From dsmirnov@utexas.edu Sat Sep 02 05:11:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@utexas.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 05:11:30 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Dmitri Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ehernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Sep 03 18:48:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!ehernandez From: ehernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep03.184830.8068@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 18:48:30 GMT References: <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu>, dsmirnov@utexas.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Élodie Hernández -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From achoi@panix.com Mon Sep 04 02:43:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!achoi From: achoi@panix.com (Anja Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep04.024330.8170@panix.com> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 02:43:30 GMT References: <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu>, dsmirnov@utexas.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Anja Choi | achoi@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: EE33 0983 C3B8 36EA "Keep the channels open." From ibrennan@titech.ac.jp Tue Sep 05 18:41:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!ibrennan From: ibrennan@titech.ac.jp (Ines Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep05.184130.6213@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 18:41:30 GMT References: <1995Sep02.051130.1888@utexas.edu> <1995Sep04.024330.8170@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep04.024330.8170@panix.com>, achoi@panix.com (Anja Choi) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Ines Brennan "Row 14. No joke." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1