From ssouza@demon.co.uk Thu Aug 24 02:06:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!ssouza From: ssouza@demon.co.uk (Sun-mi Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Aug24.020615.9489@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:06:15 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Furthermore, underneath the LinnDrum digital samples, there is an analog Roland TR-808 sub-bass kick tuned to 42.6 Hz (exactly 3x 14.2 Hz). The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Sun-mi Souza "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From lnilsson@cam.ac.uk Fri Aug 25 15:20:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!lnilsson From: lnilsson@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Aug25.152015.6672@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 15:20:15 GMT References: <1995Aug24.020615.9489@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug24.020615.9489@demon.co.uk>, ssouza@demon.co.uk (Sun-mi Souza) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Lisa Nilsson | lnilsson@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1FFE D6C7 43AF 4386 "Keep the channels open." From ypark@utexas.edu Fri Aug 25 20:31:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!ypark From: ypark@utexas.edu (Yuki Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Aug25.203115.1376@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 20:31:15 GMT References: <1995Aug24.020615.9489@demon.co.uk> <1995Aug25.152015.6672@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug25.152015.6672@cam.ac.uk>, lnilsson@cam.ac.uk (Lisa Nilsson) writes: > Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Yuki Park "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1