From rito@stanford.edu Mon Apr 24 16:04:04 1995
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From: rito@stanford.edu (Renata Ito)
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Subject: Discussion: 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.

The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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From mnakamura@titech.ac.jp Tue Apr 25 04:39:04 1995
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Apr24.160404.7330@stanford.edu>, rito@stanford.edu (Renata Ito) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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