From aokonkwo@mindspring.com Wed Nov 08 16:43:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@mindspring.com (Anton Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov08.164312.5869@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 16:43:12 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Anton Okonkwo US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dtanaka@kiae.su Thu Nov 09 20:02:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!dtanaka From: dtanaka@kiae.su (Dave Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov09.200212.8339@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 20:02:12 GMT References: <1995Nov08.164312.5869@mindspring.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov08.164312.5869@mindspring.com>, aokonkwo@mindspring.com (Anton Okonkwo) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Dave Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From nwatanabe@pipeline.com Sat Nov 11 20:05:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!nwatanabe From: nwatanabe@pipeline.com (Nadia Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov11.200512.7704@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:05:12 GMT References: <1995Nov08.164312.5869@mindspring.com> <1995Nov09.200212.8339@kiae.su> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov09.200212.8339@kiae.su>, dtanaka@kiae.su (Dave Tanaka) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Nadia Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Row 14. No joke." From tsilva@ox.ac.uk Mon Nov 13 21:30:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!tsilva From: tsilva@ox.ac.uk (Tobias Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov13.213012.8495@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 21:30:12 GMT References: <1995Nov08.164312.5869@mindspring.com> <1995Nov09.200212.8339@kiae.su> <1995Nov11.200512.7704@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov11.200512.7704@pipeline.com>, nwatanabe@pipeline.com (Nadia Watanabe) 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. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Tobias Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Do not worship the copy."