From dfischer@tum.de Sat Apr 15 20:00:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!dfischer From: dfischer@tum.de (Diego Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 20:00:07 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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. 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). 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? -- Diego Fischer | dfischer@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: BE13 E4B0 2098 1E9D "Keep the channels open." From ssilva@ox.ac.uk Mon Apr 17 22:41:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!ssilva From: ssilva@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr17.224107.9811@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 22:41:07 GMT References: <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de>, dfischer@tum.de (Diego Fischer) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. > 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 LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Sun-mi Silva Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From rnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Apr 19 10:05:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!rnovak From: rnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr19.100507.7177@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:05:07 GMT References: <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de>, dfischer@tum.de (Diego Fischer) 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! -- Rodrigo Novak -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bfournier@stanford.edu Wed Apr 19 22:08:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!bfournier From: bfournier@stanford.edu (Brian Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr19.220807.2780@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 22:08:07 GMT References: <1995Apr15.200007.4536@tum.de> <1995Apr19.100507.7177@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr19.100507.7177@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Novak) 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! Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Brian Fournier "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04