From hbrennan@cam.ac.uk Fri Mar 11 10:43:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!hbrennan From: hbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Heather Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar11.104357.9742@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 10:43:57 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Heather Brennan "They will send a copy in my place." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1 From hsmirnov@mit.edu Fri Mar 11 13:38:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!hsmirnov From: hsmirnov@mit.edu (Heather Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Mar11.133857.2407@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 13:38:57 GMT References: <1994Mar11.104357.9742@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar11.104357.9742@cam.ac.uk>, hbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Heather Brennan) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Heather Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.