Linn LM-1 HiHat

[NEILVANCE]

Thank you so much for your demonstration!

Proves that you can't really get away with it by sampling the lm-1, for that 100% linn lm-1 sound, you need a real lm-1!

I always loved the hat's on this machine, on records the hat sounds slightly different on each trig, your demo proves the reason for why! - thank you. (proud lm-1 owner & lover!)

[hydrogxn]

this is such a great video. thank you.

[VacTrooper]

All the more reason why I need an LM-1.  One of the. 500. :(

[ctspf]

A very interesting video. Nowadays you could achieve something like that programming at random (within a lilmited range) several parameters of the ADSR envelope of a sound and you could get pretty much the same result, but hey, this machine was released in 1980.

[VisceralVoids]

I have always found this video fascinating - the magic of the LM1. Every time the sample is triggered it is different. Amazing that such an (early) piece of digital gear like the Linn LM1 can have such a "human" element.

[alphabeets]

Excellent video. This will indeed make a huge difference in the overall sound. Slick design!

[Synthasy2000]

Another "groove" element of the LM-1 is in it's late sounding snare.

It is about 10ms after the trigger. This is due to the snare sample not being trimmed right to the main snare transient.

All LM-1s will sound laid back!

[rolandsh1000]

I haven't measured that, but I believe it!

And there's another thing I found:

I was trying to build a MIDI interface for the LM-1 using a 3rd party MIDI-to-trigger board. The idea was to use 4066's to electrically close the front panel switch buttons in response to a MIDI trigger.

But it didn't work - I kept getting voices dropping out. I discovered the problem was you can't press two drum buttons at the exact same time! The LM-1 will only play one of the sounds!

[Synthasy2000]

Quite possibly because the keys are scanned sequentially by the CPU.

Just put a small delay (1ms) between "presses".

[walkathon]

Good stuff.