17-09-2021

Vlinn 2.0 Linn Lm 1 Drum Machine

Here it is my VLINN LM1 DRUMS VST is out :)
The Linn was THE killer drum machine in town back in the 80's.

Linn Lm 1 Drum Machine

It was also the first that include real drum samples! The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer was created by Roger Linn. He used samples of acoustic drum sounds recorded on the fly with some basic hardware. The fact that they were recorded raw with a custom made ADC makes them cut better in a mix than anything available at the time, they sounded so great that they become an alternative to the analog drum sounds of the 80's drum machines. to this day the unique sound of that machine is highly regarded and only using samples of an LM-1 output cannot reproduce the wide range of sounds this machine can produce. The DAC in use in here and he whole circuitry stands next to the samples characters in that unique sounding team.

'vLinn 2.0 VST is actually 99% done and is now compatible with x86 x64 VST2 VST3 AU for Windows and OSX. If you do not know about the vLinn VST (Legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine accurate emulation) check out the website:) V2.0 also earned some new features and improvements like: - Individual Panning - Global tuning offset via MIDI PitchBend. VLinn updated to 2.0 Aly James has released VLinn VST version 2, VLinn is designed to be an accurate software recreation of the legendary Linn LM-1 drum machine. Version 2.0 now includes native 32-bit and 64-bit plugin format, VST2, VST3 and AU for Mac and Windows, workflow enhancements. ALY JAMES LAB VPROM 2.0 VST - VPROM VST EPROM BASED VINTAGE DRUM MACHINE. VST PLUGIN, VLINN, VPROM, Linndrum, Linn LM-1, Vintage Drum Machine, Vintage Sampler, DMX, DX, SCI Drumtracks, SP1200, MPC, Prince, Funk, Purple rain, 80s VST, 80s sound. GET VProm 2.0 VST. VProm 2.0.4 for Windows & Mac PRICE to get VProm 2.0.4 is € 45 EUR. This is THE classic drum machine of the 80's - it launched the drum machine revolution! The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer was created by guitarist Roger Linn and he used samples of acoustic drum sounds. At the time, they sounded great and much more realistic and they were a fresh alternative to the analog drum sounds of the '80's drum machines. About 500 LM-1's were made before the LinnDrum model. The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer is a drum machine manufactured by Linn Electronics and released in 1980. It was the first drum machine to use samples of acoustic drums, and one of the first programmable drum machines.

The LM-1 is an historical piece of gear that has a place in the sound of the 80's era. Only around 500 of these things are out there so don't count on finding a working one easily or for cheap. It has been used by major acts like: Prince, Phil Collins, Thompson Twins, Stevie Wonder, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, John Carpenter, Todd Rundgren,The Art of Noise.. The Machine was made by a musician for musicians and I tried to stick to that standard :) So as there were no accurate VST for that legend out there..

I had to make the VLINN!

The VLINN LM-1 DRUM VST provides the closest experience to the real thing because it is not based on samples, instead it accurately models the clocks and counters that reads EPROMS memory feeding the AM6070 DACs to decode the EPROMS data in realtime, models the CEM 3320 filters with tweakable control over the CV pulses shapes to let more or less transient pass through unfiltered or completely bypass them, special hihat circuitry and VCA providing different hihat sound on each trigger and decay control, separate tuning for all voices with already a wider range without tweaking the electronics..separate outputs for your DAW, velocity handling etc..You will maintain that raw sound at every tune! On top of the cake 7+1 voices can be replaced with external EPROM data like on a real machine..Opening up a whole new range of sound, still being processed by the circuitry.

You can get it and find all the details here http://www.alyjameslab.com/alyjameslabvlinn.html

Full Review from Learn Digital Audio: http://www.learndigitalaudio.com/blog/aly-james-labs-vlinn-vst-review-lm-1-linndrum-samples-vs-emulation

The VLINN use DAC AM6070 emulation to decode the EPROMS content in real time, a specialized DAC back in the days that was able to encode/decode µ-Law companded data. A form of compression enabling a 12bit range out of 8bit storage.

OPAMP bandwidth little high loss had been removed from the VLINN emulation, this is a design choice I have made as it improves slightly CPU performances without, you can get rid of the extra top end if needed with a few Db roll off but this is useless, take in account that Linn LM1's were usually processed to console channel strips with EQ etc..

Also please check the website and VLINN manual for explanation on the internal 48 PPQN resolution of the LM1 sequencer and why it influences the groove.

The VLINN use the exact AM6070 DAC data decoding scheme.

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I was reading on the other thread that the drum app market is saturated. Is there something that emulates, or goes very close, to the Linndrum samples? If you don't know, it's the drum machine used for the best hits of the '80s.
Thanks in advance.

