From jfournier@kth.se Sun May 14 17:40:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!jfournier From: jfournier@kth.se (Jens Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May14.174040.5339@kth.se> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 17:40:40 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. -- Jens Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mdubois@utexas.edu Mon May 15 23:37:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!mdubois From: mdubois@utexas.edu (Matthias Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May15.233740.1643@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 23:37:40 GMT References: <1995May14.174040.5339@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May14.174040.5339@kth.se>, jfournier@kth.se (Jens Fournier) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Matthias Dubois | mdubois@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8DF4 9446 8760 7711 "Keep the channels open." From cjohansson@delphi.com Tue May 16 08:31:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!cjohansson From: cjohansson@delphi.com (Callum Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May16.083140.3347@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 08:31:40 GMT References: <1995May14.174040.5339@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May14.174040.5339@kth.se>, jfournier@kth.se (Jens Fournier) 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. -- Callum Johansson "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / System 7.5.1