From cschneider@pacbell.net Fri Apr 26 19:30:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!cschneider From: cschneider@pacbell.net (Camila Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:30:04 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Camila Schneider "They will send a copy in my place." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From nrobertson@netcom.com Sun Apr 28 16:24:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!nrobertson From: nrobertson@netcom.com (Natalia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr28.162404.3383@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 16:24:04 GMT References: <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net>, cschneider@pacbell.net (Camila Schneider) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Natalia Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhughes@kiae.su Mon Apr 29 21:12:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!mhughes From: mhughes@kiae.su (Morag Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr29.211204.8236@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 21:12:04 GMT References: <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net>, cschneider@pacbell.net (Camila Schneider) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- === Morag Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From spark@demon.co.uk Tue Apr 30 01:07:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!spark From: spark@demon.co.uk (Sven Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr30.010704.2266@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 01:07:04 GMT References: <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net> <1996Apr28.162404.3383@netcom.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr28.162404.3383@netcom.com>, nrobertson@netcom.com (Natalia Robertson) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Sven Park Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msokolov@inria.fr Wed May 01 17:14:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!inria!msokolov From: msokolov@inria.fr (Mike Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May01.171404.1785@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 17:14:04 GMT References: <1996Apr26.193004.9867@pacbell.net> <1996Apr28.162404.3383@netcom.com> <1996Apr30.010704.2266@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr30.010704.2266@demon.co.uk>, spark@demon.co.uk (Sven Park) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Mike Sokolov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Marcus is not one man."