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edited July 2015
The owner of the Linn samples protects the IP. You either have to license from him or have trouble sleeping at night, I believe. However, there are plenty of Linn samples that can be tracked down and used in any drum machine that lets you load samples.
Diode-108 has a few 80s sample drums if you can't be bothered to make your own kit from the real Linn samples. DrumTrax is probably the closest.
I wouldn't personally recommend anything that uses the Linn samples without approval. But there might be some in the iTunes store. I don't know which use the samples legally.
DMI and Funkbox have Linndrum samples , probably other sample based drum machines have them as well but those two for sure. As for emulations I have no idea.
Never knew that about the IP for Linndrum samples. Is Roger Linn the owner of those samples?
FunkBox has a LinnDrum kit but after @Diode108's post, not sure how legit those are. The Linndrum clap is super easy to recognize.
Maybe we can convince this guy to make an iOS port of vLinn that uses the original LM-1 EPROMS
One piece watch online gogoanime. 'Use of the stock LM1 EPROMS has been possible with the kind permission of Roger Linn, the creator of the Linn and early MPC machines along with many other great products.'
[email protected] has Linn samples as well, but they're best layered w/other samples.
@Diode108 said:
The owner of the Linn samples protects the IP. You either have to license from him or have trouble sleeping at night, I believe. However, there are plenty of Linn samples that can be tracked down and used in any drum machine that lets you load samples.
Diode-108 has a few 80s sample drums if you can't be bothered to make your own kit from the real Linn samples. DrumTrax is probably the closest.
I wouldn't personally recommend anything that uses the Linn samples without approval. But there might be some in the iTunes store. I don't know which use the samples legally.
Interesting
I believe that Bruce Forat is the license holder to Linn samples (Forat Music and Electronics). I don't think Roger Linn owns them. I've thought about asking him (he's a friend of a friend).
While we're at it let's convince Roger to come out with the linn drum v2 already!!
edited July 2015
I'm thinking the IP is mostly regarding the use of the LINN name and use of original EPROMS(Ie. not re-sampled).
There is at least one app that pretends to be LM-1 for the iOS. The sounds may be 're-sampled' as there is no mention of licensed EPROMS..
@Samu said:
Maybe we can convince this guy to make an iOS port of vLinn that uses the original LM-1 EPROMS
'Use of the stock LM1 EPROMS has been possible with the kind permission of Roger Linn, the creator of the Linn and early MPC machines along with many other great products.'
Sign me up! Timothy Swartz who was one of the original engineers at EMU/ENSONIQ has the rights to the original ROMS. The SoundFonts and Kontakt patches are amazing. I'd imagine the Linn sounds would be great too.
I'm sure they're lovely, but whenever I hear talk of the past colossus I can't help but wonder who's the new colossus at work and unrecognized right now..
@mkell424 said:
Sign me up! Timothy Swartz who was one of the original engineers at EMU/ENSONIQ has the rights to the original ROMS. The SoundFonts and Kontakt patches are amazing. I'd imagine the Linn sounds would be great too.
I wrote some code to decode the Ensoniq ROMs once. They used CRAZY (awesome) encoding.
edited July 2015
@Samu said:
I'm thinking the IP is mostly regarding the use of the LINN name and use of original EPROMS(Ie. not re-sampled).
There is at least one app that pretends to be LM-1 for the iOS. The sounds may be 're-sampled' as there is no mention of licensed EPROMS..
That's possible. This is one reason we let you easily add your own samples to Diode. I'd hate to offer a kit as a built-in, then retract it, ruining songs.
Resampling is a gray area I'd rather not enter. The laws are too tough to fathom for me.
I know of a case of a whole bunch of apps going down because they were all using an emulation core they didn't have the rights to. Messy.
We spent money (out of our pockets) getting top-notch samples. Easeus keygen machine code tutorial. We decided early on that we were going to do the right thing, legally and ethically, each step of the way.
@Diode108 said:
Resampling is a gray area I'd rather not enter
A big culprit is eBay. Tim does his own phone support and he was telling me that assholes were selling his ROM sounds on eBay. They bought them from him, repackaged and started selling them for a huge discount. All he can do is contact eBay and ask them to stop.
@Diode108 said:
I wrote some code to decode the Ensoniq ROMs once. They used CRAZY (awesome) encoding.
I know very little about programming. Why were you trying to decode the Ensoniq ROMs? What made it so hard? This is the interesting stuff! :-)
@mkell424 said:
A big culprit is eBay. Tim does his own phone support and he was telling me that assholes were selling his ROM sounds on eBay. They bought them from him, repackaged and started selling them for a huge discount. All he can do is contact eBay and ask them to stop.
That's rather dreadful. I'd rather sleep at night than make a buck like that.
@Diode108 said:
We spent money (out of our pockets) getting top-notch samples. We decided early on that we were going to do the right thing, legally and ethically, each step of the way.
I respect and appreciate this. Whenever I hear that someone has to get some kind of permission before they can use results from an app due to ownership restrictions, that app will never be used by me (ie the Gorillaz iElectribe). I actually consider it highly irresponsible of a developer trying to put out an app (either for sale or for free) and then requiring a user to run their work by the developer before the work can be used.
@CalCutta said:
I respect and appreciate this. Whenever I hear that someone has to get some kind of permission before they can use results from an app due to ownership restrictions, that app will never be used by me (ie the Gorillaz iElectribe). I actually consider it highly irresponsible of a developer trying to put out an app (either for sale or for free) and then requiring a user to run their work by the developer before the work can be used.
That Gorillaz thing is just weird!
Anomaly.
There's worse things than getting noticed/sued by Blur.
Damon Albarn grew up a few streets from where I grew up, but I never knew him. Strange but true .
I bought the Gorillaz electribe, it's ok, quite limited but ok. You can always export loops then put them thru Turnado and then who's gonna know !.
don't click on the above link unless you know the site.. and no, I did not.
I checked on Facebook and they put out some mcdonalds survey. I'm putting a curse on them right now.
@kobamoto said:
I checked on Facebook and they put out some mcdonalds survey. I'm putting a curse on them right now.
It's the same link-spamming @hole in the Samplr thread.
gonna have to brew up another curse then in that case, but this time I'll be sure to use oatmeal in the recipe instead of cream of rice, that'll teach'em!!
@Wrlds2ndBstGeoshredr said:
@kobamoto said:
I checked on Facebook and they put out some mcdonalds survey. I'm putting a curse on them right now.
It's the same link-spamming @hole in the Samplr thread.
Ugh, there's the same type of spam in the StepPolyArp, INIT and Speakers thread too. Basically any old thread that's been resurrected..
ffs I don't keep enough fiber in the house for all of the curses I'll need for these buggers