How It Was Recorded

Gear · drum machine

Linn Linn Drum 2

Records it appears on · 1

  • Walking on Sunshine

    Katrina and the Waves · Walking on Sunshine, 1985

    • Drum machine (original version) · InstrumentInferredUsual practice, not stated for this record: Collier says he routinely triggered kick and snare sounds from a Linn Drum to reinforce real drums, and may have printed only those sounds on the earlier recording.

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

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