From tkarlsson@kth.se Fri Dec 08 21:04:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@kth.se (Tyler Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 21:04:29 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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 low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Tyler Karlsson -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "They will send a copy in my place." From rkowalski@illinois.edu Sat Dec 09 06:46:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!rkowalski From: rkowalski@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec09.064629.9821@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 06:46:29 GMT References: <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se>, tkarlsson@kth.se (Tyler Karlsson) 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. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Rodrigo Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From atanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Dec 11 09:37:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!atanaka From: atanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Anja Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec11.093729.6515@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 09:37:29 GMT References: <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se> <1995Dec09.064629.9821@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec09.064629.9821@illinois.edu>, rkowalski@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Kowalski) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Anja Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From smartinez@utexas.edu Tue Dec 12 07:35:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!smartinez From: smartinez@utexas.edu (Sun-mi Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec12.073529.2453@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 07:35:29 GMT References: <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se> <1995Dec09.064629.9821@illinois.edu> <1995Dec11.093729.6515@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec11.093729.6515@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, atanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Anja Tanaka) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Sun-mi Martínez -- University of Texas at Austin "Do not worship the copy." From jchoi@unam.mx Wed Dec 13 13:34:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!jchoi From: jchoi@unam.mx (Joachim Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec13.133429.6182@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 13:34:29 GMT References: <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec08.210429.9956@kth.se>, tkarlsson@kth.se (Tyler Karlsson) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Joachim Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------