From mlarsson@berkeley.edu Sat Nov 18 23:36:20 1995
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From: mlarsson@berkeley.edu (Morag Larsson)
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Subject: Question: 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.

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.

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From iramirez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Nov 20 09:33:20 1995
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From: iramirez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Nov18.233620.5552@berkeley.edu>, mlarsson@berkeley.edu (Morag Larsson) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> 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.

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