From rperez@rwth-aachen.de Fri Aug 16 04:43:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!rperez From: rperez@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 04:43:45 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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. -- Raj Pérez "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From jmoreno@mit.edu Sat Aug 17 14:29:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!jmoreno From: jmoreno@mit.edu (Jens Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug17.142945.1436@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 14:29:45 GMT References: <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de>, rperez@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Pérez) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Jens Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ftanaka@mindspring.com Mon Aug 19 12:10:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!ftanaka From: ftanaka@mindspring.com (Freya Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug19.121045.5976@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 12:10:45 GMT References: <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de>, rperez@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Pérez) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Freya Tanaka -- MindSpring Enterprises "Marcus is not one man." From spopov@inria.fr Wed Aug 21 14:39:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!spopov From: spopov@inria.fr (Seo-yeon Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug21.143945.1509@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 14:39:45 GMT References: <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Aug19.121045.5976@mindspring.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.121045.5976@mindspring.com>, ftanaka@mindspring.com (Freya Tanaka) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Seo-yeon Popov "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04 From lgarcia@kth.se Fri Aug 23 15:58:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!lgarcia From: lgarcia@kth.se (Lisa García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug23.155845.2059@kth.se> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 15:58:45 GMT References: <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug16.044345.4749@rwth-aachen.de>, rperez@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Pérez) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Lisa García -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."