From ksanchez@earthlink.net Mon Oct 17 22:20:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!ksanchez From: ksanchez@earthlink.net (Karen Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 22:20:37 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Karen Sánchez | ksanchez@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 633A 46BE 2BFC E899 "Keep the channels open." From fgarcia@demon.co.uk Wed Oct 19 18:52:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!fgarcia From: fgarcia@demon.co.uk (Freya García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Oct19.185237.5199@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 18:52:37 GMT References: <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net>, ksanchez@earthlink.net (Karen Sánchez) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Freya García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From asilva@inria.fr Fri Oct 21 03:45:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!asilva From: asilva@inria.fr (Anton Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Oct21.034537.9070@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 03:45:37 GMT References: <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net>, ksanchez@earthlink.net (Karen Sánchez) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Anton Silva Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From ejohansson@ox.ac.uk Sat Oct 22 13:37:37 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!ejohansson From: ejohansson@ox.ac.uk (Emi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Oct22.133737.1843@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 13:37:37 GMT References: <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct17.222037.4601@earthlink.net>, ksanchez@earthlink.net (Karen Sánchez) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Emi Johansson "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3