From tlarsson@clari.net Sun Nov 06 14:21:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!tlarsson From: tlarsson@clari.net (Tomas Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 14:21:45 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Tomas Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From eramirez@earthlink.net Mon Nov 07 12:56:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!eramirez From: eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Nov07.125645.3857@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1994 12:56:45 GMT References: <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net>, tlarsson@clari.net (Tomas Larsson) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Elaine Ramírez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From bperez@utexas.edu Tue Nov 08 21:19:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!bperez From: bperez@utexas.edu (Bill Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Nov08.211945.2227@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 21:19:45 GMT References: <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net>, tlarsson@clari.net (Tomas Larsson) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Bill Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From brobertson@stanford.edu Thu Nov 10 23:59:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!brobertson From: brobertson@stanford.edu (Bastien Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Nov10.235945.2404@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 23:59:45 GMT References: <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net> <1994Nov07.125645.3857@earthlink.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov07.125645.3857@earthlink.net>, eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Bastien Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From ydubois@illinois.edu Sun Nov 13 00:42:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!ydubois From: ydubois@illinois.edu (Yuki Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Nov13.004245.6005@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 00:42:45 GMT References: <1994Nov06.142145.6891@clari.net> <1994Nov07.125645.3857@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov07.125645.3857@earthlink.net>, eramirez@earthlink.net (Elaine Ramírez) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Yuki Dubois Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.