From brodriguez@rwth-aachen.de Mon Sep 23 07:36:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!brodriguez From: brodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Bruno Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep23.073608.5998@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 07:36:08 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. -- === Bruno Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hold for relay." From aduarte@delphi.com Tue Sep 24 03:20:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!aduarte From: aduarte@delphi.com (Aiko Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep24.032008.6714@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 03:20:08 GMT References: <1996Sep23.073608.5998@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep23.073608.5998@rwth-aachen.de>, brodriguez@rwth-aachen.de (Bruno Rodríguez) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Aiko Duarte Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."