From dlee@cam.ac.uk Mon Aug 14 00:49:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!dlee From: dlee@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug14.004951.7149@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 00:49:51 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- === Dmitri Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From bpark@purdue.edu Mon Aug 14 22:33:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!bpark From: bpark@purdue.edu (Brian Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug14.223351.7664@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 22:33:51 GMT References: <1995Aug14.004951.7149@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug14.004951.7149@cam.ac.uk>, dlee@cam.ac.uk (Dmitri Lee) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Brian Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From tkang@kiae.su Wed Aug 16 04:29:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!tkang From: tkang@kiae.su (Tobias Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Aug16.042951.8808@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 04:29:51 GMT References: <1995Aug14.004951.7149@cam.ac.uk> <1995Aug14.223351.7664@purdue.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug14.223351.7664@purdue.edu>, bpark@purdue.edu (Brian Park) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Tobias Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0