From sgirard@kiae.su Mon Feb 20 01:03:01 1995
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From: sgirard@kiae.su (Sun-mi Girard)
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Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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.

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From mpopov@cern.ch Mon Feb 20 19:36:01 1995
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From: mpopov@cern.ch (Marta Popov)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Feb20.010301.5675@kiae.su>, sgirard@kiae.su (Sun-mi Girard) writes:
> Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

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Marta Popov
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