From acampbell@cam.ac.uk Sat Jun 04 14:22:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!acampbell From: acampbell@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1994 14:22:39 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Astrid Campbell -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From knovak@tum.de Sun Jun 05 21:53:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!knovak From: knovak@tum.de (Kirsty Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun05.215339.8602@tum.de> Date: Sun, 05 Jun 1994 21:53:39 GMT References: <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk>, acampbell@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Campbell) 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. -- Kirsty Novak -- Technische Universität München "We don't sign stars. We build them." From anilsson@pipeline.com Wed Jun 08 00:12:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!anilsson From: anilsson@pipeline.com (Astrid Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun08.001239.7318@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 1994 00:12:39 GMT References: <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk>, acampbell@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Campbell) 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. -- Astrid Nilsson -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Hold for relay." From blopez@earthlink.net Thu Jun 09 10:48:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!blopez From: blopez@earthlink.net (Bastien López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun09.104839.6859@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 1994 10:48:39 GMT References: <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun04.142239.8410@cam.ac.uk>, acampbell@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Bastien López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0