From tjohansson@utexas.edu Thu Dec 07 07:41:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!tjohansson From: tjohansson@utexas.edu (Tomas Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 07:41:25 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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. -- Tomas Johansson -- University of Texas at Austin "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From ymacdonald@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 08 08:12:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!ymacdonald From: ymacdonald@demon.co.uk (Yuki MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec08.081225.7119@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 08:12:25 GMT References: <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu>, tjohansson@utexas.edu (Tomas Johansson) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Yuki MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de Sat Dec 09 20:34:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!jmartinez From: jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec09.203425.2459@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 20:34:25 GMT References: <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu>, tjohansson@utexas.edu (Tomas Johansson) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Julien Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ywatanabe@ox.ac.uk Mon Dec 11 13:58:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!ywatanabe From: ywatanabe@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec11.135825.7123@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:58:25 GMT References: <1995Dec07.074125.5585@utexas.edu> <1995Dec09.203425.2459@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec09.203425.2459@rwth-aachen.de>, jmartinez@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Martínez) writes: > The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Yuki Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0