Sun Aug 28 11:42:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!cdubois From: cdubois@kth.se (Callum Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 11:42:17 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Callum Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lkang@unam.mx Sun Aug 28 15:09:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!lkang From: lkang@unam.mx (Lisa Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug28.150917.1972@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 15:09:17 GMT References: <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se>, cdubois@kth.se (Callum Dubois) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Lisa Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mkim@clari.net Mon Aug 29 22:13:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!mkim From: mkim@clari.net (Mikhail Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug29.221317.9593@clari.net> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 22:13:17 GMT References: <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se>, cdubois@kth.se (Callum Dubois) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Mikhail Kim -- ClariNet Communications Corp "They will send a copy in my place." From anakamura@inria.fr Tue Aug 30 09:03:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!anakamura From: anakamura@inria.fr (Andrei Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Aug30.090317.3971@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 09:03:17 GMT References: <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug28.114217.3464@kth.se>, cdubois@kth.se (Callum Dubois) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. 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! -- Andrei Nakamura | anakamura@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: E426 4523 BAD1 C177 "Keep the channels open."