From anakamura@cern.ch Mon Jul 01 19:29:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!anakamura From: anakamura@cern.ch (Amy Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jul01.192930.3848@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 19:29:30 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. 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. -- === Amy Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Do not worship the copy." From ssuzuki@inria.fr Wed Jul 03 12:01:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@inria.fr (Sven Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jul03.120130.8866@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 12:01:30 GMT References: <1996Jul01.192930.3848@cern.ch> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul01.192930.3848@cern.ch>, anakamura@cern.ch (Amy Nakamura) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Sven Suzuki Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rgirard@kiae.su Thu Jul 04 16:28:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!rgirard From: rgirard@kiae.su (Renata Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jul04.162830.4685@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 16:28:30 GMT References: <1996Jul01.192930.3848@cern.ch> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul01.192930.3848@cern.ch>, anakamura@cern.ch (Amy Nakamura) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Renata Girard US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."