From alaurent@pacbell.net Mon Jun 10 06:53:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!alaurent From: alaurent@pacbell.net (Aiko Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 06:53:49 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- === Aiko Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From jhughes@pacbell.net Wed Jun 12 00:15:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!jhughes From: jhughes@pacbell.net (Jens Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun12.001549.4593@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:15:49 GMT References: <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net>, alaurent@pacbell.net (Aiko Laurent) 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. -- Jens Hughes | jhughes@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: F907 1AD0 5D6D 6FC6 "Keep the channels open." From dsato@illinois.edu Thu Jun 13 23:54:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!dsato From: dsato@illinois.edu (Dong-hyun Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun13.235449.9302@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 23:54:49 GMT References: <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net> <1996Jun12.001549.4593@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun12.001549.4593@pacbell.net>, jhughes@pacbell.net (Jens Hughes) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Dong-hyun Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From estewart@hanse.de Sat Jun 15 22:23:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!estewart From: estewart@hanse.de (Elaine Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun15.222349.2855@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 22:23:49 GMT References: <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net>, alaurent@pacbell.net (Aiko Laurent) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Elaine Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lwatanabe@berkeley.edu Mon Jun 17 22:52:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!lwatanabe From: lwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Lucia Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun17.225249.2269@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 22:52:49 GMT References: <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun10.065349.6676@pacbell.net>, alaurent@pacbell.net (Aiko Laurent) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Lucia Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0