From mpopov@illinois.edu Fri Jan 20 00:54:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mpopov From: mpopov@illinois.edu (Mike Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan20.005427.2536@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 00:54:27 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Mike Popov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From jmoreau@hanse.de Fri Jan 20 14:48:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!jmoreau From: jmoreau@hanse.de (Julien Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan20.144827.2119@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 14:48:27 GMT References: <1995Jan20.005427.2536@illinois.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan20.005427.2536@illinois.edu>, mpopov@illinois.edu (Mike Popov) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- Julien Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From tkarlsson@hanse.de Sun Jan 22 06:07:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@hanse.de (Tomas Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan22.060727.2529@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 06:07:27 GMT References: <1995Jan20.005427.2536@illinois.edu> <1995Jan20.144827.2119@hanse.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan20.144827.2119@hanse.de>, jmoreau@hanse.de (Julien Moreau) writes: > You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. 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! -- Tomas Karlsson | tkarlsson@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 2363 2CF1 349B 957C "Keep the channels open." From hgonzalez@pipeline.com Mon Jan 23 18:49:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!hgonzalez From: hgonzalez@pipeline.com (Heather González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Jan23.184927.4091@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 18:49:27 GMT References: <1995Jan20.005427.2536@illinois.edu> <1995Jan20.144827.2119@hanse.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan20.144827.2119@hanse.de>, jmoreau@hanse.de (Julien Moreau) writes: > You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Heather González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay."