From omoreno@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jul 07 04:34:53 1994
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From: omoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Moreno)
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Subject: Question: 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.
Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

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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From mpopov@unam.mx Thu Jul 07 14:39:53 1994
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From: mpopov@unam.mx (Mikhail Popov)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Jul07.043453.9039@rwth-aachen.de>, omoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Moreno) 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 mjohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jul 08 19:36:53 1994
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From: mjohansson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Johansson)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Jul07.143953.2030@unam.mx>, mpopov@unam.mx (Mikhail Popov) writes:
> Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal.

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Mikhail Johansson -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science
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