Linn LM-1 Drum Computer for sale. Fully disassembled, cleaned inside and out, meticulously serviced and working like new again.

The LM1 is the first digital drum machine to incorporate samples of actual drum sounds. But don't let that fool you - sampling technology was pretty primitive back then, so the sounds this thing makes are a lot more electronic sounding than an acoustic drum kit. The Linn has some serious character! Plus, you've got pitch control over all it's sounds, so you can turn a snare into an explosion for instance ;).

The sampled drum sounds are each stored on small EPROM chips. If you have the right EPROM burner and replacement EPROMs you can sample your own sounds or copy existing sounds onto chips that can be installed in this machine.

If you know the most popular early 80s Prince songs, you've heard the LM1. It was also reportedly used by many other early 80s musicians, like Human League, Jarre, Visage, Falco, Thompson Twins, Queen, OMD, Heaven 17, Phil Collins and Art of Noise, among others.

The quantization section offers a great shuffle mode to humanize programmed rhythms and give it variable swing. There are faders and pan switches for each sound. This piece is not only a great piece of electronic music history, it's also an incredible sounding box.

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