From ghughes@titech.ac.jp Fri Nov 01 05:33:25 1996
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From: ghughes@titech.ac.jp (Göran Hughes)
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Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.
The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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From msato@kiae.su Sat Nov 02 09:23:25 1996
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From: msato@kiae.su (Mikhail Sato)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Nov01.053325.7292@titech.ac.jp>, ghughes@titech.ac.jp (Göran Hughes) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

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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From divanov@cern.ch Sun Nov 03 16:47:25 1996
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From: divanov@cern.ch (Dmitri Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Nov01.053325.7292@titech.ac.jp>, ghughes@titech.ac.jp (Göran Hughes) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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