LinnDrum recreation

[rogs]

40 years ago I used to dream of owning a Linn Drum... With a young family, and hardly any money, it was never going to happen!
After about a 3 year wait, Behringer have finally announced the arrival of their recreation of the iconic drum machine. The LMDrum.

Less than £400 - so about 1/100th of the cost of the original, adjusting for inflation....... I'm very tempted!
I can't really justify it of course - I only play around with recording these days - but the thought of finally having my own 'Linn' stye drum machine is really testing my 'sensible' self ..

Not quite in the stores yet -- there's a promo video here:

I am having a bit of a 'wow' moment ... and that doesn't happen very often these days !

 

[gyraf]

Yep, behringer sure plays an interesting game recreating the classics. Can't complain about that...

/Jakob E.

 

[rock soderstrom]

I restored an original for a buddy a few years ago and while test driving this impressive machine I realized that this thing was exactly the sound of my youth, which I couldn't stand. 100%.

Tastes can be very different, this is the Behringer clone I covet the least.

 

[rogs]

I restored an original for a buddy a few years ago and while test driving this impressive machine I realized that this thing was exactly the sound of my youth, which I couldn't stand. 100%.

Tastes can be very different, this is the Behringer clone I covet the least.

I have an old friend who I've played music with for almost 60 years.... We find quite lot of common ground - although he can't stand 80s 'Linn Drum' style music, and I'm not at all keen on some of the folk music he likes..... As you say, tastes can be very different....

Me? --I loved the drum sounds on albums like Michael Jackson's Thriller......
I think this maybe the Behringer clone I covet the most!

 

[rock soderstrom]

I have an old friend who I've played music with for almost 60 years.... We find quite lot of common ground - although he can't stand 80s 'Linn Drum' style music

+1 Your friend got a good music taste!

 

[rock soderstrom]

I have to admit, the Linn drum sound was musically style-defining for an era - very polarizing, you either love it or hate it.

 

[ubxf]

I fell for the minimoog recreation a few years back for the exact same reason. It delivered and fulfilled the promises, but I have to admit that it's been sitting unused ever since.

 

[rogs]

I fell for the minimoog recreation a few years back for the exact same reason. It delivered and fulfilled the promises, but I have to admit that it's been sitting unused ever since.

I fell for the original Minimoog- but didn't have the cash to afford one...
I did find the funds to buy a Moog Prodigy in the early 80s. I used it a lot for a while, but eventually it ended up sat on the shelf -- for quite a lot of years!

Unlike most clones, it actually appreciated in value, and I sold it for about 4 times what it cost new!.... Used that money to go towards a Yamaha workstation - which does get used!

 

[pvision]

My dislike of the LM-1 and LinnDrum was with the samples. They were un-eq-able - they always sounded ***** whatever you did

Strangely the Linn 9000 always sounded great to me

 

[GeorgeToledo]

Has anyone done a BOSS CR-78? This thread had me looking around a bit;
I don’t see any attempts.

 

[living sounds]

Me? --I loved the drum sounds on albums like Michael Jackson's Thriller......
I think this maybe the Behringer clone I covet the most!

However, the best drums on the album, on "Billie Jean", were actual drums played live. They're perfect.

 

[rogs]

My dislike of the LM-1 and LinnDrum was with the samples. They were un-eq-able - they always sounded ***** whatever you did

Strangely the Linn 9000 always sounded great to me

Considering the low resolution and sample rates Roger Linn had to work with in those early 'digital audio' days I think he actually managed to create some pretty impressive sounds..... They weren't all good of course!

Although there is still quite a lot if technical detail yet to be revealed about this new Behringer Linn Drum 'clone', I think it does include Linn 9000 samples as well as some original 'low res' LM1 and Linn Drum samples? ....

 

[websherpa.ca]

I'm in love with my Behringer PRO~1 a clone (with a couple enhancements) of a Sequential Circuits Pro-One, and generally love the fact that Behringer's pricing today has allowed me to experience the creation of rudimentary synthesized music that I've craved for some 40+ years. Behringer is definitely helping fuel a wave of old is new again music enthusiasts.

 

[analag]

I have the RD 8 and even the 646 spring reverb still in the box for weeks now. I also have most of the synths and the 1273 KT. I thought about ordering this but I have the diode comp on order so maybe afterwards? I also grabbed this...https://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/icondrum/

 

[ubxf]

I'm in love with my Behringer PRO~1 a clone (with a couple enhancements) of a Sequential Circuits Pro-One, and generally love the fact that Behringer's pricing today has allowed me to experience the creation of rudimentary synthesized music that I've craved for some 40+ years. Behringer is definitely helping fuel a wave of old is new again music enthusiasts.

Yes in my limited experience on this subject I found that the a b test with a real unit was close enough to be perfectly acceptable . At that price point it makes total sense for a user and not a collector.

 

[analag]

I'm in love with my Behringer PRO~1 a clone (with a couple enhancements) of a Sequential Circuits Pro-One, and generally love the fact that Behringer's pricing today has allowed me to experience the creation of rudimentary synthesized music that I've craved for some 40+ years. Behringer is definitely helping fuel a wave of old is new again music enthusiasts.

I have the Pro 1 also the Pro 800. I can make and store patches on that one and the poly ability takes it over the top.

 

[Mikdu]

Would love to try the LM-1 out. I wounder how closely it follows the original designs, IIRC behringer has a habit of diverting quite a lot from the originals