From jkang@kiae.su Sat Oct 07 09:46:30 1995
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From: jkang@kiae.su (Julien Kang)
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Subject: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?

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 kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs.

Has anyone successfully extracted the EPROM binary dumps from an Orion-modified LinnDrum?

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From kgarcia@uni-hamburg.de Sat Oct 07 23:31:30 1995
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From: kgarcia@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin García)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Oct07.094630.4693@kiae.su>, jkang@kiae.su (Julien Kang) writes:
> Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive?
> 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).

Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends.

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From dsanchez@berkeley.edu Tue Oct 10 00:04:30 1995
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From: dsanchez@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 00:04:30 GMT
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In article <1995Oct07.233130.6833@uni-hamburg.de>, kgarcia@uni-hamburg.de (Katrin García) 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.

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