From aramirez@purdue.edu Fri Aug 05 01:05:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!aramirez From: aramirez@purdue.edu (Aiko Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug05.010526.9035@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 01:05:26 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu 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. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. 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. -- Aiko Ramírez "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1 From eito@netcom.com Sat Aug 06 06:44:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!eito From: eito@netcom.com (Elaine Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Aug06.064426.6480@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 06:44:26 GMT References: <1994Aug05.010526.9035@purdue.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug05.010526.9035@purdue.edu>, aramirez@purdue.edu (Aiko Ramírez) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Elaine Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.