From fsilva@cmu.edu Mon Dec 11 13:34:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!fsilva From: fsilva@cmu.edu (Fiona Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:34:19 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. 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? -- === Fiona Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jreyes@mindspring.com Wed Dec 13 15:18:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!jreyes From: jreyes@mindspring.com (Julien Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec13.151819.6063@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 15:18:19 GMT References: <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu>, fsilva@cmu.edu (Fiona Silva) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Julien Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From akuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 15 03:42:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec15.034219.5529@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 03:42:19 GMT References: <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu>, fsilva@cmu.edu (Fiona Silva) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Andrei Kuznetsov "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From msanchez@inria.fr Sat Dec 16 04:20:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!msanchez From: msanchez@inria.fr (Marisol Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec16.042019.9544@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 04:20:19 GMT References: <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec11.133419.4385@cmu.edu>, fsilva@cmu.edu (Fiona Silva) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Marisol Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0