From jeriksson@purdue.edu Wed Feb 15 00:25:25 1995
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From: jeriksson@purdue.edu (Jen Eriksson)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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From chughes@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 15 13:49:25 1995
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From: chughes@cam.ac.uk (Camila Hughes)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Feb15.002525.5917@purdue.edu>, jeriksson@purdue.edu (Jen Eriksson) 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.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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Camila Hughes -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"

From slopez@clari.net Thu Feb 16 02:50:25 1995
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From: slopez@clari.net (Sven López)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Feb15.134925.3106@cam.ac.uk>, chughes@cam.ac.uk (Camila Hughes) writes:
> Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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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