I wouldn't have called the LM1 a failure (perhaps financial failure (?) but musically surely overwhelmingly successful?). It, and the LinnDrum, surely radically altered the way drums were placed on pop and rock hits throughout the 80's. That famous statistic - 7 of the Uk to 10 hits being Linn drums...

There's always to to be a winner

One has got to edge it. If I had to choose, I'd say the LM1 was more important overall.

Which is historically more important: The TR-808 or the Linn LM1?

I can't decide.

Not only the Memorymoog but the Jupiter 8 and all other big polys as well are now officially overpriced. If I had the cash to spend I´d go for the One and wouldn´t think twice. Eheh how about that for a slogan? GO FOR THE ONE! Won't affect the price of a Jupiter 8 (and - they're priced what the mar...

Hi Mooger5 - If you can bring these tests to a firm conclusion and can confidently say that a particular modification will affect an improvement - verified by tests - and can then provide a detailed description of the procedure, parts list, etc - then I would be in a position consider implementing i...

It was a lot more desirable in the past because it can handle all kinds of timing codes (SMPTE and the like) - so in the 90's when it was in its hay-day it could syncoronise MIDI synthesizers, early DAWs with primarily MIDI recording, ADAT Digital Tape machines and so on to Video Tape Recorders tran...

Thanks!

Absolutely no hurry at all - even in a months will be fine (I'm slow at moving on these things, though always get there ).

1) The synth that made you want to play music: - (it was a Piano :-) ). 2) Your first synth: Clef Microsynth 3) The synth that has surprised you most: JD800 (It's a "Vangelis" machine - still :-) ). 4) The synth that has disappointed you most: Nord Lead 2 (It really does sound great, but it's so blo...

Hi Mooger55, I wonder if you could sum up / summaries where you're at with this project, and whether the mod you propose could be implemented with certainty on SY77s to slightly improve their fidelity? As it happens, I have 4 SY77s and 2 TG77s and access to one or two engineers who could comfortably...

Thanks for the very interesting post. Deeper than my knowledge of electronics goes; but I own multiple SY77s and 99s; and know of several exquisite service engineers here in Ireland so will read your posts over a few times to gain clarity on what you've done, and download the schematics with a view ...

Thanks for the VPROM tip - looks great and just bought it

Still have to dive into to, but it looks like a lot of care went into making it.


Cheers!
Kevin.

I have one USB one and one serial one (bought cheap last year) but I have been so far unsuccessful in trying to find a cable to network the two. they need an old Apple-talk cable - and I simply can't find one, even on ebay. If anyone knows a source for the correct cable to network the two, I'd be ve...

Veey interesting - thanks a million for the pointer - I'll definitely download and check out.


Cheers!

Anyone have any ideas on the best AU plugin based LinnDrum emulation - best quality samples, most complete sample set, most accurate tuning and sample pitch shifting as with the original; ...? (looking to use any such emulation in Logic Pro so iOS or PC based emulations not of use in this instance)....

I'm going to partly disagree with my learned colleague here. :D It's absolutely true that you have to get the overall tone of the instrument. Without that, you'll never gel with it. But, the features are important too, as they dictate what sounds you can squeeze out of it. I have a DSI Rev2. It's a...