From soliveira@earthlink.net Fri Dec 13 13:13:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!soliveira From: soliveira@earthlink.net (Sven Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Dec13.131336.9990@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 13:13:36 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. 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. -- Sven Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From tsmirnov@inria.fr Sat Dec 14 14:44:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@inria.fr (Tyler Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Dec14.144436.5318@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 14:44:36 GMT References: <1996Dec13.131336.9990@earthlink.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec13.131336.9990@earthlink.net>, soliveira@earthlink.net (Sven Oliveira) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Tyler Smirnov "We don't sign stars. We build them." Atari TT030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From lreyes@mindspring.com Sun Dec 15 16:04:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!lreyes From: lreyes@mindspring.com (Lars Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Dec15.160436.8995@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 16:04:36 GMT References: <1996Dec13.131336.9990@earthlink.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec13.131336.9990@earthlink.net>, soliveira@earthlink.net (Sven Oliveira) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Lars Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.