From fmoreau@netcom.com Mon Apr 04 12:44:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!fmoreau From: fmoreau@netcom.com (Freya Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 12:44:36 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. 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. -- === Freya Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From jhughes@netcom.com Mon Apr 04 20:16:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!jhughes From: jhughes@netcom.com (Ji-woo Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr04.201636.9063@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 20:16:36 GMT References: <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com>, fmoreau@netcom.com (Freya Moreau) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Ji-woo Hughes Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From sandersson@ox.ac.uk Tue Apr 05 20:18:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!sandersson From: sandersson@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr05.201836.1684@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 20:18:36 GMT References: <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com> <1994Apr04.201636.9063@netcom.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr04.201636.9063@netcom.com>, jhughes@netcom.com (Ji-woo Hughes) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Sergei Andersson | sandersson@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 2779 D29D 486F 140B "Keep the channels open." From gsokolov@purdue.edu Thu Apr 07 04:51:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!gsokolov From: gsokolov@purdue.edu (Göran Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr07.045136.9234@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 04:51:36 GMT References: <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com> <1994Apr04.201636.9063@netcom.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr04.201636.9063@netcom.com>, jhughes@netcom.com (Ji-woo Hughes) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Göran Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From slee@mindspring.com Thu Apr 07 16:46:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!slee From: slee@mindspring.com (Steve Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr07.164636.5647@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 16:46:36 GMT References: <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr04.124436.8154@netcom.com>, fmoreau@netcom.com (Freya Moreau) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Steve Lee | slee@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 42F3 B424 30E4 58A0 "Keep the channels open."