prettymansson said:

ah, I see...


OH and I can't believe no one mentioned...1999

the one in vanity 6's "makeup" is pretty sweet to me. same with the one in "777-9311".

and the linn--i got to see it in the flesh last june.

wallysafford said:

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

Gotta go with this list, especially Sex Shooter When Doves Cry and The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker. Genius!

Novabreaker said:

OMG how could I forget Private Joy?

BananaCologne said:

I love your avatar!!!

"Let's Go Crazy's" Linn beat was THE hook that made me a Prince fan.

My fave Linn patterns, though, would have to be "Dance Electric," "It" and "Big Tall Wall."

I'm curious--how much would it cost to buy a Linn now?

KoolEaze said:

As far as I know the customized has been added with MIDI functionality. The original LinnDrum (not just the LM-1, they are two slightly different machines) didn't have MIDI at first either. A great number of them were modded though.

Lammastide said:

You can get the LM-2, Linn9000 or the others for quite cheap (I wouldn't pay more than 150$), they were not terribly rare or anything. The same goes for the LinnDrum, but by this point it does have some nostalgia value added to it so some might ask for quite high prices (the LinnDrum is the closest one in sound feel to Prince's LM-1, he actually used both machines I believe[?]). The LM-1 on the other hand is very expensive and only a collector's item. I don't think too many that still work even exist, that machine unfortunately wasn't build to last.

My favorite Linn beats are in the songs:

Jack U Off
Let's Pretend We're Married (just for the reverbed handclap - it is the most erotic sound a drum machine can make)

The drummachine you hear on "Annie Christian" is not a LinnDrum.
I`ll get back to you later and tell you which one it was, cool?
The song "jack you off" has live drums, what you hear is not the Linn drummachine.
Peace

PDogz said:

PURRRRR

Co-sign

TonyWilliams said:

The first songs he used the LM-1 are "7779311" and "i don`t wanna leave you" from the Time`s second album. There`s no Linn on the album "Controversy".

TonyWilliams said:

There is a prototype Linn on "Private Joy" according to Prince's own words 1997 Musician magazine interview. Whether that was the LM-1 or something of a prototype he had his hands on is another question.

Hello all,

Here is a pattern i made with the LM1 drum kit in REASON.

www.djrichierich.com/link...innkit.wav

Here is the same pattern with a Prince kit that i made.

www.djrichierich.com/link...ncekit.wav

here is the prince kit
www.djrichierich.com/link...NCEKIT.rns

Also.. does anyone have a better copy of this music ?
www.djrichierich.com/link...emusic.mp3

TonyWilliams said:

The drum machine that was used on "Annie Christian" was the LinnDrum.

djrichierich said:

kool man thanks for the refill...i have a ton of prince kits in reason too...the 12 inch revolution jams have some great open hits on them...keep rockin


oh yeah sounds like those drums are from when doves cry ???
[Edited 7/29/05 11:19am]

UndercovaBrotha said:

CrayZAY. Have you ever listened to the Black Album while driving? Le Grind will get you a speeding ticket in a hot minute.

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

:swoon:

Pretty cool drum patterns there buddy. This is why Prince really has no excuse.

Novabreaker said:

Hey buddy, that i didn`t know, but it sounds very interesting. I have to say that for my ears the sounds you hear on private joy sound different from what he did later on with the machine, and the drums also do not sound like the "naked" linn.I wonder what kind of prototype that was. I`d love to know more about it. Cheers.

TonyWilliams said:

Well, the drums that are on "Private Joy" sound EXACTLY like the Linn. That is what the LM-1 sounded like, really. Prince himself seldom used the Linn snare sound as it came out from the box, it was almost without exception heavily altered with effects. He usually pitched it down at least, but he used to add even distortion on it. The sound on "When 2 R In Love" is as far away from the original sound as it gets.

Those machines came out with separate 1/4 jack outputs for each individual drum sound(!), because folks in those days used to believe you had to mix everything at the main mixing console and under no conditions can you have other pieces of equipment with volume controls.

HOT THING Strange Relationship and so on, it's Prince_ _ _ water is healthy

Le Grind is the bombdiggittycrunk!

UndercovaBrotha said:

these links don't work for me

djrichierich said:

A 2 the Q: ALL OF THEM!!!

Snap said:

The Org Funkologist dittos that b/c all of the beats were funkin and slammin.

Don't forget D.M.S.R...!