From kperez@panix.com Thu Feb 01 14:58:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!kperez From: kperez@panix.com (Karen Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com> Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 14:58:45 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- === Karen Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From gperez@cmu.edu Fri Feb 02 06:48:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!gperez From: gperez@cmu.edu (Graham Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb02.064845.7523@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 06:48:45 GMT References: <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com>, kperez@panix.com (Karen Pérez) writes: > 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Graham Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From afournier@pipeline.com Fri Feb 02 12:18:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!afournier From: afournier@pipeline.com (Aiko Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb02.121845.2167@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 12:18:45 GMT References: <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com> <1996Feb02.064845.7523@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb02.064845.7523@cmu.edu>, gperez@cmu.edu (Graham Pérez) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Aiko Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From afournier@pacbell.net Sat Feb 03 02:06:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!afournier From: afournier@pacbell.net (Anton Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb03.020645.4449@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 02:06:45 GMT References: <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com> <1996Feb02.064845.7523@cmu.edu> <1996Feb02.121845.2167@pipeline.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb02.121845.2167@pipeline.com>, afournier@pipeline.com (Aiko Fournier) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Anton Fournier | afournier@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: E570 5918 4461 DBE8 "Keep the channels open." From kito@pipeline.com Sun Feb 04 00:12:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!kito From: kito@pipeline.com (Katrin Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb04.001245.6915@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 00:12:45 GMT References: <1996Feb01.145845.7353@panix.com> <1996Feb02.064845.7523@cmu.edu> <1996Feb02.121845.2167@pipeline.com> <1996Feb03.020645.4449@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb03.020645.4449@pacbell.net>, afournier@pacbell.net (Anton Fournier) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Katrin Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0