From rlindqvist@netcom.com Fri Jun 16 08:53:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!rlindqvist From: rlindqvist@netcom.com (Renata Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 08:53:51 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. 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? -- Renata Lindqvist -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Marcus is not one man." From amoreau@earthlink.net Sat Jun 17 18:34:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!amoreau From: amoreau@earthlink.net (Anton Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 18:34:51 GMT References: <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com>, rlindqvist@netcom.com (Renata Lindqvist) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Anton Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From greyes@berkeley.edu Sat Jun 17 23:59:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!greyes From: greyes@berkeley.edu (Graham Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun17.235951.1118@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 23:59:51 GMT References: <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com> <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net>, amoreau@earthlink.net (Anton Moreau) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Graham Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From tsuzuki@kth.se Mon Jun 19 17:57:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@kth.se (Tobias Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun19.175751.6464@kth.se> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 17:57:51 GMT References: <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com> <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net>, amoreau@earthlink.net (Anton Moreau) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Tobias Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Marcus is not one man." From dmuller@illinois.edu Wed Jun 21 19:47:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!dmuller From: dmuller@illinois.edu (Diego Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jun21.194751.3897@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:47:51 GMT References: <1995Jun16.085351.6127@netcom.com> <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.183451.5265@earthlink.net>, amoreau@earthlink.net (Anton Moreau) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Diego Müller "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1