Drum Machine Sound Test - LinnDrum vs DMX vs DrumTraks
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2016
- I don't have factory toms in my LinnDrum or DMX, so I didn't bother doing a comparison. I tuned all of the DrumTraks sounds to either 7 or 8 (on scale of 1-15) to match as close as possible to the other 2 machines. I tried to center-tune the DMX's sounds as much as possible. I was a bit rushed in the making, so I didn't bother with trying to match volume levels.
- Hudba
The LinnDrum was heard in the Kidsongs version of the song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".
Crazy having all those in 1 place
That Kick and snare on the LINN is monstrous. Love my sequential drumtraks..BUT a LINN is a the supream..it also grooves a litter better than the drumtraks.
oh man, this is great! Been wanting to hear these side by side, so I can try to detect what machines are being used in certain songs. ❤️👍
that was so fun! thanks! I have a drumtraks and use it daily!
The LinnDrum was heard in "International Lover" (1982).
When comparing please tune them to match 🙏
The LinnDrum was heard in "How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?" (1982).
All of them are great.
The LinnDrum was heard in the song "The Safety Dance" (1982).
Actually, its predecessor, the LM-1 was used. Very similar sounds.
Great comparison!
From what I gather the Drumtraks is very much a mix and match of the other two units using identical sounds.
Drumtraks Snare = DMX
Drumtraks Rim = Linn
Drumtraks Cymbals = Linn
Drumtraks Tamb = Linn
Drumtraks Cabassa = Linn
Drumtraks Clap = DMX
Drumtraks Cowbell = Linn
Drumtraks Hats = DMX
The Kick I am informed of the Drumtraks is in fact a Linn kick, however the very different sound is due to the manner in which the instrument processes the raw sample playback, losing the characteristic click.
Indeed it appears the Drumtraks didn't even have a single definitive sound set through out the production run, with certain sounds changing on different models.
It might sound a bit odd but apparently Oberheim, Linn & SCI were friendly competitors due to the buoyancy of the market meaning that everything they were able to make they were able to sell. So it is not too hard to imagine them licencing the use of their recordings.
I have a Drumtraks myself with a set of 808 EPROMs on order; about which I am very excited! I'd love to get hold of a Linn Snare EPROM for it all the same :).
The Drumtraks has some LM-1 sounds, as well as some LinnDrum and DMX sounds. The kick is from an LM-1, which is different than a LinnDrum kick.
I still have a DMX, i had a Drumtrax, too...sold it to a friend. Both have their advantages. The Linn is best for pop music, see (hear) prinxe. The DMX is best ( out of these ) for more RnB- Rap Kinda stuff. All of them are perfect for Electro.
Oberheim Claps were smoking!!!!
I like the dmx better. more warm and punchy. the Linn is kinda cold sounding
I had both the linndrum & drumtracks. My linndrum broke down and was costly to get fixed. I got the drumtracks as I couldn’t find another linndrum or a dmx and found it really good as it had similar linndrum kit plus you could use the dmx’s sibling the dx which had a dmx like 2764k eprom kit for it and you could also use the emu drumulators 2764k eprom cards in it plus you had midi built in as standard.
The LinnDrum was heard in Hey Mickey (1982).
Pretty sure "Hey Mickey" is real drums.
You just blew my mind.
Oh God, the LinnDrum sounds so good! It truly is the best drum machine ever made. It easily blows the Oberheim DMX out of the water, it sounds so rich and full, not to mention incredibly clear. The Oberheim DX puts up more of a fight, so I think that would’ve made a better comparison. However, I will say this - the clap on the DMX is badass and is the best on any drum machine.
That's until you realize that pretty much every synth driven song these days has a LinnDrum in it. You need some variety!
I’ll take the LM1 over the Linn. They’re all pretty close though. It would’ve been nice to hear him down pitch all the sounds. I have a feeling the DMX would have sounded much fatter down-pitched, but same for the others.
How probable is it that all three of those machines and all their contemporaries were constructed with the same EPROMs, to generate such distinctively similar sounds?
I've got a feeling that SCI may have ripped off sounds from the DMX and LinnDrum.
I suspect Yamaha did the same, zibbybone. My DTX Multi 12 is loaded (among hundreds of other things) with samples from their RX line. Those sounds are totally synonymous with these.
DMX is rapid fire
Where are the toms? for a lot of early 1980s tracks they were, along with gated reverb what screams 80's drum machine.
My LinnDrum doesn’t have the stock Tom’s. Instead it has Tom6 chips. So I didn’t compare them.
seems like you purposely had the linndrum louder in the mix
I suck at mixing, but this video was to show that the majority, if not all, the DrumTraks sounds came from LinnDrum and DMX.
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man.. you have those for together and dont make a rythm..
When is Behringer gonna release the Linndrum clone?!
They recently announced their pre-production prototypes are ready for testing. Not sure how long that will take and what the current situation with microchip availability is. The latter is what is delaying production of electronics these days.
It does look interesting - especially with the ability to sample your own sounds.
@@zibbybone Thank you. I just bought a Drumtraks. I'll have it in about a week. That should hold me over while I wait for Behringer's Linndrum.
The Oberheim DMX is heard in “Radio GaGa (1984)”.
Adam Harris The LinnDrum was used in Radio GaGa
It was the LM-1
There is no and never was an LM-2. Its simply the Linn Drum. Dont know who startet it calling the LM-2. Its not official. Just my 2 cents and i think you know it already. Very nice machines you got mate. Take good care of them.
Actually this is the linndrum mk2. There was a mk1 and that's a fact.
Torsten mit H It was originally called the LM2 during its prototype phase.