Testing out a brand new prototype of a major upgrade I designed for the super rare 1979 Linn LM-1 Drum Machine which implements a separate MIDI velocity controlled analog VCA on each of the 12 drum channels thus giving this pioneering beast the dynamic control it never had.

The upgrade also has a gating mode allowing MIDI note-offs to cut drum samples short - great for those moments of particularly intricate programming.

Only around 500 Linn LM-1s were manufactured but it was to become the first model of a line of some of the most influencial sampled drum machines ever made including LinnDrum which found its way onto countless best selling albums of the 80s.

Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2020.

1979 Linn LM-1: Prototype 12 Channel MIDI VCA Retrofit

D.A.Wilson is an Electronic Engineer, Sound Designer & Vintage Synth Specialist with a particular interest in combining vintage tube, classic analog and modern digital technologies working as a synth engineer looking after a very considerable amount of vintage studio equipment for Will Gregory (Goldfrapp / Moog Ensemble) and a number of other internationally celebrated electronic musicians and producers.  Having undertaken several major restorations and produced custom electronic designs for a number of major artists including Jean-Michel Jarre, Dani is also known for fully restoring two out of the world's four remaining 1979 Crumar GDS and partially restoring 1938 Novachord 346 (the only known operational Novachord in the UK) to playable order along with developing and producing the new Elfin family of 8-bit polysynths and the popular MIDI Front Panel Animator (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and XD-280 Drive Emulator upgrades for the AKAI S612 sampler.

Demos of the S612 Upgrades in Action: 

https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/hideaway-studios-s612-front


Hideaway Studio Kontakt Sound libraries may be purchased directly from: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/hideaway-studios
 

..and a nice introduction by Cory Pelizzari to the Hideaway Studio Kontakt Libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-C7a3ChC9U&feature=emb_title


For more on releases from Hideaway Studio for Kontakt please visit the blog at:  www.hideawaystudio.net

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