From dpopov@pacbell.net Mon Jun 05 18:13:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!dpopov From: dpopov@pacbell.net (Diego Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun05.181317.9226@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 18:13:17 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Diego Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From bsokolov@uu.net Tue Jun 06 06:08:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!bsokolov From: bsokolov@uu.net (Bastien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun06.060817.2115@uu.net> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 06:08:17 GMT References: <1995Jun05.181317.9226@pacbell.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun05.181317.9226@pacbell.net>, dpopov@pacbell.net (Diego Popov) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Bastien Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From flaurent@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jun 06 13:24:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!flaurent From: flaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Fiona Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun06.132417.7778@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 13:24:17 GMT References: <1995Jun05.181317.9226@pacbell.net> <1995Jun06.060817.2115@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun06.060817.2115@uu.net>, bsokolov@uu.net (Bastien Sokolov) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Fiona Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From cdubois@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jun 07 12:54:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!cdubois From: cdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun07.125417.1040@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 12:54:17 GMT References: <1995Jun05.181317.9226@pacbell.net> <1995Jun06.060817.2115@uu.net> <1995Jun06.132417.7778@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun06.132417.7778@uni-hamburg.de>, flaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Fiona Laurent) 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. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Camila Dubois | cdubois@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 6D51 BACF 0C59 99DD "Keep the channels open."