From slopez@demon.co.uk Thu Nov 16 21:58:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!slopez From: slopez@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 21:58:04 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Seo-yeon López -- Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From leriksson@illinois.edu Fri Nov 17 07:24:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!leriksson From: leriksson@illinois.edu (Lucia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov17.072404.8591@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 07:24:04 GMT References: <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk>, slopez@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon López) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Lucia Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From skarlsson@rwth-aachen.de Fri Nov 17 13:53:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!skarlsson From: skarlsson@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov17.135304.2103@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:53:04 GMT References: <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk> <1995Nov17.072404.8591@illinois.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov17.072404.8591@illinois.edu>, leriksson@illinois.edu (Lucia Eriksson) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Sun-mi Karlsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From smoreau@mindspring.com Fri Nov 17 15:46:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!smoreau From: smoreau@mindspring.com (Sven Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov17.154604.9913@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 15:46:04 GMT References: <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk> <1995Nov17.072404.8591@illinois.edu> <1995Nov17.135304.2103@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov17.135304.2103@rwth-aachen.de>, skarlsson@rwth-aachen.de (Sun-mi Karlsson) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Sven Moreau "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From hchoi@pipeline.com Sat Nov 18 05:20:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!hchoi From: hchoi@pipeline.com (Hugo Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov18.052004.1466@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 05:20:04 GMT References: <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov16.215804.8890@demon.co.uk>, slopez@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon López) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Hugo Choi Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy."