From ecampbell@demon.co.uk Fri Apr 15 22:44:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!ecampbell From: ecampbell@demon.co.uk (Emi Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 22:44:11 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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. -- === Emi Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From amoreno@illinois.edu Sat Apr 16 02:56:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!amoreno From: amoreno@illinois.edu (Amy Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr16.025611.7213@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 02:56:11 GMT References: <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk>, ecampbell@demon.co.uk (Emi Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Amy Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From fmoreau@illinois.edu Sun Apr 17 10:26:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!fmoreau From: fmoreau@illinois.edu (Freya Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr17.102611.2692@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 10:26:11 GMT References: <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk>, ecampbell@demon.co.uk (Emi Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Freya Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From vsuzuki@titech.ac.jp Mon Apr 18 23:35:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!vsuzuki From: vsuzuki@titech.ac.jp (Valeria Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr18.233511.7683@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 23:35:11 GMT References: <1994Apr15.224411.6670@demon.co.uk> <1994Apr17.102611.2692@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr17.102611.2692@illinois.edu>, fmoreau@illinois.edu (Freya Moreau) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Valeria Suzuki | vsuzuki@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 592D DF0F 9DFB 0796 "Keep the channels open."