Re: Drum machine

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 10:35 PM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> 
wrote:
> Are you sure it wasnt the classic Dr Rhythm ... now THAT was a cool 
>simple
> drum machine... there was a short time (guessing 1981) where EVERYONE had
> one (If you werent Thomas Dolby and could afford a Linn Drum!!!)

Hm.. well yes, maybe it was a Dr Rhythm. Definitely pre MIDI 'cause I
have recordings with it that I cut in 1981. I liked it's crappy sound,
especially if run also through a tape delay that was "tweaked" during
audio capture. Didn't like Dolby's music and thought the Linn sounded
"too fat and punchy" - until I heard it in a Michael Jackson tune were
it suddenly sounded great (in that production - Thriller period I
guess...)


> 808!

A guy we shared rehearsal area with kept an 808 there. We used to run
it through a Roland tape delay to make its "boring sound" (ten years
later we all changed opinion on THAT and today I love the 808) a
little more interesting.

Per