From neriksson@clari.net Tue Feb 15 03:56:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!neriksson From: neriksson@clari.net (Natalia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 03:56:13 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Natalia Eriksson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From ksuzuki@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 16 17:40:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb16.174013.9115@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 17:40:13 GMT References: <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net>, neriksson@clari.net (Natalia Eriksson) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Kenji Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ysantos@cam.ac.uk Thu Feb 17 02:00:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!ysantos From: ysantos@cam.ac.uk (Yuki Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb17.020013.3629@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 02:00:13 GMT References: <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net>, neriksson@clari.net (Natalia Eriksson) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Yuki Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From btanaka@unam.mx Thu Feb 17 16:03:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!btanaka From: btanaka@unam.mx (Bill Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb17.160313.8678@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 16:03:13 GMT References: <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net> <1994Feb17.020013.3629@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb17.020013.3629@cam.ac.uk>, ysantos@cam.ac.uk (Yuki Santos) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Bill Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From rnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Feb 17 19:17:13 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!rnilsson From: rnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Renata Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Feb17.191713.7932@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 19:17:13 GMT References: <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Feb15.035613.7331@clari.net>, neriksson@clari.net (Natalia Eriksson) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Renata Nilsson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."