street priceLinnDrum, or LM-2, went into production in 1982. LM-2 is an updated version of the LM-1, with added crash samples and cymbal rides. Unlike Roland TR series, the drum machine used 28-35 kHz samples of real acoustic drums. Thus, LinnDrum appeared to be a revolutionary instrument that offered beat makers a completely new kind of sample.
The drum library comprises 15 sounds: bass, snare, rim shot, hi-hat, crash, ride, tom, kabasa, tambourine, congas, cowbell and clap.
The interface contains individual controls for each sample: sliders with volume level adjustment, panning, and pitch knobs for individual snare, volume, conga and hi-hat release. Moreover 15 individual outputs are provided for each sample.
The sequencer has a few innovative features, such as swing, quantization and internal memory. 2 bar patterns can be recorded in real time, or in step mode with or without quantization. There are also 42 preset drum patterns. The patterns, if desired, can be transformed into songs for which there are 49 memory cells. Unused patterns can be moved to the cassette tape. The unique sound of the instrument appealed to such musicians as: a-ha, Stevie Wonder, The Human League, Jean-Michel Jarre, Jimmy Edgar, Jan Hammer, Peter Gabriel and Prince.
Country of origin / production: USA
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| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Bass Synthesizer | |
| Percussion Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| Without Keys, Desktop | |
| Archetype | |
| Digital (D) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 12 |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Technology of Sound Generation | PCM |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Drum Kits Preset | 15 |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | Kick Drum |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | Snare Drum |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | High Conga |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | Low Conga |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | Cymbal |
| Percussion/ Drum Capabilities | Tom |
| Sequencer | |
| Tracks count | 32 |
| Max number of songs | 20 |
| Preset patterns | 56 |
| Preset Songs Templates | 49 |
| Pads Matrix | |
| Pads Count | 16 |
| Audio out | |
| Dedicated output per voice | |
| All voices mixed in one output | |
| Audio in | |
| Digital | 1 |
| Power | |
| Power Supply | External |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 111 mm |
| Width | 558 mm |
| Depth | 295 mm |
| Weight | 9.900 kg |
| Color | |
| Black | |
| Production start | 1982 |
| Production end | 1985 |
| Production ended | |
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