From lmoreno@netcom.com Fri May 10 22:38:13 1996
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From: lmoreno@netcom.com (Lisa Moreno)
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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.

The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.
Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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Lisa Moreno
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From ndubois@titech.ac.jp Sun May 12 03:10:13 1996
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From: ndubois@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996May10.223813.9285@netcom.com>, lmoreno@netcom.com (Lisa Moreno) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.
> The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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Nadia Dubois
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From fvasiliev@kth.se Mon May 13 20:33:13 1996
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From: fvasiliev@kth.se (Fiona Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 20:33:13 GMT
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In article <1996May12.031013.6571@titech.ac.jp>, ndubois@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Dubois) writes:
> Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.
> Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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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=== Fiona Vasiliev ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"Hold for relay."