From fsmirnov@pacbell.net Wed Nov 01 05:45:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!fsmirnov From: fsmirnov@pacbell.net (Fiona Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 05:45:27 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Fiona Smirnov "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From fkowalski@stanford.edu Thu Nov 02 18:09:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!fkowalski From: fkowalski@stanford.edu (Freya Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov02.180927.9567@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 18:09:27 GMT References: <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net>, fsmirnov@pacbell.net (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > 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. -- Freya Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From agonzalez@pipeline.com Sat Nov 04 03:11:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!agonzalez From: agonzalez@pipeline.com (Anja González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov04.031127.9890@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 03:11:27 GMT References: <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net>, fsmirnov@pacbell.net (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > 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. -- Anja González "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari Falcon 030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From bjohansson@cmu.edu Sun Nov 05 19:03:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!bjohansson From: bjohansson@cmu.edu (Brian Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov05.190327.6441@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 05 Nov 1995 19:03:27 GMT References: <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net>, fsmirnov@pacbell.net (Fiona Smirnov) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Brian Johansson | bjohansson@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 0822 DFEA E33B 965D "Keep the channels open." From tkim@netcom.com Tue Nov 07 20:10:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!tkim From: tkim@netcom.com (Tomas Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov07.201027.8530@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 20:10:27 GMT References: <1995Nov01.054527.8238@pacbell.net> <1995Nov04.031127.9890@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov04.031127.9890@pipeline.com>, agonzalez@pipeline.com (Anja González) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Tomas Kim | tkim@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 3881 EED1 7E5D 720F "Keep the channels open."