From kcampbell@demon.co.uk Thu Feb 23 19:37:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!kcampbell From: kcampbell@demon.co.uk (Karen Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 19:37:58 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum? -- Karen Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sokonkwo@delphi.com Fri Feb 24 16:12:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@delphi.com (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb24.161258.1250@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 16:12:58 GMT References: <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk>, kcampbell@demon.co.uk (Karen Campbell) writes: > 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. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- === Sergei Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From elopez@pipeline.com Sun Feb 26 15:00:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!elopez From: elopez@pipeline.com (Elaine López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb26.150058.2315@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 15:00:58 GMT References: <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb24.161258.1250@delphi.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb24.161258.1250@delphi.com>, sokonkwo@delphi.com (Sergei Okonkwo) writes: > The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Elaine López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From dsilva@utexas.edu Tue Feb 28 09:40:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!dsilva From: dsilva@utexas.edu (Dmitri Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Feb28.094058.1135@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 09:40:58 GMT References: <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.193758.3919@demon.co.uk>, kcampbell@demon.co.uk (Karen Campbell) writes: > 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. 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! -- Dmitri Silva Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy."