Ten classic LinnDrum patterns

[@roberto2k1]

That snare sound is so classic for being from a drum machine

[@Ramshackled17]

The sound of the snare drum is so classic.

[@hardcorehouse]

Most of the Linndrum’s sound are.

[@marisgertans2438]

And in 90-ies awful rhythms this nice sound disappeared... just bass impulses instead of proper "kick".

[@adamharris7775]

BRC The LinnDrum and Roland S-50 snare drum were heard in the OMD song “If You Leave” (1986).

[@danlettuce8429]

JMJ concerts in China inc "Arpegiator" used that Linn "crack/snare"

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

The clap sound is also.

[@kikkirow]

I love the linndrum... so iconic. It was used in so many songs and it sounds so good. It's truly a piece of retro goodness with it's beautiful wooden trim.

[@MegaGuitarplayer92]

im such a sucker for wooden trim

[@onewayweb]

Almost the entire album of Daniel Lavoie "Tension Attention" released in 1983 was programmed by Daniel DeShaime on the first LinnDrum available in Canada at the time. Producer John Eden (Der Kommissar) decided that it was so great, he recorded all the drum tracks before recording the other instruments. All they had to do after that was to follow the beat. :D

[@adamharris7775]

The LinnDrum was made in 1982 and released in 1982. The LinnDrum was heard in the song “The Day Before You Came” (1982).

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Got to see THE most famous LINN (LM1 specifically)ever in person today at Prince’s Paisley Park. Sitting right next to his Oberheim. Take the Ultimate Tour if you go, you won’t regret it.

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

I’m just now learning about the Roland 808 and the Linndrum. Of course I’ve known about the 808, but I’ve never realized that this is what dominated the radios back in the 80’s.

[@freddydee3800]

That snare sound! Oh how I love it! Nothing else comes even close to the true original!

[@BUEAU]

Rodger Linn shaped the sound of pop music from the early 80s and onward. A God.

[@teddygee7859]

No one talked about 777-9311 that was the funkiest linn drum pattern on planet earth! Prince Rogers Nelson!!!

[@LamonXX]

Or when doves cry. Prince used it on a lot of his songs at least in the 80s he did

[@teddygee7859]

@ When doves 🕊️’s Cry was one ☝️ of Prince Rogers Nelson signature songs but let’s no 4get that Prince was an excellent drummer and programmed a beat that seems impossible to play live! 777-9311 is a drummers 🥁 nightmare! 😂

[@PaulThompson_Music]

It’s crazy and amazing how one drum sound could be the staple of a generation and a sonic cue for the nostalgic ear.

[@Tomitomi78]

1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga - 0:10 2. The Twins - Balett Dancer - 0:40 3. Diego - Walk In The Night - 1:10 4. Irene Cara -Flashdance (What a Feeling) - 1:41 5. Gary Low - I Want You - 2:19 6. Madonna - Dress You Up - 2:57 7. Bronski Beat - Small-town Boy - 3:25 8. A-Ha - Take On Me - 3:59 9. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round - 4:27 10. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax - 5:09

[@gustavoaguado5449]

Tomitomi78 i

[@nindo6404]

0:00 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round

[@leonthebigfat]

i love how nobody knows about diego walk in the night, but it's a really nice italo disco song

[@akira808state4]

You Spin Me Round (Like a record), Relax and Flashdance...What a Feeling were all done on a Linn LM-1 Drum Computer. In You Spin Me Round, the cowbell was tuned high and only the LM-1 had all the sounds tunable. The cowbell on the LinnDrum can’t be tuned. Take on me did use the LinnDrum, but A-Ha used different sounds.

[@adamharris7775]

Not “Balett”, “Ballet”.

[@MichaelSouhoka]

I really like the Dead or Alive pattern, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record), never stop dancing with it. :)

[@akira808state4]

You Spin Me Round (Like a record) was done on a LM-1, not the LinnDrum. A good indication is that the cowbell is tuned high, and only on the LM-1 were all the sounds tunable. On the LinnDrum, however, only the snares, slapstick, and the congas were tunable.This was the drawback of the LinnDrum, as not all the sounds were tunable.

[@StevenMorris]

This is so much fun to watch and listen to! Very cool idea - you're awesome!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

+Steven Morris Thank you very much, you're too kind!

[@irishmusico]

What a fantastic sounding machine,still.

[@BUEAU]

The sound of ALL of this is so classic!

[@turloyd]

Awesome programming!!Thanks!! Theres a 'LinnDrum' for sale on Ebay now i may blow my savings and grab one!!!

