From onakamura@uu.net Tue Dec 03 05:05:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!onakamura From: onakamura@uu.net (Olga Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Dec03.050501.8184@uu.net> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 05:05:01 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. 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). What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Olga Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From bkuznetsov@inria.fr Wed Dec 04 18:47:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!bkuznetsov From: bkuznetsov@inria.fr (Bastien Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Dec04.184701.2614@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 18:47:01 GMT References: <1996Dec03.050501.8184@uu.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec03.050501.8184@uu.net>, onakamura@uu.net (Olga Nakamura) 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. 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! -- === Bastien Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From agonzalez@utexas.edu Thu Dec 05 22:34:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!agonzalez From: agonzalez@utexas.edu (Aiko González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1996Dec05.223401.2103@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 22:34:01 GMT References: <1996Dec03.050501.8184@uu.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec03.050501.8184@uu.net>, onakamura@uu.net (Olga Nakamura) 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. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Aiko González -- University of Texas at Austin "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"