From mmoreau@purdue.edu Sat Dec 21 03:40:28 1996
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From: mmoreau@purdue.edu (Mateo Moreau)
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Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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From gtanaka@utexas.edu Sat Dec 21 13:12:28 1996
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From: gtanaka@utexas.edu (Graham Tanaka)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Dec21.034028.9337@purdue.edu>, mmoreau@purdue.edu (Mateo Moreau) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

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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From fkang@ox.ac.uk Mon Dec 23 09:12:28 1996
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Dec21.131228.5963@utexas.edu>, gtanaka@utexas.edu (Graham Tanaka) writes:
> Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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