From asouza@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jan 22 03:08:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!asouza From: asouza@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 03:08:34 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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? -- === Andrei Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rlopez@cmu.edu Sun Jan 23 08:38:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!rlopez From: rlopez@cmu.edu (Rodrigo López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan23.083834.4633@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 08:38:34 GMT References: <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de>, asouza@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Souza) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Rodrigo López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From pfischer@mindspring.com Mon Jan 24 13:10:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!pfischer From: pfischer@mindspring.com (Pavel Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan24.131034.8032@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 13:10:34 GMT References: <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de>, asouza@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Souza) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Pavel Fischer -- MindSpring Enterprises "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From dgonzalez@demon.co.uk Tue Jan 25 15:13:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Diego González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan25.151334.3154@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 15:13:34 GMT References: <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Jan24.131034.8032@mindspring.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan24.131034.8032@mindspring.com>, pfischer@mindspring.com (Pavel Fischer) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Diego González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jkim@cmu.edu Thu Jan 27 15:32:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!jkim From: jkim@cmu.edu (Jen Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jan27.153234.9827@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 15:32:34 GMT References: <1994Jan22.030834.4948@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Jan24.131034.8032@mindspring.com> <1994Jan25.151334.3154@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan25.151334.3154@demon.co.uk>, dgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Diego González) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jen Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0