From dsmirnov@panix.com Fri Sep 22 10:43:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@panix.com (Dong-hyun Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep22.104349.5857@panix.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:43:49 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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. -- Dong-hyun Smirnov "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1 From slaurent@mindspring.com Fri Sep 22 16:16:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!slaurent From: slaurent@mindspring.com (Sven Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep22.161649.3106@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 16:16:49 GMT References: <1995Sep22.104349.5857@panix.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep22.104349.5857@panix.com>, dsmirnov@panix.com (Dong-hyun Smirnov) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Sven Laurent Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From rmoreno@demon.co.uk Sun Sep 24 00:11:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!rmoreno From: rmoreno@demon.co.uk (Raj Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep24.001149.3769@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 00:11:49 GMT References: <1995Sep22.104349.5857@panix.com> <1995Sep22.161649.3106@mindspring.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep22.161649.3106@mindspring.com>, slaurent@mindspring.com (Sven Laurent) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Raj Moreno | rmoreno@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: D2BF 7B89 D32F A899 "Keep the channels open."