From thughes@rwth-aachen.de Fri May 24 04:06:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!thughes From: thughes@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May24.040607.6520@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 04:06:07 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Tyler Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsokolov@uni-hamburg.de Sat May 25 04:20:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!bsokolov From: bsokolov@uni-hamburg.de (Bastien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May25.042007.5795@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 04:20:07 GMT References: <1996May24.040607.6520@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996May24.040607.6520@rwth-aachen.de>, thughes@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Hughes) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Bastien Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From npark@cam.ac.uk Sun May 26 08:37:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!npark From: npark@cam.ac.uk (Nadine Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May26.083707.2523@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 08:37:07 GMT References: <1996May24.040607.6520@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996May24.040607.6520@rwth-aachen.de>, thughes@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Hughes) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Nadine Park Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."