From mgirard@unam.mx Tue Dec 26 19:19:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!mgirard From: mgirard@unam.mx (Mei Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 19:19:43 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- === Mei Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From nlee@purdue.edu Wed Dec 27 21:39:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!nlee From: nlee@purdue.edu (Nadia Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec27.213943.2600@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 21:39:43 GMT References: <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx>, mgirard@unam.mx (Mei Girard) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Nadia Lee Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From lbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Fri Dec 29 06:13:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!lbrennan From: lbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec29.061343.7220@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 06:13:43 GMT References: <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx>, mgirard@unam.mx (Mei Girard) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Lisa Brennan -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From sjohansson@hanse.de Sat Dec 30 19:30:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!sjohansson From: sjohansson@hanse.de (Steve Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec30.193043.2337@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 19:30:43 GMT References: <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx>, mgirard@unam.mx (Mei Girard) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Steve Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From hhernandez@tum.de Sun Dec 31 15:50:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!hhernandez From: hhernandez@tum.de (Heather Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec31.155043.7534@tum.de> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 15:50:43 GMT References: <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec26.191943.3863@unam.mx>, mgirard@unam.mx (Mei Girard) 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. -- Heather Hernández Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.