From dfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Aug 27 09:15:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!dfournier From: dfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 09:15:23 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Diego Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From fmoreau@delphi.com Sat Aug 27 19:28:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!fmoreau From: fmoreau@delphi.com (Fiona Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug27.192823.2627@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 19:28:23 GMT References: <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Fournier) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Fiona Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From bpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Aug 28 16:16:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!bpetrov From: bpetrov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug28.161623.5420@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 16:16:23 GMT References: <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Fournier) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Brian Petrov -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "They will send a copy in my place." From tdubois@stanford.edu Sun Aug 28 18:03:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!tdubois From: tdubois@stanford.edu (Takeshi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug28.180323.3343@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 18:03:23 GMT References: <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug27.091523.5871@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego Fournier) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Takeshi Dubois | tdubois@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8D3F 706F 2B6E 867E "Keep the channels open."