From heriksson@clari.net Wed Oct 18 02:58:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!heriksson From: heriksson@clari.net (Hana Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 02:58:48 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Hana Eriksson | heriksson@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: CC61 3C2C 36DB D2FA "Keep the channels open." From ehernandez@cam.ac.uk Wed Oct 18 11:22:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!ehernandez From: ehernandez@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct18.112248.5529@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 11:22:48 GMT References: <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net>, heriksson@clari.net (Hana Eriksson) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Elaine Hernández -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ksantos@pacbell.net Fri Oct 20 07:15:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!ksantos From: ksantos@pacbell.net (Karen Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct20.071548.2022@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 07:15:48 GMT References: <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net> <1995Oct18.112248.5529@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct18.112248.5529@cam.ac.uk>, ehernandez@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Hernández) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Karen Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dkowalski@titech.ac.jp Fri Oct 20 11:49:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!dkowalski From: dkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Dave Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct20.114948.3111@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 11:49:48 GMT References: <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net> <1995Oct18.112248.5529@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct20.071548.2022@pacbell.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct20.071548.2022@pacbell.net>, ksantos@pacbell.net (Karen Santos) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Dave Kowalski SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From kcampbell@clari.net Sat Oct 21 06:49:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!kcampbell From: kcampbell@clari.net (Karen Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct21.064948.1755@clari.net> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 06:49:48 GMT References: <1995Oct18.025848.5322@clari.net> <1995Oct18.112248.5529@cam.ac.uk> <1995Oct20.071548.2022@pacbell.net> <1995Oct20.114948.3111@titech.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct20.114948.3111@titech.ac.jp>, dkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Dave Kowalski) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Karen Campbell "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13