From lschneider@utexas.edu Mon Jan 02 00:51:45 1995
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From: lschneider@utexas.edu (Lars Schneider)
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Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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?

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From mreyes@pipeline.com Tue Jan 03 15:44:45 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Jan02.005145.2037@utexas.edu>, lschneider@utexas.edu (Lars Schneider) 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.

The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal.

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From hweber@mit.edu Wed Jan 04 05:17:45 1995
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From: hweber@mit.edu (Hugo Weber)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Jan02.005145.2037@utexas.edu>, lschneider@utexas.edu (Lars Schneider) 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.

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