Vintage Linn LM-1 Drum Computer made famous by Prince, Human League, etc

[madefortv2]

I've seen several people use gloves when working with vintage stuff. is that to protect the instrument?

[123synthland]

@madefortv2 the others are just imitators.

[butterp7]

WOW..just think about it...just about every track on the 1999 album has this sound and just about every song on Purple Rain as well. Unbelievable.

[ballroomblitzkid1994]

First few minutes remind me of Vanity 6's "Nasty Girl".

[Ledaballs]

can you do when doves cry??????????? or computer blue???

[123synthland]

yes, i can. but i wont. :) 

[breezethebeatmachine]

@123synthland #swag

[ebondefender]

This is awesome! I grew up listening to my dad's records of stuff like this. Now I'm nearly 31 and I still love it. Can you do Tony Banks' "Mama" drum pattern from the Genesis album?

[123synthland]

@ebondefender any other requests? :)

[123synthland]

@ebondefender ill work on that right now. got any other requests while im at it?! ;p

[tiberianfiend]

Someone has OCD.

[grasuh]

There is nothing like Linn's clap sound...instant 80's.

[safarijones]

the doctor will now preform surgery 

[wendileona]

Is that Doctor Fink with the surgical gloves?!

[notthemovie]

Wow, it looks like you could hit almost anything and it comes out nice.

Much more impressive then I had expected.

Thanks for sharing.

[123synthland]

@notthemovie dont kid yourself. its the talent, not the machine :p

[tall32guy]

This thing is as old as the TR 808, introduced in 1980 the same year as the 808. For anyone that was interested. Hehe! :)

[jaketoledo]

legendary

[123synthland]

@jaketoledo why thank you :p

[wparch]

All you need now is Colonel Abrams or Rick Astley to start singing on that joint!!! and you have a hit

[123synthland]

@wparch neither of them have returned my calls. :(

[skrikon]

Here the snare sounds extremely good! I've got a sample pack of the LM-1, but I will get a real one if i can. Now the question is: how do I get the snare to sound like this? If you listen to FR David's song "Music" that's the kind of snare I want! And I'm pretty sure he's using the LM-1 on that song! Somebody who can help me? The snare sounds a bit more.. well.. meaty?:p

Sorry for the mess I wrote, but I hope you get what I mean..

[123synthland]

@skrikon this is obviously the work of a skilled programmer. :p seriously, the only tonal parameter the LM1 offers other than changing the sample (eprom chip) is pitch control.

[MtzShowChoir]

Average homeboy sound

[123synthland]

@MtzShowChoir what can i say? im just an average homeboy. (thanks)

[kaine180]

I got one from a junk sale about 7 years ago... paid £2 for it and sold the bloody thing on ebay............. :(

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

WHAT??? You bought an LM-1 from a junk sale for only £2 flat? What luck you were in that time! shame that you sold it on eBay...

[poplife99]

sell that beat to prince

[123synthland]

@poplife99 tell him to call my manager...

[jmhall75]

As someone who owns both, I can say with certainty that the LM-1 and LM-2 sound quite different. The biggest advantage with the LM-1 is that ALL of the voices are tunable, while only some voices are tunable with the LM-1. To its credit, the LM-2 has the added crash and ride, which the LM-1 lacks. As for the drums that are tunable on both models, the snare in much "fatter" on the LM-1 and "splashy" on the LM-2 when tuned up. Huge difference in the toms, too. The toms on the LM-2 are "bouncy".

[123synthland]

@jmhall75 we have an LM1 with crash modification in our studio.

[littler1uk]

This machine sounds brilliant already but it is amazing how producers really transform the sounds produced machines like these. Check out the linn snare sounds on MJ's Thriller

[littler1uk]

Which well-known musician bought this machine then?

[123synthland]

@littler1uk well, we got one from vince clarke (depeche mode, yaz, erasure). we got one that supposedly belonged to the beach boys. we got one that belonged to a very well known 80s session musician that was all over 80s albums. i believe prince, peter gabriel and many others owned these. theres this hot new site called google, you should check it out! ;op

[panfart]

asstweakers

[123synthland]

@panfart coming from someone named "panfart", i guess this was your way of saying "respect!". :)

[soundscapenyc]

hands down THE BEST drum machine EVER!! this beat you made was awesome. i wish i had this Linn. you should make loops and sell them for download.

[123synthland]

@soundscapenyc thanks, im glad you liked it! if you paypal us $5, you can watch this video all you want! :p

[sleestack808]

do you think it sounds much different than the lm-2?

[MichaelJHuman]

Prince was one of the masters of main stream dance music. I still adore some of his work above most other dance hits. I think Madonna is just as good. I love all the old late 80s dance hits from SNAP, Black Box, Technotronic. But Prince is one of the very best. Cool drum machine, BTW :)

[mig1188]

Gary Numan was cool...but Prince made it amazing. He by far made the best and notable drum RIFFS. and continues to do so

[alainraes]

prince copied the lm1 drumsound style from gary numan (numan used the lm1 before 1999 came out ) numan used the sounds tuned way down on

his 81 album dance, prince also admitted his 1981 single controversy being heavily inspired by Numans 1979 smash cars

[wendileona]

@alainraes Prince's first usage, at least released was Private Joy from Controversy, which is roughly sometime in '81 that that was done before released, maybe earlier. I don't hear the LM-1 on early Numan records. Numan went LM-1 crazy with his Warriors album. Cars was acoustic with all kinds of analog synths and most likely influenced Prince's 1999 for that big dramatic awe-inspiring synth sound style.

[mrgoodnight2471]

@alainraes prince was also influnced by the song"funkytown" by lipps, inc...a minneapolis white group that gave him the kick in the pants 2 persue the music thing. at 1 time he was not so sure it was gonna work but when that song came out "funky town" it gave him inspiration that he can work too

[miamiwax]

who is the well known musician???

[Chestun]

remix of vanity 6's nasty girls

[audiosiempre]

too sick

[Dogboy73]

what's with the latex gloves?! Scary shit indeed.

[sweepee213]

his name is jason

[experiment0003]

no my friend... the latex gloves is brilliant.. he wants to keep race out of this!!!

[fbebeats]

It's a nod to Matt Fink (aka Dr. Fink), the keyboardist for the Revolution

[123synthland]

@fbebeats actually, its not. i didnt know about dr fink until just now. the guys obviously got style.

[id4rk2]

@Dogboy73 he's a real michael jackson fan

[MrSYSTEM20]

@Dogboy73 possibly to eliminate any chance of static discharge on

an old analogue machine ? or maybe had been working on the internals

would be my guess.

[1pseudo]

@Dogboy73 Are you stupid? This video is for a promtional use, this video is a demo for an item to sell. When a seller wants to prevent its items from harm, using gloves are one of the best way to keep it clean.

[123synthland]

@1pseudo please, lets not resort to name-calling. who cares about cleanliness? the gloves are actually a fashion statement. :p

[Riskteven]

@Dogboy73 I guess he didn't want to risk getting chemical stuff on the hands when desoldering those dried capacitors those old machines so often suffer from.

[eldorado303]

my rabbit can do better patterns than you.

[123synthland]

@eldorado303 thank you.

[jaggass]

i love the snare drum on it

[soundscapenyc]

@jaggass yea, the snare drum is the best sound of them all.

[nouveauxdecadence]

I SO want one! How extraordinary!!!

[soundmanhaven1]

so i do i :) i love the LINN DRUM :)

[radiocontrol666]

Id kill you for htose. Im going to kill you for those. K now get a transmitter aned some kick ass speekers. YOu will be bouncing around the room like a robot. You are the next president and all that shit!#