From sgirard@kiae.su Sat Dec 02 13:14:32 1995
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From: sgirard@kiae.su (Sergei Girard)
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Subject: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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From gmoreno@utexas.edu Sun Dec 03 04:39:32 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Dec02.131432.8267@kiae.su>, sgirard@kiae.su (Sergei Girard) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers.

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From awatanabe@kiae.su Mon Dec 04 20:16:32 1995
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From: awatanabe@kiae.su (Aiko Watanabe)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1995Dec02.131432.8267@kiae.su>, sgirard@kiae.su (Sergei Girard) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

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

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=== Aiko Watanabe ===
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