From tkowalski@rwth-aachen.de Sun Dec 03 18:13:11 1995
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From: tkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Tobias Kowalski)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.

However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.
Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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From mduarte@kth.se Mon Dec 04 08:06:11 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Dec03.181311.3307@rwth-aachen.de>, tkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Tobias Kowalski) 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 mpark@uu.net Tue Dec 05 11:28:11 1995
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From: mpark@uu.net (Marisol Park)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Dec03.181311.3307@rwth-aachen.de>, tkowalski@rwth-aachen.de (Tobias Kowalski) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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