From npark@kiae.su Thu Apr 18 23:18:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!npark From: npark@kiae.su (Natalia Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr18.231851.5220@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 23:18:51 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Natalia Park | npark@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: C2CB FF29 6341 CD1E "Keep the channels open." From jkang@cam.ac.uk Sat Apr 20 17:51:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!jkang From: jkang@cam.ac.uk (Julien Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr20.175151.6687@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 17:51:51 GMT References: <1996Apr18.231851.5220@kiae.su> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr18.231851.5220@kiae.su>, npark@kiae.su (Natalia Park) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Julien Kang Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From pramirez@demon.co.uk Sun Apr 21 04:26:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!pramirez From: pramirez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr21.042651.4457@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 04:26:51 GMT References: <1996Apr18.231851.5220@kiae.su> <1996Apr20.175151.6687@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr20.175151.6687@cam.ac.uk>, jkang@cam.ac.uk (Julien Kang) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Pavel Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mjohansson@inria.fr Mon Apr 22 11:36:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!mjohansson From: mjohansson@inria.fr (Min-jun Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Apr22.113651.1615@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:36:51 GMT References: <1996Apr18.231851.5220@kiae.su> <1996Apr20.175151.6687@cam.ac.uk> <1996Apr21.042651.4457@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Apr21.042651.4457@demon.co.uk>, pramirez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Ramírez) 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. -- Min-jun Johansson -- INRIA Rocquencourt "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."