From btakahashi@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 03 23:53:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!btakahashi From: btakahashi@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 23:53:48 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. Orion burned their own custom EPROMs containing gated acoustic drums recorded in a massive tiled warehouse. What sequencer was Marcus using in 1984? A Roland MSQ-700 or early MIDI software on a computer? -- Brian Takahashi "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / AmigaOS 3.1 From tkang@clari.net Thu Oct 05 16:35:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!tkang From: tkang@clari.net (Thiago Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct05.163548.1257@clari.net> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 16:35:48 GMT References: <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de>, btakahashi@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Takahashi) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn EPROMs. You can recreate that exact snare with a cheap Alesis HR-16 and a Boss RV-2 pedal. Save yourself $1,500. -- Thiago Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ijohansson@stanford.edu Thu Oct 05 21:28:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!ijohansson From: ijohansson@stanford.edu (Ines Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct05.212848.3960@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 21:28:48 GMT References: <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de>, btakahashi@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Takahashi) writes: > Dissecting the percussion sequencing on 'Midnight Animal' and 'Gasoline Heart'. > However, if you check the pitch of the clap and snare, they don't match the factory Roger Linn 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! -- Ines Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From goliveira@delphi.com Sat Oct 07 20:00:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!goliveira From: goliveira@delphi.com (Graham Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: LinnDrum LM-2 vs TR-808 on Orion's rhythm tracks Message-ID: <1995Oct07.200048.3299@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 20:00:48 GMT References: <1995Oct03.235348.6228@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Oct05.212848.3960@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct05.212848.3960@stanford.edu>, ijohansson@stanford.edu (Ines Johansson) writes: > 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! The LinnDrum snare has that classic punch. Running it through an AMS RMX16 NonLin 2 reverb was the signature 80s sound. -- Graham Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.