page_title: Roger Linn
section_title: AdrenaLinn
hierarchical_section_title: Roger Linn / Roger Linn Design / AdrenaLinn
caption_attribution_description: Roger Linn &#160;AdrenaLinn II Boss &#160;RC-2 Loop Station
context_page_description: Roger Linn is an American designer of electronic musical instruments and equipment. He is the designer of the LM-1, the first drum machine to use samples, and the MPC sampler, which had a major influence on the development of hip hop. Roger Linn is also a member of the Dead Presidents Society, a group of innovators in the field of electronic music.
context_section_description: The AdrenaLinn is a digital multi-effects unit with a drum machine and amp modeler all in one, designed by Roger Linn with some help from Dave Smith (credited with helping to conceive MIDI) and Tom Oberheim (designer of early analog synthesizers). Most notably, unlike other guitar pedals, the AdrenaLinn specializes in beat-synced effects, including modulation and delay but also a sequencer that provides looped patterns of filtered tones, all moving in sync to its internal drum machine or to midi. The drum section can also be affected by the filter section, allowing dance-style beats. Other unusual aspects of this pedal include note-triggered filter effects such as auto-wah, simulated talk box and guitar synthesizer sounds. The AdrenaLinn technology was also the basis of Roger Linn's partnership with M-Audio to create the Black Box guitar multi-effect and recording unit.
  The AdrenaLinn can be heard on the following records (among many others):
  John Mayer – "Heartbreak Warfare", from the 2009 album Battle Studies, "Bigger Than My Body" from the 2003 album Heavier Things and "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" from the 2006 album Continuum
  Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" from the 2004 album American Idiot
  Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way – Warner Bros. – 2002 (produced by Rick Rubin)
  Morcheeba – Parts Of The Process – Reprise Records – 2003
  Soda Stereo – Disco Eterno – Sony Music – 1995
  Marillion – Marbles – 2004
  The AdrenaLinn was followed-up with the AdrenaLinn II and AdrenaLinn III.
caption: AdrenaLinn II (front)
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