[@Tangobob1]

Some of the best drum sounds ever. Great job guys. 👍

[@StefanoPapaleo-TS]

Awesome job, and the ones on 808 & 909 too! A blast from the past ;)

[@lonophonic117]

This is probably my favourite drum machine since, the sounds on it are just so fantastic and produce great rhythms when used in songs or music in general.

[@kz1000ps]

Nice! I love this machine so much...it's so punchy. Some other great songs with it: "Solid" by Ashford & Simpson, "Flesh for Fantasy" by Billy Idol; all of the Scarface soundtrack; Godley & Creme's "Cry"; the Top Gun, Miami Vice and Axel F themes; just about every Miami Sound Machine and Pointer Sisters song; "Everybody Wants to Rule The World" by Tears for Fears; and last but not least, the Blade Runner soundtrack, by the always amazing Vangelis.

[@adamharris7775]

In The Pointer Sisters songs “Dance Electric” and “Jump (For My Love)” the Oberheim DMX was heard.

[@kz1000ps]

@@adamharris7775 You're right, also one of my favorite songs of theirs is "Dare Me" and that's all DMX

[@adamharris7775]

@@kz1000ps The Oberheim DMX and some Yamaha DX7 harps and the Yamaha DX7 bass 1 were heard in the song "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)".

[@stopppppped]

what about the album "The breakfast club"?

[@adamharris7775]

@@stopppppped The Oberheim DMX was heard in the opening of The Breakfast Club.

[@ironmaskdj]

Played hundred times... All bangers🎉

[@TBD3.0]

It was a lot of fun listening to these epic historical beats. Even Prince used the LinnDrum Machine Happy New Year 2023 everyone! God bless

[@vaiman7777]

He used the LM-1, different machine. Both epic though.

[@pavelbornfleth]

This won’t let your feet stay still. Anything in this style makes you want to dance!

[@garywillacey9979]

I love vintage drum machines, as well as modern ones. I own the Behringer RD8, so can get so many classic 808 sounds. I've recently purchased a Boss DR-670 & I can create so many of the classic sounds on this small drum machine. All of the drum sounds can be tuned from very low to very high, along with other clever tweeks, so it gets sounds close to the 808, 909 & Linn drum machines & many moore. It has 64 drum kits & 64 percussion kits, plus 64 kits you can customise to create your own sounding kits. This little thing has saved me thousands of pounds, as I don't have to purchase any vintage drum machines to get classic beats, pitty I didn't purchase this before buying the Behringer RD8, but I do love the RD8! I really enjoyed your demos, your programming of the beats are great, I'm going to recreate some of them on my DR-670 & play along with my bass guitar. Bless.

[@RayWrightRayrite]

thanks for keeping the history alive, these videos are a joy to watch

[@Havvyer]

The You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) and Relax patterns give me The Blue Oyster vibes. 😆 LOVE this video so much!!

[@adamharris7775]

I heard some probably 1985 song the LinnDrum was heard in at the restaurant at 6:56PM in January 26, 2022.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

A public FAVOR, please, since there are many stupid people in this world who apparently throw tantrums without a reason - please don't complain that there's no Prince in this ten-song demo video. Besides the fact than with ten songs there's not space to cover everybody, the main reason is that the most iconic Prince songs didn't use the LinnDrum, but the Linn LM-1. When I will get an LM-1 and make a video about it, you can be sure that there will be Prince songs in it. If you're not familiar with the LM-1, please look it up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_LM-1

[@sebasevita]

Hey Synthmania. Are this drums process with eq and compression? And reverb? Or only reverb?

[@KaiserWilhelmIV]

Thank god there is no Prince. This is Italio Disco music for the most part!

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

To be fair (re: Human League), though Martin Rushent has said it was LM-1, Phil and the girls don't help matters! :P They routinely insist that it was the LinnDrum, when _all_ documentation shows it was an LM-1. The LinnDrums had *_yet_* to be introduced at that time. And as per the wiki article: unfortunately, the list of users has been removed; supposedly it was "objective", even though evidence can be found all over the web :P

[@Workerlaman]

Why is there no Prince in this demo?

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

AND I QUOTE: "PRINCE's iconic classic machine was the LM-1, not the LinnDrum."

[@neilblackshaw3486]

Classic drum and bass lines for so many hinrg classics, back in the day..

[@jimhughes1070]

, love them Rhythm machines!! Trying to find one to purchase right now!

[@OptimisticPower]

Audio nostalgia.Great stuff SynthMania.

