From ttakahashi@stanford.edu Fri Dec 22 14:18:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@stanford.edu (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec22.141826.1383@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 14:18:26 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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). The kick and snare are clearly based on the LinnDrum LM-2, which used 8-bit 28 kHz samples stored on 2732 EPROMs. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Tomas Takahashi Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From hsilva@demon.co.uk Sat Dec 23 23:48:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!hsilva From: hsilva@demon.co.uk (Heather Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Dec23.234826.8086@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 23:48:26 GMT References: <1995Dec22.141826.1383@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec22.141826.1383@stanford.edu>, ttakahashi@stanford.edu (Tomas Takahashi) 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). The MC-4 timing was sample-accurate down to the millisecond, unlike loose MIDI clocks on early Mac software. -- Heather Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------