From dmartinez@kth.se Thu Aug 03 21:04:32 1995
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From: dmartinez@kth.se (Dave Martínez)
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Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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.

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.

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Dave Martínez
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From kmartinez@uu.net Fri Aug 04 01:02:32 1995
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From: kmartinez@uu.net (Kenji Martínez)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Aug03.210432.4623@kth.se>, dmartinez@kth.se (Dave Martínez) 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.

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Kenji Martínez -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
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