Roger Linn Interviewed by Sweetwater 

This man is a human treasure. Thank you, Roger Linn.

I love this guy he made music easy for me to understand I wonder what else he has in store with that incredible mind

The Akai MPC 60 is one the most ergonomically friendly sampling workstations, if you have enough room for one.

i like that he thinks of instrument design with a musician mind

does this guy even know how much he changed the world ????does anybody know????

being a roger linn fan is a given, im a fan of mitch as well, he conducts the interviews so wel

Thanks Mitch and thank you for everything Roger!

This guy is my hero. Well him and Dave

Great job interviewing as always Mitch! It was also nice to see Nick Shenckel being shown the Linnstrument. I seriously want one, my wife won't let me have anymore keyboards, and this is a game changer

Honestly its because of prince that the linn lm 1 became popular

Amazing mind, thank you Roger Lynn. Thank you Mitch and Sweetwater!

You sir are a legend.

Great interview!

WOW. 2 absolute Legends.

awesome stuff

Roger Linn's story was included twice in Mark Vail's book, Vintage Synthesizers (2000). I've read it numerous times, but it's definitely cool to hear him talk about it in real time. Funny enough, but what he says about guys like Brian Eno wanting to upload their own sounds when the LM-1 was being made would come to pass in the aftermath of Linn Electronics folding, when E-Mu came out with the SP-12. Of course, E-Mu wouldn't have created the SP-12 if Roger hadn't designed the LM-1 and Oberheim Electronics hadn't come out with the DMX (which does at least include interchangeable sample chips). There was only a short timespan between technological advancements. What he says here about the compelling instrumental voice being missing from mainstream pop music is increasingly true. This is from June 2015, and my comment is posted on the second day of 2018.

Nice guy!

The Legend himself

I remember Roger linn. He left a lot of people high and dry when he filled bankruptcy after a lot of us purchased his Linn 9000.

Zawinul played very realistic strings on his Prophet 5.

Major to say the least!

Did I miss it, or was NOTHING said about Prince...who made this drum machine his bitch?

👍👍

Roger Linn and Dave Rossum, two white guys who influenced the history of hip-hop.

the roli has a step up on the linnstrument

does anyone else notice how listening to roger linn works as a sleep aid, similar to bob ross.

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