From hmacdonald@berkeley.edu Mon Apr 08 00:54:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Hana MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 00:54:08 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- === Hana MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "We don't sign stars. We build them." From keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 09 11:17:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!keriksson From: keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Katrin Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr09.111708.6120@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 11:17:08 GMT References: <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu>, hmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Hana MacDonald) writes: > 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Katrin Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nmuller@illinois.edu Tue Apr 09 15:54:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!nmuller From: nmuller@illinois.edu (Natalia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr09.155408.6961@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 15:54:08 GMT References: <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu> <1996Apr09.111708.6120@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr09.111708.6120@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, keriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Katrin Eriksson) 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. -- Natalia Müller | nmuller@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 97C8 BF29 53EE B17D "Keep the channels open." From fdubois@berkeley.edu Wed Apr 10 17:37:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!fdubois From: fdubois@berkeley.edu (Freya Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr10.173708.4023@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 17:37:08 GMT References: <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu>, hmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Hana MacDonald) writes: > 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 drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Freya Dubois SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From pmoreno@uni-hamburg.de Thu Apr 11 10:58:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!pmoreno From: pmoreno@uni-hamburg.de (Pavel Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr11.105808.3482@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:58:08 GMT References: <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Apr08.005408.7336@berkeley.edu>, hmacdonald@berkeley.edu (Hana MacDonald) writes: > 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Pavel Moreno -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."