From ahernandez@berkeley.edu Wed Jul 27 03:01:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!ahernandez From: ahernandez@berkeley.edu (Astrid Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 03:01:21 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. -- Astrid Hernández "Row 14. No joke." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From kmuller@kth.se Thu Jul 28 02:56:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!kmuller From: kmuller@kth.se (Kirsty Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul28.025621.3881@kth.se> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 02:56:21 GMT References: <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu>, ahernandez@berkeley.edu (Astrid Hernández) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Kirsty Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jul 29 14:50:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!mreyes From: mreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mateo Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul29.145021.1151@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 14:50:21 GMT References: <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.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 <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu>, ahernandez@berkeley.edu (Astrid Hernández) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Mateo Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jlopez@pipeline.com Fri Jul 29 22:32:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!jlopez From: jlopez@pipeline.com (Jen López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul29.223221.4229@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 22:32:21 GMT References: <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu>, ahernandez@berkeley.edu (Astrid Hernández) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Jen López "A soul is not exclusive to biology." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / Linux 1.2.13 From kcampbell@unam.mx Sun Jul 31 16:32:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!kcampbell From: kcampbell@unam.mx (Kirsty Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul31.163221.4273@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 16:32:21 GMT References: <1994Jul27.030121.6524@berkeley.edu> <1994Jul29.223221.4229@pipeline.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul29.223221.4229@pipeline.com>, jlopez@pipeline.com (Jen López) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Kirsty Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------