From skang@pipeline.com Tue Jul 25 00:45:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!skang From: skang@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:45:47 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Sun-mi Kang "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04 From hhernandez@berkeley.edu Tue Jul 25 08:23:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!hhernandez From: hhernandez@berkeley.edu (Hugo Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul25.082347.2266@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 08:23:47 GMT References: <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com>, skang@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Kang) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hugo Hernández -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From lsato@illinois.edu Thu Jul 27 10:23:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!lsato From: lsato@illinois.edu (Lisa Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul27.102347.1943@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 10:23:47 GMT References: <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com>, skang@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Kang) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Lisa Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bmoreau@cmu.edu Sat Jul 29 09:15:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!bmoreau From: bmoreau@cmu.edu (Brian Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul29.091547.9136@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 09:15:47 GMT References: <1995Jul25.004547.5435@pipeline.com> <1995Jul27.102347.1943@illinois.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul27.102347.1943@illinois.edu>, lsato@illinois.edu (Lisa Sato) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Brian Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------