From bgonzalez@titech.ac.jp Mon Apr 11 11:36:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Bill González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 11:36:18 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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. -- Bill González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From igonzalez@stanford.edu Mon Apr 11 13:43:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!igonzalez From: igonzalez@stanford.edu (Ines González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr11.134318.4136@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 13:43:18 GMT References: <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp>, bgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Bill González) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Ines González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From sschneider@pacbell.net Wed Apr 13 10:46:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!sschneider From: sschneider@pacbell.net (Sergei Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr13.104618.5880@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:46:18 GMT References: <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp>, bgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Bill González) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Sergei Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From jlarsson@rwth-aachen.de Fri Apr 15 11:58:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!jlarsson From: jlarsson@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr15.115818.6123@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 11:58:18 GMT References: <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp>, bgonzalez@titech.ac.jp (Bill González) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Julien Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From blee@delphi.com Sat Apr 16 22:31:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!blee From: blee@delphi.com (Bastien Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr16.223118.2148@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 22:31:18 GMT References: <1994Apr11.113618.7992@titech.ac.jp> <1994Apr15.115818.6123@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr15.115818.6123@rwth-aachen.de>, jlarsson@rwth-aachen.de (Julien Larsson) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Bastien Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0