Synths in Human League's 1982 song "Don't you love me baby"

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which kind of drum machine and synths were used in the song by human league called "don't you love me baby". I heard it on BackTracks USA.

― startrekman, Sunday, 23 May 2004 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't know about the '82 song, but they had a hit with the same name the year before. I don't know about the single, but on the 'Dare' album it lists the instruments used as: Roland MC8, System 700, JP4, Korg 770, Delta, Casio VL-Tone 1, M10, Linn LM1, Yamaha CS15 with a Roland Microcomposer and a Linn Drum Computer.

― Sasha (sgh), Sunday, 23 May 2004 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

thats the album with the song "dont you want me" on it. The one called "dare" that the one i was talking about.

― startrekman, Sunday, 23 May 2004 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Linn Drum Computer was one of the first digital drum machine with sampled drum loops.

― Margus Kiis, estonian rock critic (Margus Kiis, estonian rock cri), Sunday, 23 May 2004 09:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Human League are a band.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Sunday, 23 May 2004 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)

the return of margus kiis, estonia rock critic!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 23 May 2004 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Sampled drum sounds...not loops.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Sunday, 23 May 2004 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

actually Oberheim was the first Digital Drum Machine, it was released in 1980.

― startrekman, Sunday, 23 May 2004 23:38 (twenty-two years ago)

...What the hell?

― Atnevon (Atnevon), Monday, 24 May 2004 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope...the Linn LM-1 came out in 1979, the Oberheim DMX followed a year later, then the LinnDrum, built on the model of the LM-1 came in 82 or so. That's why Linn is generally credited with the PCM sampled drum machine technology. Sequential Cirtuits Drumtracks, E-mu Drumulator and some device from MPX used the same technology and many of these have interchangeable PROM chips.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

what about the TR-808?

― startrekman, Monday, 24 May 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The TR-808 was completely analog. The TR-909 was hybrid, the kick and tom drums I think analog, the rest PCM samples, not sure about the snare. That's one reason it kicks so much ass. But that was later then the aforementioned machines, and didn't use the same EPROMS. You could use a prom burner...Oberheim made one, and burn your own samples to chips and place them in the DMX/DX or Drumtracks.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 24 May 2004 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)

wait there's a different song called "don't you love me baby"????

― amateur!st, monrovian rock critic (amateurist), Monday, 24 May 2004 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Regarding the TR-909. All sounds were analog with the exception of the ride and crash cymbals. I remember when Turnkey (or Soho Soundhouse as it was then) was selling them off for 250 GBP (c.1985) because nobody wanted analog sounds any more. I so wish I'd snapped one up in view of how much they increased in value later on.

I'm amazed that the first Linn came out in 1979. I'd always assumed it was around 1981. What was the first record to use one, does anyone know?

― David (David), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)

haha probably tot or something like that! (trans - i have no idea)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

totO! (argh)

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 24 May 2004 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"Don't You Want Me", from Dare, was remade as "Don't You Know I Want You", on Hysteria. Is that what you're talking about?

― wetmink (wetmink), Monday, 24 May 2004 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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