From kpopov@cern.ch Thu Jan 20 03:53:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!kpopov From: kpopov@cern.ch (Kenji Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan20.035346.8446@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 03:53:46 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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? -- Kenji Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From slee@mit.edu Fri Jan 21 06:52:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!slee From: slee@mit.edu (Sven Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan21.065246.5402@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 06:52:46 GMT References: <1994Jan20.035346.8446@cern.ch> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan20.035346.8446@cern.ch>, kpopov@cern.ch (Kenji Popov) 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Sven Lee Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From thughes@pipeline.com Fri Jan 21 09:10:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!thughes From: thughes@pipeline.com (Thiago Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan21.091046.3433@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 09:10:46 GMT References: <1994Jan20.035346.8446@cern.ch> <1994Jan21.065246.5402@mit.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan21.065246.5402@mit.edu>, slee@mit.edu (Sven Lee) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- === Thiago Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."