How It Was Recorded

Gear · drum machine

Linn Linn 2

Records it appears on · 1

  • What's Love Got to Do with It

    Tina Turner · Private Dancer, 1984

    • Drum machine · InstrumentVerifiedSet to a tempo of 95 as a click to build the track on, recorded to three tape tracks: kick, snare and the rest.
    • Drum machine · Mix effectsVerifiedIts recorded kick, snare and fills were synced back up and bounced across at the mix, replacing the real drummer.

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First choice · Emulation of this unit

Aly James Lab VProm

drum instrument

An emulation of Linn's LM-1 and LinnDrum, built around their sound chips.

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