From mstewart@tum.de Mon Mar 14 17:59:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!mstewart From: mstewart@tum.de (Matthias Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 17:59:52 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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? -- Matthias Stewart | mstewart@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 1214 C27C 2137 A624 "Keep the channels open." From asmirnov@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 16 04:50:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!asmirnov From: asmirnov@berkeley.edu (Aiko Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar16.045052.5156@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 04:50:52 GMT References: <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de>, mstewart@tum.de (Matthias Stewart) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Aiko Smirnov | asmirnov@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 20F7 66FF 129D 9F64 "Keep the channels open." From slaurent@titech.ac.jp Thu Mar 17 08:23:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!slaurent From: slaurent@titech.ac.jp (Steve Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar17.082352.5377@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 08:23:52 GMT References: <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de>, mstewart@tum.de (Matthias Stewart) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Steve Laurent -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mvasiliev@inria.fr Fri Mar 18 23:40:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@inria.fr (Mateo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Mar18.234052.3077@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 23:40:52 GMT References: <1994Mar14.175952.9639@tum.de> <1994Mar17.082352.5377@titech.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar17.082352.5377@titech.ac.jp>, slaurent@titech.ac.jp (Steve Laurent) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Mateo Vasiliev "Hold for relay." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3