From lkarlsson@berkeley.edu Sat Nov 11 07:47:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!lkarlsson From: lkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Lisa Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov11.074743.3269@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 07:47:43 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Lisa Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From blopez@pacbell.net Sat Nov 11 14:13:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!blopez From: blopez@pacbell.net (Bill López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov11.141343.5670@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 14:13:43 GMT References: <1995Nov11.074743.3269@berkeley.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov11.074743.3269@berkeley.edu>, lkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Lisa Karlsson) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Bill López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bpopov@tum.de Mon Nov 13 10:41:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!bpopov From: bpopov@tum.de (Brian Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov13.104143.4321@tum.de> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 10:41:43 GMT References: <1995Nov11.074743.3269@berkeley.edu> <1995Nov11.141343.5670@pacbell.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov11.141343.5670@pacbell.net>, blopez@pacbell.net (Bill López) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Brian Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From spark@berkeley.edu Tue Nov 14 17:25:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!spark From: spark@berkeley.edu (Sven Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov14.172543.1411@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 17:25:43 GMT References: <1995Nov11.074743.3269@berkeley.edu> <1995Nov11.141343.5670@pacbell.net> <1995Nov13.104143.4321@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov13.104143.4321@tum.de>, bpopov@tum.de (Brian Popov) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Sven Park "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13