From akim@delphi.com Sat Nov 11 10:37:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!akim From: akim@delphi.com (Andrei Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov11.103703.9057@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 10:37:03 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. 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. -- Andrei Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mgonzalez@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 12 05:54:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Morag González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov12.055403.6961@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 05:54:03 GMT References: <1995Nov11.103703.9057@delphi.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov11.103703.9057@delphi.com>, akim@delphi.com (Andrei Kim) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Morag González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From jlee@berkeley.edu Sun Nov 12 20:48:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!jlee From: jlee@berkeley.edu (Joachim Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov12.204803.7885@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 20:48:03 GMT References: <1995Nov11.103703.9057@delphi.com> <1995Nov12.055403.6961@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov12.055403.6961@titech.ac.jp>, mgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Morag González) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Joachim Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Row 14. No joke." From erobertson@purdue.edu Tue Nov 14 23:08:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!erobertson From: erobertson@purdue.edu (Emi Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov14.230803.1731@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:08:03 GMT References: <1995Nov11.103703.9057@delphi.com> <1995Nov12.055403.6961@titech.ac.jp> <1995Nov12.204803.7885@berkeley.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov12.204803.7885@berkeley.edu>, jlee@berkeley.edu (Joachim Lee) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Emi Robertson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1