Linn LM-1
- Date
- 1980 · confidence high
- Place
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Credited to
- Roger Linn
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
The first programmable drum machine to use digital samples of real acoustic drums instead of synthesized sounds, designed by engineer Roger Linn.
What it led to
- popularized drum machines in 1980s pop music
- laid the groundwork for the LinnDrum and sample-based drum machines
- influenced the music production of artists such as Prince and Michael Jackson