Get a Linn Drum Sound on a Real Snare

Humans imitating computers, who'd have thought it?! Maybe humans and machines can inspire each other. Here we have a video from Drumm Dog on how Rob Brian treated his snare in order to make it sound like a Linn Drum when working with Simple Minds on the track Broken Glass Park. The original track is below to hear just how close he got... does anyone else hear the hook from Nero - You and Me in that Synth part...? 

Rob Brian on how to fake a Linn drum sound on a real snare - no samples, no triggers, just stick control. The trick he gave Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr on a Simple Minds session. Recorded at Dorset Drum Festival 2026. Rob walks through the three stick-height levels he uses to play "like a machine" - pulling all the inflection out of the hand so the snare reads as a programmed drum part. He demos how it sat on the Simple Minds track Broken Glass Park, why removing dynamics is harder than adding them, and how the same control opens up a whole different feel on the hi-hat. Bonus: a cheapskate alternative to Big Fat Snare drum heads using offcuts from old heads.

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