From blopez@cam.ac.uk Tue Aug 01 23:58:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!blopez From: blopez@cam.ac.uk (Bruno López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug01.235849.6589@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 23:58:49 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. -- Bruno López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From mhughes@uu.net Thu Aug 03 02:44:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!mhughes From: mhughes@uu.net (Marisol Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug03.024449.1693@uu.net> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 02:44:49 GMT References: <1995Aug01.235849.6589@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug01.235849.6589@cam.ac.uk>, blopez@cam.ac.uk (Bruno López) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Marisol Hughes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ddubois@pacbell.net Fri Aug 04 04:07:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!ddubois From: ddubois@pacbell.net (Dmitri Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug04.040749.9935@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 04:07:49 GMT References: <1995Aug01.235849.6589@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug01.235849.6589@cam.ac.uk>, blopez@cam.ac.uk (Bruno López) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Dmitri Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0