From elopez@uni-hamburg.de Mon May 15 07:18:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!elopez From: elopez@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 07:18:28 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. -- Élodie López -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From khughes@kiae.su Wed May 17 04:54:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!khughes From: khughes@kiae.su (Kirsty Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May17.045428.7552@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 04:54:28 GMT References: <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de>, elopez@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie López) 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. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Kirsty Hughes "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1 From mduarte@rwth-aachen.de Wed May 17 08:17:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!mduarte From: mduarte@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May17.081728.6746@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 08:17:28 GMT References: <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de> <1995May17.045428.7552@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May17.045428.7552@kiae.su>, khughes@kiae.su (Kirsty Hughes) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Mathieu Duarte "We don't sign stars. We build them." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From rlarsson@earthlink.net Wed May 17 23:44:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!rlarsson From: rlarsson@earthlink.net (Raj Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May17.234428.2343@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 23:44:28 GMT References: <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de>, elopez@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie López) 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Raj Larsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Hold for relay." From jhughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri May 19 03:34:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!jhughes From: jhughes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ji-woo Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May19.033428.1281@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 03:34:28 GMT References: <1995May15.071828.5884@uni-hamburg.de> <1995May17.045428.7552@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995May17.045428.7552@kiae.su>, khughes@kiae.su (Kirsty Hughes) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Ji-woo Hughes -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Row 14. No joke."