From dhughes@pacbell.net Mon Jul 04 04:32:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!dhughes From: dhughes@pacbell.net (Dong-hyun Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul04.043244.4009@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 04:32:44 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. 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. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Dong-hyun Hughes US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ypetrov@purdue.edu Mon Jul 04 05:20:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!ypetrov From: ypetrov@purdue.edu (Yuki Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul04.052044.7738@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 05:20:44 GMT References: <1994Jul04.043244.4009@pacbell.net> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul04.043244.4009@pacbell.net>, dhughes@pacbell.net (Dong-hyun Hughes) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Yuki Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From randersson@stanford.edu Tue Jul 05 02:32:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!randersson From: randersson@stanford.edu (Raj Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul05.023244.7220@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Jul 1994 02:32:44 GMT References: <1994Jul04.043244.4009@pacbell.net> <1994Jul04.052044.7738@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul04.052044.7738@purdue.edu>, ypetrov@purdue.edu (Yuki Petrov) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Raj Andersson "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1 From moliveira@titech.ac.jp Thu Jul 07 03:15:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!moliveira From: moliveira@titech.ac.jp (Mikhail Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jul07.031544.3042@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 1994 03:15:44 GMT References: <1994Jul04.043244.4009@pacbell.net> <1994Jul04.052044.7738@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul04.052044.7738@purdue.edu>, ypetrov@purdue.edu (Yuki Petrov) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Mikhail Oliveira -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."