From fmuller@ox.ac.uk Wed Sep 11 23:04:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!fmuller From: fmuller@ox.ac.uk (Freya Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:04:23 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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 low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Freya Müller "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." NeXTstation Turbo Color / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From msantos@cam.ac.uk Thu Sep 12 19:10:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!msantos From: msantos@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep12.191023.3351@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 19:10:23 GMT References: <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk>, fmuller@ox.ac.uk (Freya Müller) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Mikhail Santos -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Row 14. No joke." From vsouza@kth.se Sat Sep 14 14:37:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!vsouza From: vsouza@kth.se (Valeria Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep14.143723.3906@kth.se> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 14:37:23 GMT References: <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk>, fmuller@ox.ac.uk (Freya Müller) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Valeria Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From bsantos@kiae.su Sun Sep 15 13:21:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!bsantos From: bsantos@kiae.su (Brian Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Sep15.132123.1601@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 13:21:23 GMT References: <1996Sep11.230423.5326@ox.ac.uk> <1996Sep14.143723.3906@kth.se> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep14.143723.3906@kth.se>, vsouza@kth.se (Valeria Souza) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Brian Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------