From hpopov@inria.fr Fri Sep 22 06:05:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!hpopov From: hpopov@inria.fr (Hugo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 06:05:01 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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? -- Hugo Popov "Row 14. No joke." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From lsanchez@berkeley.edu Sat Sep 23 18:31:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!lsanchez From: lsanchez@berkeley.edu (Lisa Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep23.183101.6655@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 18:31:01 GMT References: <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr>, hpopov@inria.fr (Hugo Popov) 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. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Lisa Sánchez | lsanchez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4929 2162 1121 F011 "Keep the channels open." From anilsson@panix.com Sun Sep 24 21:50:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!anilsson From: anilsson@panix.com (Andrei Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep24.215001.6979@panix.com> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 21:50:01 GMT References: <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr>, hpopov@inria.fr (Hugo Popov) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Andrei Nilsson | anilsson@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 9272 1033 322B E7A6 "Keep the channels open." From tfournier@berkeley.edu Mon Sep 25 19:50:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!tfournier From: tfournier@berkeley.edu (Takeshi Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep25.195001.8471@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 19:50:01 GMT References: <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr>, hpopov@inria.fr (Hugo Popov) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. 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! -- Takeshi Fournier "Do not worship the copy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / FreeBSD 2.1 From osato@demon.co.uk Tue Sep 26 14:23:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!osato From: osato@demon.co.uk (Olga Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep26.142301.7471@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:23:01 GMT References: <1995Sep22.060501.3636@inria.fr> <1995Sep24.215001.6979@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep24.215001.6979@panix.com>, anilsson@panix.com (Andrei Nilsson) writes: > Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Olga Sato | osato@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 94E5 4600 998E 3502 "Keep the channels open."