From flee@mit.edu Fri Apr 12 01:50:25 1996
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From: flee@mit.edu (Fiona Lee)
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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'.

However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.
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 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1996Apr12.015025.6583@mit.edu>, flee@mit.edu (Fiona Lee) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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

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From kkim@cmu.edu Sun Apr 14 06:12:25 1996
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1996Apr12.015025.6583@mit.edu>, flee@mit.edu (Fiona Lee) 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.

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