[@tragmadat]

I knew your site for quite a long time for pre investigation before buying stuff. But this channel is like an interactive museum of pop music. I can linger here for days!

[@tolgakirali6057]

Geertjan Vianen o

[@elorejonfic1]

Very good sound in this video.

[@MilanCekic]

Thank you very much for sharing! Great video!

[@stalepalemale]

Great work guys! Would love to hear some Human League as Dare was pretty much done using a Linn Drum, legend has it the producer (Martin Rushent) took delivery of a Linn during the making of the album and they decided to use it on all tracks.

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

+Jake Draper A Linn but the LM-1, not the LinnDrum - I don't have an LM-1 yet

[@vco8450]

Wham!'s Everything She Wants and Genesis' Tonight Tonight Tonight are some of the best LinnDrum patterns IMHO.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Except for Genesis they used a Roland CR-78, not a Linndrum.

[@vco8450]

They did use a CR-78, but only on the albums 'Duke' and 'Abacab'

[@santibanks]

Abacab also used the TR808. The linndrum is used on Mama (distorted by a fender amp), Just a job to do, Invisible Touch, Tonight tonight tonight (with the SDS7), Land of confusion, Domino, Throwing it all away. CR78 is used on Duchess, Me and sarah jane. TR808 is used on No reply at all, Man on the corner, Taking it all too hard, In too deep, Domino (there is some stuff in pt2 on the studio version). The MCS is used on Silver rainbow

[@MacXpert74]

I really liked Wham's "Battle stations" which I believe is also the LinnDrum. Of course they did process the sound quite a bit with EQ and gated reverb etc. But the pitched up snare sounds really cool in this track.

[@semajttam]

@@santibanks Tonight Tonight Tonight was the LM2 wasn't it?

[@MarkBuckland]

Number 5 is also Human League "Do or die" , and 6 is also "Open your heart". HL had one of the first Linn Drums in the UK..

[@adamharris7775]

In the song "I Might Be" (2021), the LinnDrum was really heard.

[@fedtho]

Thank you for this demo, very nice tour of famous tracks with the stripped-down sound, really nice 👍🏼

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad you liked it!

[@ianhd9396]

thank you for clearing that up. I ALWAYS thought it was the LinnDrum. I just need a power cable and some headphones and a prayer and see if she still boots.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Wow! Bringing back some great memories. I love it. :)

[@pkranz937]

Used extensively throughout Hall and Oates' H20 album, and very likely into their Big Bam Boom album.

[@Cesarsound1]

I love this sound!

[@planetmusicsamos]

Love your videos love these drums since forever !!!!

[@johnnysama]

I love this! I LOVE this drum sound more than any other; it is why I

[@henrywhenryw812]

Sounds Great

[@AnalogueInTheUK]

Outstanding.

[@baronmeduse]

The Irene Cara one could just be 'every standard 8 beat pattern played on bass, hi-hats, snare'!

[@SlimMixer]

big up SynthMania and Roger Linn!! =)

[@adamharris7775]

In the song “Hungry like the Wolf”, the LinnDrum and Roland Juno-60 patch “Popcorn” were heard.

[@AutPen38]

When the 'Radio Ga Ga' pattern started, I immediately began humming the synth bass riff from Human League's "Don't You Want Me", but I believe that earlier track used the LM-1. I'd never noticed the similarity between the two songs before. (I hated the Queen track at the time, but still love Human League).

[@jessemg3225]

THANK YOU. SO COOL

[@AndrewLeSynt]

lol Take on me is 169bpm ? i didnt knew that :-----) yes its fast

[@adamharris7775]

Andy Dnetz Not “knew”, “know”.

[@qislegit.donttrustthemedia6232]

@@adamharris7775 i like turtles

@@adamharris7775 wow who knew...

[@freshmint5130]

Like dnb's bpm

[@SignificanceOfThePassageOfTime]

Adam Harris know one lykes uh graymar knotsie.

[@PrAnG2000]

Dope! This drum machine was used for The B Boys - 2,3, Break, Cuttin' Herbie and DJ Chuck Chillout's Hip Hop On Wax Vol 1

[@Ashfaq1999]

Definitely !! Also used on DJ Born Supreme Allah’s : 2, 3, Break Sequal !!

[@misteremagic]

Excellent !!!

[@alberttwo68]

Great job, Maestro! I will try to use your drum tracks. Thank you Sir!

[@tedlewis24]

This is great. Don't forget Prince, who would have had a very different sound without Linn from 1982 to about 1988...

