From neriksson@earthlink.net Tue Apr 05 15:29:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!neriksson From: neriksson@earthlink.net (Nadine Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr05.152900.9156@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 15:29:00 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Nadine Eriksson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From rweber@delphi.com Thu Apr 07 15:47:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!rweber From: rweber@delphi.com (Rodrigo Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr07.154700.2574@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 15:47:00 GMT References: <1994Apr05.152900.9156@earthlink.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr05.152900.9156@earthlink.net>, neriksson@earthlink.net (Nadine Eriksson) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Rodrigo Weber -- Delphi Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From bstewart@uni-hamburg.de Sat Apr 09 13:02:00 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!bstewart From: bstewart@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Apr09.130200.2757@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1994 13:02:00 GMT References: <1994Apr05.152900.9156@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr05.152900.9156@earthlink.net>, neriksson@earthlink.net (Nadine Eriksson) 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. -- Brian Stewart -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."