From fdubois@uni-hamburg.de Tue Aug 16 09:50:25 1994
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From: fdubois@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Dubois)
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Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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.
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.

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Freya Dubois -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik
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From mfischer@hanse.de Wed Aug 17 05:35:25 1994
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From: mfischer@hanse.de (Mikhail Fischer)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Aug16.095025.5493@uni-hamburg.de>, fdubois@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Dubois) 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.

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Mikhail Fischer
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From bschneider@illinois.edu Fri Aug 19 02:42:25 1994
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From: bschneider@illinois.edu (Brian Schneider)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 02:42:25 GMT
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In article <1994Aug17.053525.7705@hanse.de>, mfischer@hanse.de (Mikhail Fischer) writes:
> Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

-- 
Brian Schneider <bschneider@illinois.edu>
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."
Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3