From jpark@tum.de Tue Jan 23 20:48:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!jpark From: jpark@tum.de (Joachim Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 20:48:47 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. -- === Joachim Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From nkang@uu.net Wed Jan 24 20:24:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!nkang From: nkang@uu.net (Natalia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jan24.202447.3524@uu.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 20:24:47 GMT References: <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de>, jpark@tum.de (Joachim Park) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Natalia Kang "Hold for relay." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From clindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jan 25 01:01:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!clindqvist From: clindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jan25.010147.7616@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 01:01:47 GMT References: <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de>, jpark@tum.de (Joachim Park) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Camila Lindqvist "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From adubois@utexas.edu Fri Jan 26 14:49:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!adubois From: adubois@utexas.edu (Anton Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jan26.144947.7352@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 14:49:47 GMT References: <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de>, jpark@tum.de (Joachim Park) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > 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. -- Anton Dubois "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1 From kdubois@pacbell.net Sun Jan 28 09:46:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!kdubois From: kdubois@pacbell.net (Katrin Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jan28.094647.8717@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 09:46:47 GMT References: <1996Jan23.204847.4940@tum.de> <1996Jan24.202447.3524@uu.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan24.202447.3524@uu.net>, nkang@uu.net (Natalia Kang) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Katrin Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------