From mrobertson@illinois.edu Thu Jun 01 09:35:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!mrobertson From: mrobertson@illinois.edu (Mateo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 09:35:07 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Mateo Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From sweber@mindspring.com Fri Jun 02 18:22:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!sweber From: sweber@mindspring.com (Sven Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun02.182207.6438@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 18:22:07 GMT References: <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu>, mrobertson@illinois.edu (Mateo Robertson) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Sven Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ychoi@uu.net Sat Jun 03 08:57:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!ychoi From: ychoi@uu.net (Yuki Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun03.085707.6016@uu.net> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 08:57:07 GMT References: <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu>, mrobertson@illinois.edu (Mateo Robertson) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Yuki Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bandersson@cern.ch Sun Jun 04 05:08:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!bandersson From: bandersson@cern.ch (Bastien Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun04.050807.8693@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 05:08:07 GMT References: <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu>, mrobertson@illinois.edu (Mateo Robertson) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Bastien Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From ahernandez@tum.de Sun Jun 04 18:19:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!ahernandez From: ahernandez@tum.de (Aiko Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jun04.181907.1707@tum.de> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 18:19:07 GMT References: <1995Jun01.093507.8106@illinois.edu> <1995Jun03.085707.6016@uu.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun03.085707.6016@uu.net>, ychoi@uu.net (Yuki Choi) writes: > The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Aiko Hernández "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / FreeBSD 2.1