From jrodriguez@mit.edu Sat Jul 01 08:56:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@mit.edu (Joachim Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 08:56:59 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Joachim Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From jtakahashi@mindspring.com Sat Jul 01 12:00:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@mindspring.com (Jens Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul01.120059.3742@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 12:00:59 GMT References: <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu>, jrodriguez@mit.edu (Joachim Rodríguez) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Jens Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ibrennan@delphi.com Sat Jul 01 17:14:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!ibrennan From: ibrennan@delphi.com (Ines Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul01.171459.1060@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 17:14:59 GMT References: <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu>, jrodriguez@mit.edu (Joachim Rodríguez) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Ines Brennan "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari Falcon 030 / System 7.5.1 From feriksson@unam.mx Sun Jul 02 12:23:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!unam!feriksson From: feriksson@unam.mx (Fiona Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul02.122359.9806@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 12:23:59 GMT References: <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu> <1995Jul01.171459.1060@delphi.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.171459.1060@delphi.com>, ibrennan@delphi.com (Ines Brennan) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Fiona Eriksson "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / FreeBSD 2.1 From rtakahashi@titech.ac.jp Sun Jul 02 15:30:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!rtakahashi From: rtakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Raj Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul02.153059.6612@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 15:30:59 GMT References: <1995Jul01.085659.2596@mit.edu> <1995Jul01.171459.1060@delphi.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.171459.1060@delphi.com>, ibrennan@delphi.com (Ines Brennan) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Raj Takahashi SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."