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

+Ted Lewis Hi Ted, thank you, - would you please look up the difference between LM-1 and LinnDrum - if you read the comments you'll find that nine-ten people have already posted the same comment. Prince's most characteristic sound was from the LM-1, which I don't have yet.

[@adamharris7775]

Prince had the LinnDrum in 1981-2016.

[@TJWolf26]

I love the cowbell sound

[@JuanDaMajikOne]

loved it bro. 👍

[@tekis0]

Timeless drum mchine.

[@ssnochevy]

Drum machines have come a long way...that's all this makes me feel

[@dannybrazen]

Yeah, a long way down. All the new ones are just shitty recreations of classics

[@speakertreatz]

love this! thanks for uploading

[@mykinfolkz]

Would love to watch a part II Including boys of summer

[@Jolex1000]

Pure Gold!

[@adamharris7775]

LinnDrum sounds and Linn LM-1 sounds were heard in “Turn Out the Night” (1983) and “Cold Metal Rhythm” (1987).

[@toneranger]

Superb 👍🏻 thanks. Could you demo how they got the classic Linn drum sound on Rose Royce’s “ Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" please ? Keep up the great videos thanks.

[@prodky33]

Whos that lmao

[@kuriponshinjuku]

Because of this, it's no exaggeration to say that dance music has prospered since the 1990s.

[@adamharris7775]

The LinnDrum was really heard in the 1983 Kids Incorporated versions of the songs "Gloria" and "Physical".

[@camerarover7124]

Nice piece of furniture too :)

[@DivKid]

Radio Ga Ga! :)

[@mobster9966]

gta 5

[@WalterGalindo]

Really really awesome!!!, but no Prince?

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

+Walter Galindo Thanks - I think Prince used the LM-1. I don't have an LM-1 yet.

[@WalterGalindo]

+SynthMania Ohh, my bad

[@BlixtenMarlowes]

Fantastic! :-D

[@joseroldan1389]

Thank you very much !!!

[@SynthManiaDotCom]

Glad it helped!

[@MJamesIII]

I want one of those soooo bad

[@doubledeucedrums]

Yeah! This is gold!

[@morten1]

Prince was a creative beast on the Linn

[@therealrodhull1]

Todays bands should consider using this machine - it would improve their music !! ;)

[@jordanwardan7588]

Ableton live comes with all original LD samples I'm sure it is used

[@robertescher3082]

WHAAAAT? No Human League??? ;) I got to meet Roger Linn in the early 2000s at a Battlebots event - he was one of the guest judges. Nice guy.

[@CrossCuntryFranco]

Human League were LM-1.

[@adamharris7775]

In the song "Word Up" (1986), the LinnDrum was heard.

[@808j3]

I’m amazed big producers used it on auto. The beats are really distinctive!

[@klilinoklire4403]

Thanks for Gary Low!

[@tlatsegms]

Amazing⚡️

[@adamharris7775]

The song "Dress You Up" came out in 1985.

[@alanbowes1307]

As a single, yes 1985. But it’s on the Like A Virgin album, from 1984

[@adamharris7775]

The LinnDrum and Oberheim DMX and Simmons SDSV were heard in Holding Out for a Hero (1984) and Resonance (2014).

[@snr.puente5109]

HI-NRG is so powerful!

[@retrorewindshop]

That snare drum !

[@NandoCesar]

Oh my god !!! More !!!

[@livenloud6697]

What a good place of history

[@adamharris7775]

The LinnDrum was heard in the 2023 The Simpsons song "That Was Marge, Bitch".

[@LZ-zi3ll]

Also Michael Sembello with Maniac 🙂

[@rhythmdroid]

sounds so gooooooooood

[@adamharris7775]

The LinnDrum was heard in "Two of Hearts".

[@yomarukasuga]

Well, I heard that when i make the drum patterns including the music notes from the computer software since first time in 2016, to make a song to composed with me.

[@theunionbeats1]

this is epic

[@АлексейЦибанев]

Superролик.

[@TribalEarth]

Heh great demo of 80's tunes! For the 11th to round it out add Interaction/Reaction by TRIBAL EARTH

[@dicasdoanthony]

A-ha - take on me made me press the like button.

[@Nico93]

Man, would be cool to have the these pattern's down now that there exist a midi vst of the drum machine now.

[@jevisdehaut1028]

Juicy Fruit - James Mtume (sample - Juicy / Notorious B.I.G)

[@DHTSciFiArtist]

Lm-1 Linn was used for Juicy Fruit.

[@altrogeruvah]

No Axel F? Awwww. I just stumbled upon your channel, it's amazing!