From dperez@illinois.edu Mon Mar 13 06:51:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!dperez From: dperez@illinois.edu (Diego Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 06:51:08 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Diego Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From krobertson@unam.mx Tue Mar 14 15:56:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!krobertson From: krobertson@unam.mx (Kenji Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 15:56:08 GMT References: <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu>, dperez@illinois.edu (Diego Pérez) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Kenji Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From cjohansson@uni-hamburg.de Thu Mar 16 06:29:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!cjohansson From: cjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Camila Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar16.062908.5464@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 06:29:08 GMT References: <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu> <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx>, krobertson@unam.mx (Kenji Robertson) 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. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Camila Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From kfischer@kiae.su Fri Mar 17 04:24:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!kfischer From: kfischer@kiae.su (Karen Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar17.042408.4061@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 04:24:08 GMT References: <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu> <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx> <1995Mar16.062908.5464@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar16.062908.5464@uni-hamburg.de>, cjohansson@uni-hamburg.de (Camila Johansson) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Karen Fischer "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From nfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Mar 17 16:12:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!nfischer From: nfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Natalia Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar17.161208.2998@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 16:12:08 GMT References: <1995Mar13.065108.6355@illinois.edu> <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar14.155608.3051@unam.mx>, krobertson@unam.mx (Kenji Robertson) 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. -- Natalia Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0