From erobertson@cam.ac.uk Thu Apr 25 04:23:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!erobertson From: erobertson@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr25.042340.5943@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 04:23:40 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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 main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Elaine Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mjohansson@pacbell.net Thu Apr 25 10:07:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!mjohansson From: mjohansson@pacbell.net (Marta Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr25.100740.1900@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:07:40 GMT References: <1996Apr25.042340.5943@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr25.042340.5943@cam.ac.uk>, erobertson@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Robertson) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Marta Johansson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From aandersson@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 26 10:01:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!aandersson From: aandersson@cam.ac.uk (Anton Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr26.100140.3834@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 10:01:40 GMT References: <1996Apr25.042340.5943@cam.ac.uk> <1996Apr25.100740.1900@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr25.100740.1900@pacbell.net>, mjohansson@pacbell.net (Marta Johansson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Anton Andersson Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."