Version wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 13:45 |
Bobby Brown, Janet Jackson, stuff like that... |
rankus wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 16:48 |
... ZZ Top .. |
Version wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 13:45 |
Does anyone have history with this machine? How did you use it? Is this where the drums for a lot of mid to late 80s pop tunes came from? I'm think Bobby Brown, Janet Jackson, stuff like that... could you sync it? |
compasspnt wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 15:29 | ||
NOT |
rankus wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 17:27 |
Sorry Terry. I thought it was a Linn on the Eliminator album.... Don't know where I got that from |
Tidewater wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 20:02 |
I bet zmix never heard a Linn. |
zmix wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 20:40 | ||
I actually had to rent a "Linndrum" (LM-2) once when all the LM-1s were on the road or in disrepair... we cut 3 songs with that rented Linndrum in one day. CZ |
arconaut wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 20:34 |
I think most of the drums on XTC's "Big Express" album are Linn Drum - which is a pretty different style than Miami Vice or Jam/Lewis. Personally, I prefer the Simmons drums, they had that, uh, hexagonal sound. Noah |
rjd2 wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 21:06 |
i believe prince used Linndrum on most of his 80's records. the big jimmy jam/terry lewis drum machine drums of that era had to be either linn,drumulator or dmx, right? i know they arent any of the roland machines |
strawberrius wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 01:07 |
my bet for jam and lewis is: ensoniq mirage (not linn) |
rankus wrote on Mon, 01 January 2007 21:48 | ||
... ZZ Top .. EDIT: (WRONG Apparently I am incorrect here.. sorry) Why, is there one on eBay? (off to check now LOL) |
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I'm pretty sure the Linn Drum Machine was used a lot on the Don Henly albums "Building The Perfect Beast" and the "End Of The Innocence". Can anyone confirm that? |
Larrchild wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 17:27 |
Also, think intro to "Billy Jean". |
Larrchild wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 15:27 |
I know. I read all the Bruce stuff on all the forums. Still sounds like a Linn=) lol. |
compasspnt wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 12:55 |
And it hurts, it really hurts. Dave Collins, you sly keen-eared dog... |
nob turner wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 19:05 |
the linndrum did have sync... not midi, it was too early for that, but you could put a clock track down on tape and re-sync to it. the 80's prince stuff sounds more like the oberheim dmx to me, with the snare tuned way down. sure is remniscent of stuff i was doing with it back then, anyhow. |
rjd2 wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 06:06 |
on a related sidenote, my friend is in possession of the original dmx run-dmc used on all their records up through walk this way. he acquired it from chung king studios, and it was apparently modified. when a tech opened it up to check it out, there was a crack rock INSIDE the machine somehow. you would be amazed at the sum he is going to get for it, due to its history.... |
zmix wrote on Wed, 03 January 2007 13:01 |
Terry, You are understandably the one guy who would say that. I always felt the two tom outputs were a limitation, but naturally it was simply made for your 'cardinal points' pan assignments. What made you prefer it to the Linn? |
compasspnt wrote on Wed, 03 January 2007 20:34 |
Anyway, I never got over Roger's attitude, and never liked the Linn because of that. Although years later I did have to admit that he did a good job on the MPC-3000, and I got one of those (also still have and occasionally use that). So there. |
compasspnt wrote on Wed, 03 January 2007 20:34 |
Plus, I would actually play real toms, as well as rides and crashes, |
RKrizman wrote on Wed, 03 January 2007 16:55 |
I still have my Linndrum up on a shelf somewhere. Now I'm curious to get it out and see if it really sounds so bad. At the time it was totally the nuts. The first ones sold for about 4k, but nothing else would do what they did. -R |
rjd2 wrote on Tue, 02 January 2007 06:06 |
on a related sidenote, my friend is in possession of the original dmx run-dmc used on all their records up through walk this way. he acquired it from chung king studios, and it was apparently modified. when a tech opened it up to check it out, there was a crack rock INSIDE the machine somehow. you would be amazed at the sum he is going to get for it, due to its history.... |
strawberrius wrote on Wed, 03 January 2007 20:07 |
i still think it was prince that did the coolest most innovative stuff with it. mostly printing it to tape thru boss gtr pedals like on "the beautiful ones" or "when doves cry". zmix - please tell us a little more about how he printed these sounds? |