From mmuller@illinois.edu Sat Mar 19 20:18:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mmuller From: mmuller@illinois.edu (Marisol Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 20:18:05 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Marisol Müller "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From jeriksson@kiae.su Sun Mar 20 12:19:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!jeriksson From: jeriksson@kiae.su (Jens Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar20.121905.5157@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 12:19:05 GMT References: <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu>, mmuller@illinois.edu (Marisol Müller) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Jens Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmacdonald@panix.com Mon Mar 21 20:15:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@panix.com (Mei MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar21.201505.8570@panix.com> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 20:15:05 GMT References: <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu> <1994Mar20.121905.5157@kiae.su> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar20.121905.5157@kiae.su>, jeriksson@kiae.su (Jens Eriksson) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Mei MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From edubois@cern.ch Wed Mar 23 12:35:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!edubois From: edubois@cern.ch (Emi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar23.123505.3099@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 12:35:05 GMT References: <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu> <1994Mar20.121905.5157@kiae.su> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar20.121905.5157@kiae.su>, jeriksson@kiae.su (Jens Eriksson) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Emi Dubois Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke." From mnakamura@ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 24 20:57:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!mnakamura From: mnakamura@ox.ac.uk (Mike Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar24.205705.4587@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 20:57:05 GMT References: <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar19.201805.1329@illinois.edu>, mmuller@illinois.edu (Marisol Müller) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > 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. -- Mike Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0