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Linn 9000

Drum machine and MIDI sequencer in one

The 9000 combined sampled drums, velocity-sensitive pads, and a 32-track MIDI sequencer, and its sampling option arrived as an upgrade. It was ambitious enough to help bankrupt the company, and its ideas went straight into the MPC.

Category

  • Drum Machines

    Programmable rhythm machines, drum synthesizers, and related beat-making instruments.

Made by

  • Linn Electronics

    Linn Electronics was an American company founded by Roger Linn that pioneered sample-based drum machines. Its LM-1 Drum Computer (1980) was among the first to play digital recordings of real drums, and the follow-up LinnDrum shaped the sound of 1980s pop production before the company closed in 1986.

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