From ldubois@unam.mx Sun Aug 21 05:51:48 1994
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From: ldubois@unam.mx (Lars Dubois)
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Subject: Data: 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?

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.

What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer?

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=== Lars Dubois ===
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From enovak@tum.de Sun Aug 21 15:04:48 1994
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From: enovak@tum.de (Emi Novak)
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Subject: Re: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Aug21.055148.8195@unam.mx>, ldubois@unam.mx (Lars Dubois) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

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 dhernandez@titech.ac.jp Tue Aug 23 13:02:48 1994
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From: dhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Diego Hernández)
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Subject: Re: Data: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Aug21.150448.9236@tum.de>, enovak@tum.de (Emi Novak) writes:
> You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500.

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!

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