From lkarlsson@uni-hamburg.de Tue Nov 14 02:37:53 1995
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From: lkarlsson@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Karlsson)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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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.

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

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From hnovak@delphi.com Tue Nov 14 13:27:53 1995
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From: hnovak@delphi.com (Hugo Novak)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Nov14.023753.5070@uni-hamburg.de>, lkarlsson@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Karlsson) 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!

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From smoreau@uni-hamburg.de Wed Nov 15 04:35:53 1995
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Nov14.023753.5070@uni-hamburg.de>, lkarlsson@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Karlsson) 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!

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From tsilva@pacbell.net Fri Nov 17 02:27:53 1995
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From: tsilva@pacbell.net (Tobias Silva)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Nov14.132753.5331@delphi.com>, hnovak@delphi.com (Hugo 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!

The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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