How It Was Recorded

Gear · drum machine

Linn LinnDrum LM1

Records it appears on · 1

  • Purple Rain

    Prince and The Revolution · Purple Rain, 1984

    • Drums and drum machines · InstrumentReportedA pair were in the percussion setup: one ran continuous loops through songs, the other was triggered by the live snare via a small condenser mic inside the drum.

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

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