Linn 9000
Electronic musical instrument by Linn Electronics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Linn 9000 is an electronic musical instrument manufactured by Linn Electronics as the successor to the LinnDrum. It was introduced in 1984 at a list price of $5,000, ($7,000 fully expanded) and about 1100 units were produced.[1]
Linn 9000 | |
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Manufacturer | Linn Electronics |
Dates | 1984-1986 |
Price | $5,000 US ($7,000 fully expanded) |
Technical specifications | |
Polyphony | polyphonic 13 voices |
Timbrality | multitimbral 18 voices |
Synthesis type | 8 bit Digital Samples / 11 kHz - 37kHz |
Storage memory | 100 Drum Sequences, 100 MIDI Sequences - 10,490 notes |
Effects | Individual level, pan, tuning for all sounds |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 18 large (1.25 inch square) velocity and pressure sensitive rubber pads |
External control | MIDI In, out and thru, Foot Switch x2, Foot Controller x1 (hi-hat), Sync Tone In/Out, trigger outputs x2, trigger inputs x6 |
It combined MIDI sequencing and audio sampling (optional) with a set of 18 velocity and pressure sensitive performance pads, to produce an instrument optimized for use as a drum machine. It featured programmable hi-hat decay, 18 digital drum sounds, a mixer section, 18 individual 1/4" outputs, an LCD display, 6 external trigger inputs and an internal floppy disk drive (optional).[2] The Linn 9000 had innovative and groundbreaking features[3] and would influence many future drum machine designs.[4] But chronic software bugs[5][6] led to a reputation for unreliability and contributed to the eventual demise of Linn Electronics.[7][8]
The Linn 9000 was used on many recordings throughout the 1980s, including international hits such as The Pointer Sisters' "Automatic", Divine's "You Think You're a Man", "Give It Up", "I'm So Beautiful", "Show Me Around" and "T Shirts and Tight Blue Jeans" and Rick Astley's "Together Forever".
The Linn 9000 would get a new lease on life when Forat Music and Electronics purchased Linn's remaining assets,[9] fixed all of the bugs,[10] added new features[11] and dubbed it the Forat F9000.