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I know we have a million drum machine threads already but...what kind of box would the human league have been using, Reproduction era (1979)?

(By the way, the league are on tour if any one's is interested)

Maybe some help...

Roger Linn changed the way we all work today.... fact!

There had been drum machines before and there had even been programable drum machines in the form of the Roland CR78 and the TR808. However, where these drum machines used synthesised and 'artificial' sounds, Roger Linn pioneered by being the first to provide sampled acoustic sounds of a 'real' drum kit that could be programmed and sequenced into quite authentic sounding rhythm tracks.

His first offering, the LM1 was outrageously expensive but captured the imagination of many cutting edge musos of the time. People like Peter Gabriel, Human League, Ultravox and many others. But it was the 'Linn Drum', the LM2 that was to be more commercially successful.

It featured 15 sounds... yes... a staggering 15!!! ... that included kick, snare, sidestick, hi-hats, toms and so on and the LM2 also offered crash and ride cymbals as a result of increased memory capacity at lower cost. Of course, nothing amazing by today's standards but at the time, the Linn Drum was nothing short of revolutionary and almost single-handedly, Roger Linn changed the way we construct and create music.

Despite its high price, the Linn Drum became the rhythmic backdrop for the '80s.

The Linn Drum led to the development of the ill-fated Linn 9000 but this development was taken over by Akai Professional and evolved into the highly successful MPC series of sampling drum machines.

Thanks a bunch!

I didn't know all that! Is it the LM1 or LM2 do you recommend that I hunt down samples of?

Well you could always buy from the guy himself - http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/

(edit) - nice documentary http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/bragging/BBC_Radio

A page on the InterWWWeb containing LinnDrum samples

Please enjoy

you heard that programme that was on Radio 4 about a month ago too then, Dave?
seemed an innovator as got shafted, nothing new there then

James Blast wrote:you heard that programme that was on Radio 4 about a month ago too then, Dave?
seemed an innovator as got shafted, nothing new there then

Apologies if I am repeating something....just trying to help...

I have a Zoom Rhythm Trak RT-123 machine here that has not been used for ages - you are welcome to have it if you want...
Just drop me a PM...

Cheers

Dave

I have a set of lynn drum samples if you want

allfear wrote:I have a set of lynn drum samples if you want

As they the same as a few posts back? Those were:-

These are 44.1 Khz/16 Bit samples of the LinnDrum.
The Lin is fitted with the standard EPROMs (# 1)
except for the conga (#2) and the Tom (#6).

List of Sounds:

Cabasa
CHH = closed highhat with medium decay
CHHL = closed HH with long decay
CHHS = closed HH with short decay
Clap
Conga = mid conga
Congah = high conga
Congahh = very high conga
Congal = low conga
Congall = very low conga
Congalll = guess what
Cowb = cowbell
Crash
Kick
Kickme = special Kick
OHH = open High Hat (note the sound of it closing again)
Reallinn = sampled loop of the real thing
Ride
SD = snare
SDH = high snare
SDL = low Snare
SST = sidestick
SSTH = high sidestick
SSTL = low sidestick
tamb = hey mr. tambourine man
tom = mid tom
tomh = high tom
tomhh = very high tom
toml = low tom
tomll = lowlow tom

dunno there on a sample cd that i bought off ebay ages ago

This is becoming Swap Shop for grown ups

more like 'grown downs'

James Blast wrote:more like 'grown downs'

in a bar that never closes...