From elee@uni-hamburg.de Thu May 12 03:08:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!elee From: elee@uni-hamburg.de (Emi Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 03:08:27 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Emi Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mgarcia@kth.se Thu May 12 21:12:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!mgarcia From: mgarcia@kth.se (Mei García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May12.211227.3554@kth.se> Date: Thu, 12 May 1994 21:12:27 GMT References: <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de>, elee@uni-hamburg.de (Emi Lee) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mei García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From yandersson@panix.com Sat May 14 10:47:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!yandersson From: yandersson@panix.com (Yuki Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May14.104727.2405@panix.com> Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 10:47:27 GMT References: <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de>, elee@uni-hamburg.de (Emi Lee) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Yuki Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "Do not worship the copy." From randersson@pipeline.com Mon May 16 14:18:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!randersson From: randersson@pipeline.com (Renata Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May16.141827.2133@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 14:18:27 GMT References: <1994May12.030827.2359@uni-hamburg.de> <1994May12.211227.3554@kth.se> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May12.211227.3554@kth.se>, mgarcia@kth.se (Mei García) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Renata Andersson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04