From tito@earthlink.net Mon Feb 27 23:36:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!tito From: tito@earthlink.net (Thiago Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 23:36:46 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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? -- Thiago Ito "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1 From bpopov@titech.ac.jp Wed Mar 01 17:04:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!bpopov From: bpopov@titech.ac.jp (Brian Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar01.170446.7629@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 17:04:46 GMT References: <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net>, tito@earthlink.net (Thiago Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Brian Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kmuller@unam.mx Fri Mar 03 17:09:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!kmuller From: kmuller@unam.mx (Kirsty Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar03.170946.8414@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 17:09:46 GMT References: <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net>, tito@earthlink.net (Thiago Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kirsty Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay." From pokonkwo@hanse.de Sat Mar 04 15:34:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!pokonkwo From: pokonkwo@hanse.de (Pavel Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar04.153446.1714@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 15:34:46 GMT References: <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb27.233646.2311@earthlink.net>, tito@earthlink.net (Thiago Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Pavel Okonkwo | pokonkwo@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: A035 B805 3E77 EFEC "Keep the channels open."