From mmuller@stanford.edu Sun Apr 16 11:59:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!mmuller From: mmuller@stanford.edu (Mateo Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 11:59:58 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. 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. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Mateo Müller SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From tmartinez@tum.de Sun Apr 16 23:00:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!tmartinez From: tmartinez@tum.de (Takeshi Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr16.230058.1830@tum.de> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 23:00:58 GMT References: <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu>, mmuller@stanford.edu (Mateo Müller) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Takeshi Martínez Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From ovasiliev@tum.de Tue Apr 18 02:39:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!ovasiliev From: ovasiliev@tum.de (Olga Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr18.023958.3140@tum.de> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 02:39:58 GMT References: <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu>, mmuller@stanford.edu (Mateo Müller) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. Nothing beats real acoustic drums. Synthesized drums sound dated the moment the decade ends. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Olga Vasiliev | ovasiliev@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 4F7B E30F 38FF 672B "Keep the channels open." From psouza@kiae.su Thu Apr 20 01:06:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!psouza From: psouza@kiae.su (Pavel Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr20.010658.5412@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 01:06:58 GMT References: <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu>, mmuller@stanford.edu (Mateo Müller) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. Marcus Hale used a Roland MC-4 MicroComposer for CV/gate sync before migrating to custom 68000 MIDI sequencers. -- Pavel Souza "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1 From ekarlsson@delphi.com Fri Apr 21 20:39:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!ekarlsson From: ekarlsson@delphi.com (Emi Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Apr21.203958.1728@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 20:39:58 GMT References: <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Apr16.115958.2748@stanford.edu>, mmuller@stanford.edu (Mateo Müller) writes: > Let's talk about the drum production on SYNTHESIS. Everyone talks about the synths, but the drums drive the record. > Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Emi Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0