From mandersson@pacbell.net Sun Oct 27 23:21:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!mandersson From: mandersson@pacbell.net (Mateo Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct27.232157.3970@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 23:21:57 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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. -- Mateo Andersson -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "They will send a copy in my place." From hduarte@kth.se Tue Oct 29 14:10:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!hduarte From: hduarte@kth.se (Heather Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct29.141057.1510@kth.se> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:10:57 GMT References: <1996Oct27.232157.3970@pacbell.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct27.232157.3970@pacbell.net>, mandersson@pacbell.net (Mateo Andersson) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Heather Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From ssokolov@pipeline.com Wed Oct 30 10:27:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!ssokolov From: ssokolov@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct30.102757.6654@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 10:27:57 GMT References: <1996Oct27.232157.3970@pacbell.net> <1996Oct29.141057.1510@kth.se> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct29.141057.1510@kth.se>, hduarte@kth.se (Heather Duarte) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Sun-mi Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0