From ekowalski@illinois.edu Fri Mar 24 06:04:04 1995
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From: ekowalski@illinois.edu (Élodie Kowalski)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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 low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.
The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

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.

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Élodie Kowalski -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From jrobertson@inria.fr Sun Mar 26 09:26:04 1995
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From: jrobertson@inria.fr (Julien Robertson)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Mar24.060404.7040@illinois.edu>, ekowalski@illinois.edu (Élodie Kowalski) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

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Julien Robertson
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From ncampbell@mit.edu Tue Mar 28 02:55:04 1995
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From: ncampbell@mit.edu (Natalia Campbell)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Mar24.060404.7040@illinois.edu>, ekowalski@illinois.edu (Élodie Kowalski) 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.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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Natalia Campbell
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