From vlee@illinois.edu Wed Oct 11 07:21:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!vlee From: vlee@illinois.edu (Valeria Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 07:21:53 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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). 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? -- Valeria Lee | vlee@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 78E0 16F8 7ADE DB96 "Keep the channels open." From vkarlsson@purdue.edu Thu Oct 12 05:24:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!vkarlsson From: vkarlsson@purdue.edu (Valeria Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct12.052453.6697@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 05:24:53 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu>, vlee@illinois.edu (Valeria Lee) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Valeria Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jmartinez@tum.de Thu Oct 12 19:59:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!jmartinez From: jmartinez@tum.de (Jens Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct12.195953.5306@tum.de> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 19:59:53 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu>, vlee@illinois.edu (Valeria Lee) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- === Jens Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mgirard@uu.net Sat Oct 14 21:07:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!mgirard From: mgirard@uu.net (Mateo Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct14.210753.5135@uu.net> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 21:07:53 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct11.072153.2306@illinois.edu>, vlee@illinois.edu (Valeria Lee) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? > 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). 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! -- Mateo Girard Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."