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Thread started 12/18/10 11:15am

thebanishedone

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Which Drum machines Prince used besides Linn

Prince is the best known for his Linn Drum use,but what other

drum machines did he use?

To my ears it sounds like from 1988 he used maybe Roland or some other drum machine?

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Reply #1 posted 12/19/10 4:57am

Dandroppedadim e	The Fairlight? Check the beats on SOTT, It, U Got The Look as opposed to the Linn of Forever In My Life and Dorothy Parker - not as warm sounding as the Linn, but very solid and stark sounding, yet still way fonkay! [Edited 12/19/10 4:57am]
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Reply #2 posted 12/19/10 8:25am

thebanishedone

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thanks Dan

what about Grafitti bridge period?

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Reply #3 posted 12/20/10 2:42am

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thebanishedone said:

thanks Dan

what about Grafitti bridge period?

I hear a lot of Alesis HR-16 during this period used in conjunction with the Linn. Take a listen to "We Can Funk"...HR-16 all the way. Also used it's snare sound on "Can't Stop...", "Elephants...", "Thunder" and maybe a few others. I'm thinking that a Roland R-8 was used as well, especially on "Insatiable".
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Reply #4 posted 12/21/10 5:19am

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Insatiable have drum machine eek