From akowalski@demon.co.uk Fri Jan 06 01:28:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!akowalski From: akowalski@demon.co.uk (Anja Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 01:28:41 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. -- Anja Kowalski -- Demon Internet Services UK "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From nkarlsson@stanford.edu Sun Jan 08 05:10:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!nkarlsson From: nkarlsson@stanford.edu (Natalia Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 05:10:41 GMT References: <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk>, akowalski@demon.co.uk (Anja Kowalski) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > 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. -- Natalia Karlsson "Marcus is not one man." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From isouza@cmu.edu Sun Jan 08 21:47:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!isouza From: isouza@cmu.edu (Ines Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jan08.214741.9665@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 21:47:41 GMT References: <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk> <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu>, nkarlsson@stanford.edu (Natalia Karlsson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Ines Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From clarsson@mit.edu Mon Jan 09 12:35:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!clarsson From: clarsson@mit.edu (Camila Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jan09.123541.4708@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 12:35:41 GMT References: <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk> <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu>, nkarlsson@stanford.edu (Natalia Karlsson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Camila Larsson "Marcus is not one man." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / FreeBSD 2.1 From jmacdonald@cmu.edu Mon Jan 09 17:16:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@cmu.edu (Joachim MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jan09.171641.2839@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 17:16:41 GMT References: <1995Jan06.012841.7328@demon.co.uk> <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.051041.1392@stanford.edu>, nkarlsson@stanford.edu (Natalia Karlsson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Joachim MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------