From mhernandez@stanford.edu Sat Jun 18 16:41:07 1994
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From: mhernandez@stanford.edu (Matthias Hernández)
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Subject: 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'.

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.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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=== Matthias Hernández ===
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Jun18.164107.6837@stanford.edu>, mhernandez@stanford.edu (Matthias Hernández) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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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