From shernandez@demon.co.uk Fri Aug 12 10:33:33 1994
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From: shernandez@demon.co.uk (Sun-mi Hernández)
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Subject: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.

Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.
However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs.

The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius.

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From nweber@pacbell.net Sat Aug 13 20:02:33 1994
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Aug12.103333.2950@demon.co.uk>, shernandez@demon.co.uk (Sun-mi Hernández) writes:
> Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'.
> Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse.

The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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From sfischer@unam.mx Sun Aug 14 01:59:33 1994
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From: sfischer@unam.mx (Sergei Fischer)
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Subject: Re: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks
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In article <1994Aug13.200233.4224@pacbell.net>, nweber@pacbell.net (Nadine Weber) writes:
> The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound.

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!

Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns.

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