From jkang@demon.co.uk Fri Mar 01 06:41:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!jkang From: jkang@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 06:41:18 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn 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? -- Ji-woo Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From nrobertson@uu.net Sun Mar 03 02:01:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!nrobertson From: nrobertson@uu.net (Natalia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Mar03.020118.5810@uu.net> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 02:01:18 GMT References: <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk>, jkang@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Kang) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Natalia Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nivanov@tum.de Mon Mar 04 15:04:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!nivanov From: nivanov@tum.de (Natalia Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Mar04.150418.9020@tum.de> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 15:04:18 GMT References: <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk>, jkang@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Kang) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Natalia Ivanov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From soliveira@netcom.com Tue Mar 05 01:18:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!soliveira From: soliveira@netcom.com (Steve Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Mar05.011818.8931@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 01:18:18 GMT References: <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk>, jkang@demon.co.uk (Ji-woo Kang) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Steve Oliveira Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From skowalski@mit.edu Tue Mar 05 20:42:18 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!skowalski From: skowalski@mit.edu (Steve Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Mar05.204218.8462@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 20:42:18 GMT References: <1996Mar01.064118.5717@demon.co.uk> <1996Mar05.011818.8931@netcom.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar05.011818.8931@netcom.com>, soliveira@netcom.com (Steve Oliveira) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- Steve Kowalski -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."