From hsokolov@inria.fr Tue Dec 10 19:02:09 1996
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From: hsokolov@inria.fr (Hana Sokolov)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

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

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Hana Sokolov
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From mvasiliev@stanford.edu Tue Dec 10 21:51:09 1996
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From: mvasiliev@stanford.edu (Mathieu Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Dec10.190209.7058@inria.fr>, hsokolov@inria.fr (Hana Sokolov) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

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

-- 
Mathieu Vasiliev -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
"They will send a copy in my place."

From csato@hanse.de Wed Dec 11 23:30:09 1996
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From: csato@hanse.de (Camila Sato)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Dec10.190209.7058@inria.fr>, hsokolov@inria.fr (Hana Sokolov) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

-- 
Camila Sato
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg.
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From apark@delphi.com Thu Dec 12 02:37:09 1996
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From: apark@delphi.com (Aiko Park)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Dec11.233009.1172@hanse.de>, csato@hanse.de (Camila Sato) writes:
> Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

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

-- 
Aiko Park -- Delphi Internet Services
"A soul is not exclusive to biology."