From mtakahashi@unam.mx Sat Sep 21 18:51:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@unam.mx (Mei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 18:51:28 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? -- === Mei Takahashi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kperez@demon.co.uk Mon Sep 23 06:57:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!kperez From: kperez@demon.co.uk (Kenji Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Sep23.065728.1843@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 06:57:28 GMT References: <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx>, mtakahashi@unam.mx (Mei Takahashi) 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. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Kenji Pérez | kperez@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: FC28 26E0 45FC C571 "Keep the channels open." From djohansson@hanse.de Wed Sep 25 01:19:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!djohansson From: djohansson@hanse.de (Diego Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Sep25.011928.7536@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 01:19:28 GMT References: <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx> <1996Sep23.065728.1843@demon.co.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep23.065728.1843@demon.co.uk>, kperez@demon.co.uk (Kenji Pérez) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. -- Diego Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ybrennan@kiae.su Fri Sep 27 02:46:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!ybrennan From: ybrennan@kiae.su (Yuki Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Sep27.024628.2958@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 02:46:28 GMT References: <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx> <1996Sep23.065728.1843@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep23.065728.1843@demon.co.uk>, kperez@demon.co.uk (Kenji Pérez) writes: > Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- Yuki Brennan Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From klopez@cern.ch Fri Sep 27 05:52:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!klopez From: klopez@cern.ch (Kirsty López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Sep27.055228.5837@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 05:52:28 GMT References: <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep21.185128.4177@unam.mx>, mtakahashi@unam.mx (Mei Takahashi) 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. -- Kirsty López -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."