From dlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Mar 02 22:36:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 22:36:19 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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? -- Dmitri Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jpopov@kth.se Sat Mar 04 05:10:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!jpopov From: jpopov@kth.se (Jen Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar04.051019.5288@kth.se> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 05:10:19 GMT References: <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Lindqvist) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Jen Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lduarte@uni-hamburg.de Mon Mar 06 01:53:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!lduarte From: lduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar06.015319.1461@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 01:53:19 GMT References: <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Lindqvist) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Liam Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From lgonzalez@hanse.de Tue Mar 07 08:20:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!lgonzalez From: lgonzalez@hanse.de (Lars González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar07.082019.1317@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 08:20:19 GMT References: <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Mar06.015319.1461@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar06.015319.1461@uni-hamburg.de>, lduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Duarte) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Lars González Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ijohansson@delphi.com Wed Mar 08 05:38:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!ijohansson From: ijohansson@delphi.com (Ines Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar08.053819.1245@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 05:38:19 GMT References: <1995Mar02.223619.1404@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Mar04.051019.5288@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar04.051019.5288@kth.se>, jpopov@kth.se (Jen Popov) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. 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. -- Ines Johansson | ijohansson@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 9A56 7224 7A12 1C89 "Keep the channels open."