From tstewart@uu.net Thu Feb 23 14:21:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!tstewart From: tstewart@uu.net (Thiago Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 14:21:10 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. 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. -- Thiago Stewart -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Marcus is not one man." From mnilsson@purdue.edu Fri Feb 24 22:03:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!mnilsson From: mnilsson@purdue.edu (Morag Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb24.220310.2997@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 22:03:10 GMT References: <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net>, tstewart@uu.net (Thiago Stewart) 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. -- Morag Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From esmirnov@panix.com Sat Feb 25 04:31:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!esmirnov From: esmirnov@panix.com (Emi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb25.043110.6441@panix.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 04:31:10 GMT References: <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net>, tstewart@uu.net (Thiago Stewart) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Emi Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nito@demon.co.uk Sun Feb 26 11:53:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!nito From: nito@demon.co.uk (Natalia Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb26.115310.5782@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 11:53:10 GMT References: <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net> <1995Feb24.220310.2997@purdue.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb24.220310.2997@purdue.edu>, mnilsson@purdue.edu (Morag Nilsson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- === Natalia Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From tsilva@kth.se Tue Feb 28 02:37:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!tsilva From: tsilva@kth.se (Takeshi Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb28.023710.1473@kth.se> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 02:37:10 GMT References: <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb23.142110.8609@uu.net>, tstewart@uu.net (Thiago Stewart) 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. -- Takeshi Silva -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."