From leriksson@rwth-aachen.de Mon May 15 22:41:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!leriksson From: leriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May15.224100.5126@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 22:41:00 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- === Lucia Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mpetrov@stanford.edu Tue May 16 10:54:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!mpetrov From: mpetrov@stanford.edu (Mateo Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May16.105400.8883@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 10:54:00 GMT References: <1995May15.224100.5126@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May15.224100.5126@rwth-aachen.de>, leriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Lucia Eriksson) 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 MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Mateo Petrov | mpetrov@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E475 B512 E1F1 7BAA "Keep the channels open." From tsantos@demon.co.uk Thu May 18 10:26:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!tsantos From: tsantos@demon.co.uk (Thiago Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May18.102600.2758@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 10:26:00 GMT References: <1995May15.224100.5126@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May16.105400.8883@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May16.105400.8883@stanford.edu>, mpetrov@stanford.edu (Mateo Petrov) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. 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! -- Thiago Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From rcampbell@kiae.su Thu May 18 14:27:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!rcampbell From: rcampbell@kiae.su (Renata Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995May18.142700.1157@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 14:27:00 GMT References: <1995May15.224100.5126@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May16.105400.8883@stanford.edu> <1995May18.102600.2758@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995May18.102600.2758@demon.co.uk>, tsantos@demon.co.uk (Thiago Santos) writes: > 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! 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! -- Renata Campbell -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."