From sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Oct 09 16:50:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!sito From: sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 16:50:29 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Seo-yeon Ito Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Marcus is not one man." From pito@stanford.edu Tue Oct 10 04:27:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!pito From: pito@stanford.edu (Pavel Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct10.042729.1447@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 04:27:29 GMT References: <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Ito) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Pavel Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nreyes@rwth-aachen.de Wed Oct 11 10:34:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!nreyes From: nreyes@rwth-aachen.de (Natalia Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct11.103429.9918@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 10:34:29 GMT References: <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Ito) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Natalia Reyes -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From bweber@kth.se Wed Oct 11 22:56:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!bweber From: bweber@kth.se (Bruno Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct11.225629.3514@kth.se> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:56:29 GMT References: <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Ito) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Bruno Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mperez@panix.com Thu Oct 12 17:08:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!mperez From: mperez@panix.com (Morag Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct12.170829.5130@panix.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 17:08:29 GMT References: <1995Oct09.165029.1908@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Oct10.042729.1447@stanford.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.042729.1447@stanford.edu>, pito@stanford.edu (Pavel Ito) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Morag Pérez "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1