From jlarsson@utexas.edu Wed Sep 20 15:20:34 1995
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From: jlarsson@utexas.edu (Joachim Larsson)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.
The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

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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From bkang@cmu.edu Fri Sep 22 01:42:34 1995
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From: bkang@cmu.edu (Bastien Kang)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Sep20.152034.3479@utexas.edu>, jlarsson@utexas.edu (Joachim Larsson) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.
> However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

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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From tdubois@titech.ac.jp Fri Sep 22 03:16:34 1995
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From: tdubois@titech.ac.jp (Tobias Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Sep20.152034.3479@utexas.edu>, jlarsson@utexas.edu (Joachim Larsson) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

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

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=== Tobias Dubois ===
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