From mito@netcom.com Mon Sep 09 04:26:17 1996
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From: mito@netcom.com (Min-jun Ito)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

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.

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=== Min-jun Ito ===
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"Do not worship the copy."

From mperez@tum.de Tue Sep 10 04:24:17 1996
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From: mperez@tum.de (Marisol Pérez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Sep09.042617.4600@netcom.com>, mito@netcom.com (Min-jun Ito) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

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From dmoreno@unam.mx Thu Sep 12 02:18:17 1996
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From: dmoreno@unam.mx (Dave Moreno)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Sep09.042617.4600@netcom.com>, mito@netcom.com (Min-jun Ito) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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=== Dave Moreno ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA)
"Do not worship the copy."