BaronEstelle
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Just got this yesterday. I've been doing drum machines and samples, loops, and a ton of real drummers for 40 years. All the way back to the
dimunitive Cazio RZ-1, well maybe not dimunitive in the literal sense. Never found drum machines to be very satisfying really. I used Acid for years primarily
because of the slop up possible with editing the loops in software.
The Linn Drum of 1980's pop music fame has been effectively duplicated by Behringer and it's really sonically impressive. The Linn Drum is copies was THE drum
machine widely produced that used real drum samples blown onto prom chips based on actual recordings of some of the best LA session drummers of the era. The Behringer
unit, side by side, is sound for sound matched perfectly to the Linn Drum, it nails it. Now what does that mean for the non-drummers that want drums?
The Linn Drum changed things. It became an instrument in and of itself. Prince was one of the most prolific Linn users of all. His first radio hit "Wanna be your lover" actually
played to the beat on the Linn, using it's locked rhythm creatively. Not all artists were that creative but they got the idea. Singers liked it because it was "just play the beat" with
no fancy stuff in between. Sting hated Stewart Copelands outstanding drum chops and just wanted him to play the beat. Sting not only bought a Linn but a Synclavier as well so
when he did his first solo album he literally printed all the parts for his world class studio musicians, who of course could all read music. Any musician should be able to read music,
it doesn't make sense not to. Otherwise you better be thoroughly familiar with your instrument from top to bottom and all the in-betweens and have explored a wide variety of styles and chords and be able to play them at the drop of a hat.
So this thing is not like the easiest thing, it doesn't ask you what you want to hear and fondly deliver. No this thing is weird, buggy, I'm not too fond of it at this point. It got stuck in the "You Spin Me Round" the totally goofiest 80's song in the world that I hate and I can't get it off despite multiple factory resets. It's got issues, but it sounds fantastic even on that sonic excrement of a song. It just
makes any drum part sound better than any other drum machine. I won't see better than a live drummer because I don't even believe that is possible but this one gets as close as any I've ever
heard. The Linn has always existed in this ultra rare area where you have to be armed with cubic dollars or know someone to just lay eyes on one. I'm incredibly thankful to Uli Behringer, a true
musician, classically trained pianist, something I readily identify with, who has really made great efforts to produce some seriously good and seriously musical instruments.
I searched on this to make sure there was no prior thread or discussion. I"m not optomistic but I hope this could get some worthwhile discussion. That doesn't seem to happen to often.
dimunitive Cazio RZ-1, well maybe not dimunitive in the literal sense. Never found drum machines to be very satisfying really. I used Acid for years primarily
because of the slop up possible with editing the loops in software.
The Linn Drum of 1980's pop music fame has been effectively duplicated by Behringer and it's really sonically impressive. The Linn Drum is copies was THE drum
machine widely produced that used real drum samples blown onto prom chips based on actual recordings of some of the best LA session drummers of the era. The Behringer
unit, side by side, is sound for sound matched perfectly to the Linn Drum, it nails it. Now what does that mean for the non-drummers that want drums?
The Linn Drum changed things. It became an instrument in and of itself. Prince was one of the most prolific Linn users of all. His first radio hit "Wanna be your lover" actually
played to the beat on the Linn, using it's locked rhythm creatively. Not all artists were that creative but they got the idea. Singers liked it because it was "just play the beat" with
no fancy stuff in between. Sting hated Stewart Copelands outstanding drum chops and just wanted him to play the beat. Sting not only bought a Linn but a Synclavier as well so
when he did his first solo album he literally printed all the parts for his world class studio musicians, who of course could all read music. Any musician should be able to read music,
it doesn't make sense not to. Otherwise you better be thoroughly familiar with your instrument from top to bottom and all the in-betweens and have explored a wide variety of styles and chords and be able to play them at the drop of a hat.
So this thing is not like the easiest thing, it doesn't ask you what you want to hear and fondly deliver. No this thing is weird, buggy, I'm not too fond of it at this point. It got stuck in the "You Spin Me Round" the totally goofiest 80's song in the world that I hate and I can't get it off despite multiple factory resets. It's got issues, but it sounds fantastic even on that sonic excrement of a song. It just
makes any drum part sound better than any other drum machine. I won't see better than a live drummer because I don't even believe that is possible but this one gets as close as any I've ever
heard. The Linn has always existed in this ultra rare area where you have to be armed with cubic dollars or know someone to just lay eyes on one. I'm incredibly thankful to Uli Behringer, a true
musician, classically trained pianist, something I readily identify with, who has really made great efforts to produce some seriously good and seriously musical instruments.
I searched on this to make sure there was no prior thread or discussion. I"m not optomistic but I hope this could get some worthwhile discussion. That doesn't seem to happen to often.
