From mokonkwo@pipeline.com Sat Nov 25 17:07:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@pipeline.com (Marta Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov25.170711.1278@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 17:07:11 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Marta Okonkwo -- The Pipeline Internet Network "They will send a copy in my place." From ghughes@pipeline.com Sun Nov 26 14:37:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!ghughes From: ghughes@pipeline.com (Graham Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov26.143711.3224@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 14:37:11 GMT References: <1995Nov25.170711.1278@pipeline.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov25.170711.1278@pipeline.com>, mokonkwo@pipeline.com (Marta Okonkwo) writes: > 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Graham Hughes -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From rlopez@utexas.edu Mon Nov 27 18:10:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!rlopez From: rlopez@utexas.edu (Raj López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov27.181011.6721@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 18:10:11 GMT References: <1995Nov25.170711.1278@pipeline.com> <1995Nov26.143711.3224@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov26.143711.3224@pipeline.com>, ghughes@pipeline.com (Graham Hughes) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Raj López "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4