With the LM drum, Behringer presents a clone of the most iconic drum machine from the pop, rock and Italo disco scene of the 80s, the Linn Electronics LinnDrum, which was produced from 1982 to 1985. Compared to Roland's TR classics, the sounds of the LinnDrum were simply closer to a drum kit, so that they were often and gladly used by numerous music greats of the time. Hits by Prince, Tears For Fears, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Jan Hammer prove this all too clearly. The signal path of this 16-voice drum computer has a hybrid structure. The samples are of course digital and have a resolution of 8 or 12 bits. This doesn't sound like hi-fi, but technically it corresponds to the "crispy" sound for which the original is so highly regarded. The rest of the signal path is analog and consists of a 3320 filter and a 2164 VCA, for each voice, of course. Everything comes together in the opulent mixer section, with 16 faders each for volume and panorama, allowing a quick pre-mix directly in the device. The seven controls above the mixer section provide real-time access to the
The modernized sequencer has 128 patterns for your own rhythms, which can be up to 64 steps long. Odd steps can also be programmed individually for each track(polymetry). The indispensable groove parameters shuffle and flam provide more funkiness. As with the original, the rhythms are entered using the 16 large keys; however, the LM
The main output has two special features: firstly, there is a switchable lowpass/highpass filter with manually adjustable