From mkim@uu.net Wed Apr 10 03:46:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!mkim From: mkim@uu.net (Mathieu Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 03:46:01 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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 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. -- Mathieu Kim SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From nrodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Apr 10 09:13:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Natalia Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr10.091301.2121@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 09:13:01 GMT References: <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net>, mkim@uu.net (Mathieu Kim) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Natalia Rodríguez "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1 From llindqvist@purdue.edu Thu Apr 11 13:39:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!llindqvist From: llindqvist@purdue.edu (Liam Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr11.133901.2072@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 13:39:01 GMT References: <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net>, mkim@uu.net (Mathieu Kim) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Liam Lindqvist -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Row 14. No joke." From tivanov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Apr 13 16:06:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!tivanov From: tivanov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr13.160601.3160@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 16:06:01 GMT References: <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net> <1996Apr11.133901.2072@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Apr11.133901.2072@purdue.edu>, llindqvist@purdue.edu (Liam Lindqvist) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Takeshi Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From npopov@ox.ac.uk Sun Apr 14 19:04:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!npopov From: npopov@ox.ac.uk (Nadine Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr14.190401.6026@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 19:04:01 GMT References: <1996Apr10.034601.8910@uu.net> <1996Apr10.091301.2121@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr10.091301.2121@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, nrodriguez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Natalia Rodríguez) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Nadine Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0