From ejohansson@cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 08 23:43:47 1996
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From: ejohansson@cam.ac.uk (Élodie Johansson)
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Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

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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Élodie Johansson -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
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From lkang@uu.net Tue Jul 09 12:42:47 1996
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From: lkang@uu.net (Lisa Kang)
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Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Jul08.234347.9296@cam.ac.uk>, ejohansson@cam.ac.uk (Élodie Johansson) writes:
> Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?
> The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

-- 
=== Lisa Kang ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."