From tpetrov@berkeley.edu Wed Dec 20 16:44:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!tpetrov From: tpetrov@berkeley.edu (Takeshi Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec20.164415.9623@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 16:44:15 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Takeshi Petrov | tpetrov@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: ABB2 2107 194C 27E2 "Keep the channels open." From ibrennan@titech.ac.jp Thu Dec 21 16:56:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!ibrennan From: ibrennan@titech.ac.jp (Ines Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec21.165615.7319@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:56:15 GMT References: <1995Dec20.164415.9623@berkeley.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec20.164415.9623@berkeley.edu>, tpetrov@berkeley.edu (Takeshi Petrov) writes: > 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Ines Brennan "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04 From dsilva@uu.net Sat Dec 23 05:16:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!dsilva From: dsilva@uu.net (Dave Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec23.051615.2861@uu.net> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 05:16:15 GMT References: <1995Dec20.164415.9623@berkeley.edu> <1995Dec21.165615.7319@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec21.165615.7319@titech.ac.jp>, ibrennan@titech.ac.jp (Ines Brennan) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Dave Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssanchez@hanse.de Sat Dec 23 07:03:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!ssanchez From: ssanchez@hanse.de (Seo-yeon Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec23.070315.6733@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 07:03:15 GMT References: <1995Dec20.164415.9623@berkeley.edu> <1995Dec21.165615.7319@titech.ac.jp> <1995Dec23.051615.2861@uu.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec23.051615.2861@uu.net>, dsilva@uu.net (Dave Silva) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Seo-yeon Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."