From hkarlsson@kth.se Sat May 13 03:19:12 1995
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From: hkarlsson@kth.se (Heather Karlsson)
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Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

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.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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=== Heather Karlsson ===
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"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From efournier@rwth-aachen.de Sat May 13 15:32:12 1995
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From: efournier@rwth-aachen.de (Elaine Fournier)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995May13.031912.1788@kth.se>, hkarlsson@kth.se (Heather Karlsson) writes:
> Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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