From sperez@illinois.edu Mon Oct 02 18:47:00 1995
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From: sperez@illinois.edu (Sergei Pérez)
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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.

However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.
The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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From jpetrov@mit.edu Wed Oct 04 18:24:00 1995
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From: jpetrov@mit.edu (Joachim Petrov)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Oct02.184700.3750@illinois.edu>, sperez@illinois.edu (Sergei Pérez) 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.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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From preyes@utexas.edu Fri Oct 06 13:38:00 1995
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From: preyes@utexas.edu (Pavel Reyes)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 13:38:00 GMT
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In article <1995Oct04.182400.7103@mit.edu>, jpetrov@mit.edu (Joachim Petrov) writes:
> Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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Pavel Reyes
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From bsmirnov@kiae.su Sat Oct 07 16:52:00 1995
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From: bsmirnov@kiae.su (Brian Smirnov)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 16:52:00 GMT
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In article <1995Oct06.133800.4212@utexas.edu>, preyes@utexas.edu (Pavel Reyes) 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.

The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal.

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Brian Smirnov
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