LinnDrum LM-2 Drum Machine #349

The LinnDrum, Linn Electronics' second drum machine, was an enhanced version of the LM-1, adding crash and ride cymbals and improving sample quality to 35kHz. Featuring 15 realistic acoustic drum samples—including kick, snare, toms, hi-hats, cymbals, and percussion—it allowed up to 12 sounds to play simultaneously. Each drum had dedicated tuning, panning, and mix controls, plus accents for kick, snare, and hats.

The LinnDrum offered flexible upgrades via swappable sound chips and innovative sequencing features like swing, quantize, and memory for 56 user patterns, 42 presets, and 49 song slots. Patterns could be recorded in real or step time and saved to cassette. With 15 individual outputs, external sync, and live drum trigger inputs (but no MIDI), the LinnDrum became the go-to professional drum machine of the 1980s.

This vintage gem fully serviced!
New PSU installed, original PSU and all its components removed.
New fader boards designed and installed to retrofit modern faders. New Fader caps. Potentiometers and trigger switches opened and cleaned. Trigger switches have been changed to gold plated contact versions. Unit is very close to original. Line out Left and Righht Op-Amps replaced as they were dead. Jacks replaced.
Full re-cap.
Full test: All line outs, Cassette IN and OUT. Trigger inputs. Unit was cleaned and issues fixed. There is no good Factory dump file available to restore all the original patterns. Original patters need to be inserted manually but the pattern and song creation engines are tested and working well.

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