From vfischer@cern.ch Mon Oct 16 20:57:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!vfischer From: vfischer@cern.ch (Valeria Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 20:57:33 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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? -- Valeria Fischer "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ireyes@cmu.edu Wed Oct 18 00:12:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!ireyes From: ireyes@cmu.edu (Ines Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 00:12:33 GMT References: <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch>, vfischer@cern.ch (Valeria Fischer) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Ines Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From khernandez@pacbell.net Thu Oct 19 17:43:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!khernandez From: khernandez@pacbell.net (Kirsty Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct19.174333.2189@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 17:43:33 GMT References: <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch> <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu>, ireyes@cmu.edu (Ines Reyes) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Kirsty Hernández | khernandez@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: A57A EB30 A122 2C43 "Keep the channels open." From dlopez@berkeley.edu Fri Oct 20 10:47:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!dlopez From: dlopez@berkeley.edu (Diego López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct20.104733.3261@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 10:47:33 GMT References: <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch> <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu>, ireyes@cmu.edu (Ines Reyes) 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. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Diego López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From nbrennan@tum.de Sun Oct 22 10:40:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!nbrennan From: nbrennan@tum.de (Nadine Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Oct22.104033.1589@tum.de> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 10:40:33 GMT References: <1995Oct16.205733.7552@cern.ch> <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct18.001233.5752@cmu.edu>, ireyes@cmu.edu (Ines Reyes) 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- === Nadine Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "They will send a copy in my place."