From atanaka@purdue.edu Thu Nov 16 21:34:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!atanaka From: atanaka@purdue.edu (Aiko Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov16.213445.6995@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 21:34:45 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.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 low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Aiko Tanaka "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From fsilva@delphi.com Fri Nov 17 08:52:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!fsilva From: fsilva@delphi.com (Freya Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov17.085245.9730@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 08:52:45 GMT References: <1995Nov16.213445.6995@purdue.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov16.213445.6995@purdue.edu>, atanaka@purdue.edu (Aiko Tanaka) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Freya Silva -- Delphi Internet Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mrobertson@hanse.de Fri Nov 17 14:17:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!mrobertson From: mrobertson@hanse.de (Morag Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov17.141745.8185@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 14:17:45 GMT References: <1995Nov16.213445.6995@purdue.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov16.213445.6995@purdue.edu>, atanaka@purdue.edu (Aiko Tanaka) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Morag Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0