From etanaka@uu.net Tue Mar 21 16:13:12 1995
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From: etanaka@uu.net (Emi Tanaka)
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Subject: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

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.

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From bsilva@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 22 06:49:12 1995
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From: bsilva@berkeley.edu (Bill Silva)
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In article <1995Mar21.161312.9034@uu.net>, etanaka@uu.net (Emi Tanaka) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

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Bill Silva -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."