From mito@demon.co.uk Mon Feb 26 04:05:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!mito From: mito@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 04:05:38 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Mikhail Ito Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From agarcia@inria.fr Tue Feb 27 02:42:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!agarcia From: agarcia@inria.fr (Aiko García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb27.024238.1792@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 02:42:38 GMT References: <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk>, mito@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Aiko García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rmuller@ox.ac.uk Tue Feb 27 07:57:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!rmuller From: rmuller@ox.ac.uk (Raj Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb27.075738.8113@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 07:57:38 GMT References: <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk>, mito@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Raj Müller "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From mlaurent@mindspring.com Tue Feb 27 19:57:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!mlaurent From: mlaurent@mindspring.com (Mathieu Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb27.195738.5201@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 19:57:38 GMT References: <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk> <1996Feb27.075738.8113@ox.ac.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb27.075738.8113@ox.ac.uk>, rmuller@ox.ac.uk (Raj Müller) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Mathieu Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mpetrov@cern.ch Thu Feb 29 09:42:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!mpetrov From: mpetrov@cern.ch (Mike Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Feb29.094238.7532@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 09:42:38 GMT References: <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb26.040538.1263@demon.co.uk>, mito@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Ito) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Mike Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.