From dfournier@cmu.edu Sat Apr 27 12:52:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!dfournier From: dfournier@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 12:52:29 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. 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. -- Dong-hyun Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From kramirez@inria.fr Sun Apr 28 03:43:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!kramirez From: kramirez@inria.fr (Kenji Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr28.034329.8571@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 03:43:29 GMT References: <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu>, dfournier@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Fournier) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Kenji Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From thughes@delphi.com Mon Apr 29 23:24:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!thughes From: thughes@delphi.com (Thiago Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr29.232429.7416@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 23:24:29 GMT References: <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu> <1996Apr28.034329.8571@inria.fr> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr28.034329.8571@inria.fr>, kramirez@inria.fr (Kenji Ramírez) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Thiago Hughes "They will send a copy in my place." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From sfischer@ox.ac.uk Wed May 01 04:53:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!sfischer From: sfischer@ox.ac.uk (Steve Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May01.045329.3063@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 04:53:29 GMT References: <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu> <1996Apr28.034329.8571@inria.fr> <1996Apr29.232429.7416@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Apr29.232429.7416@delphi.com>, thughes@delphi.com (Thiago Hughes) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Steve Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asilva@delphi.com Thu May 02 17:12:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!asilva From: asilva@delphi.com (Aiko Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May02.171229.4118@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 17:12:29 GMT References: <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Apr27.125229.5789@cmu.edu>, dfournier@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Fournier) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Aiko Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.