From amacdonald@netcom.com Wed Sep 14 21:39:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!amacdonald From: amacdonald@netcom.com (Aiko MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Sep14.213949.8268@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 21:39:49 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- === Aiko MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From tfischer@cmu.edu Thu Sep 15 07:10:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!tfischer From: tfischer@cmu.edu (Tomas Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Sep15.071049.5452@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 07:10:49 GMT References: <1994Sep14.213949.8268@netcom.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep14.213949.8268@netcom.com>, amacdonald@netcom.com (Aiko MacDonald) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Tomas Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From arobertson@uu.net Thu Sep 15 19:01:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!arobertson From: arobertson@uu.net (Astrid Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1994Sep15.190149.9683@uu.net> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 19:01:49 GMT References: <1994Sep14.213949.8268@netcom.com> <1994Sep15.071049.5452@cmu.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep15.071049.5452@cmu.edu>, tfischer@cmu.edu (Tomas Fischer) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Astrid Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0