From bperez@pacbell.net Wed Jun 26 10:12:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!bperez From: bperez@pacbell.net (Bruno Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:12:55 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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. -- Bruno Pérez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tweber@cmu.edu Thu Jun 27 00:15:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!tweber From: tweber@cmu.edu (Tomas Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun27.001555.7691@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:15:55 GMT References: <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net>, bperez@pacbell.net (Bruno Pérez) writes: > 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Tomas Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rramirez@hanse.de Fri Jun 28 22:21:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!rramirez From: rramirez@hanse.de (Rodrigo Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun28.222155.4173@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 22:21:55 GMT References: <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net>, bperez@pacbell.net (Bruno Pérez) writes: > 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Rodrigo Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cpetrov@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jun 29 02:23:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!cpetrov From: cpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Camila Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun29.022355.5177@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:23:55 GMT References: <1996Jun26.101255.9024@pacbell.net> <1996Jun28.222155.4173@hanse.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun28.222155.4173@hanse.de>, rramirez@hanse.de (Rodrigo Ramírez) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Camila Petrov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."