From ghernandez@uu.net Wed Aug 09 07:04:59 1995
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From: ghernandez@uu.net (Graham Hernández)
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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.

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.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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From mramirez@inria.fr Thu Aug 10 05:17:59 1995
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From: mramirez@inria.fr (Mike Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Aug09.070459.3765@uu.net>, ghernandez@uu.net (Graham Hernández) 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.

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