From elaurent@inria.fr Sun Jun 26 15:22:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!elaurent From: elaurent@inria.fr (Elaine Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 15:22:30 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Elaine Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ksuzuki@uu.net Sun Jun 26 23:43:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@uu.net (Kenji Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun26.234330.6868@uu.net> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 23:43:30 GMT References: <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr>, elaurent@inria.fr (Elaine Laurent) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Kenji Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Hold for relay." From astewart@hanse.de Tue Jun 28 11:22:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!astewart From: astewart@hanse.de (Aiko Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun28.112230.9706@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 11:22:30 GMT References: <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr>, elaurent@inria.fr (Elaine Laurent) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Aiko Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From sdubois@cam.ac.uk Wed Jun 29 05:10:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!sdubois From: sdubois@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun29.051030.2925@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 05:10:30 GMT References: <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr> <1994Jun28.112230.9706@hanse.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun28.112230.9706@hanse.de>, astewart@hanse.de (Aiko Stewart) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Sergei Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From tpark@unam.mx Wed Jun 29 14:05:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!tpark From: tpark@unam.mx (Tobias Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun29.140530.2266@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 14:05:30 GMT References: <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun26.152230.5435@inria.fr>, elaurent@inria.fr (Elaine Laurent) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Tobias Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "They will send a copy in my place."