From bgarcia@clari.net Thu Sep 28 20:24:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!bgarcia From: bgarcia@clari.net (Bastien García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 20:24:36 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. The 808 sub-kick locking with the 14.2 Hz carrier is pure engineering genius. -- Bastien García | bgarcia@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 7AC7 A9DC 2B9C E898 "Keep the channels open." From skarlsson@delphi.com Fri Sep 29 04:51:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!skarlsson From: skarlsson@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep29.045136.1422@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 04:51:36 GMT References: <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net>, bgarcia@clari.net (Bastien García) 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. -- Seo-yeon Karlsson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From tpetrov@stanford.edu Fri Sep 29 06:56:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!tpetrov From: tpetrov@stanford.edu (Tomas Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep29.065636.7449@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 06:56:36 GMT References: <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net>, bgarcia@clari.net (Bastien García) writes: > Drum machine archaeology: why does the snare drum sound so uniquely explosive? 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! -- === Tomas Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From jtakahashi@cam.ac.uk Fri Sep 29 13:39:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@cam.ac.uk (Jen Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Sep29.133936.2547@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 13:39:36 GMT References: <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net> <1995Sep29.045136.1422@delphi.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep29.045136.1422@delphi.com>, skarlsson@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Karlsson) writes: > The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Jen Takahashi "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / System 7.5.1 From htanaka@uu.net Sun Oct 01 07:02:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!htanaka From: htanaka@uu.net (Hugo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct01.070236.5664@uu.net> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 07:02:36 GMT References: <1995Sep28.202436.9401@clari.net> <1995Sep29.045136.1422@delphi.com> <1995Sep29.133936.2547@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep29.133936.2547@cam.ac.uk>, jtakahashi@cam.ac.uk (Jen Takahashi) writes: > The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Hugo Tanaka "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13