From ngonzalez@unam.mx Tue Feb 21 23:06:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!unam!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@unam.mx (Natalia González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 23:06:29 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Natalia González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From esmirnov@kiae.su Thu Feb 23 23:14:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!esmirnov From: esmirnov@kiae.su (Emi Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb23.231429.9269@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 23:14:29 GMT References: <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx>, ngonzalez@unam.mx (Natalia González) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Emi Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From aeriksson@mit.edu Fri Feb 24 06:30:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!aeriksson From: aeriksson@mit.edu (Aiko Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb24.063029.1812@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 06:30:29 GMT References: <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx>, ngonzalez@unam.mx (Natalia González) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Aiko Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rpopov@panix.com Fri Feb 24 17:11:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!rpopov From: rpopov@panix.com (Rodrigo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb24.171129.2881@panix.com> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 17:11:29 GMT References: <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb21.230629.3525@unam.mx>, ngonzalez@unam.mx (Natalia González) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Rodrigo Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0