From htakahashi@netcom.com Thu Aug 01 21:20:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!htakahashi From: htakahashi@netcom.com (Hugo Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 21:20:20 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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? -- Hugo Takahashi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From kfischer@clari.net Sat Aug 03 10:40:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!kfischer From: kfischer@clari.net (Kenji Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug03.104020.2286@clari.net> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 10:40:20 GMT References: <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com>, htakahashi@netcom.com (Hugo Takahashi) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Kenji Fischer | kfischer@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 4B08 BC68 8E70 252E "Keep the channels open." From sbrennan@kth.se Mon Aug 05 11:23:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!sbrennan From: sbrennan@kth.se (Sven Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug05.112320.5423@kth.se> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 11:23:20 GMT References: <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com>, htakahashi@netcom.com (Hugo Takahashi) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Sven Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From blaurent@uni-hamburg.de Tue Aug 06 12:33:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!blaurent From: blaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Bastien Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Aug06.123320.9416@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:33:20 GMT References: <1996Aug01.212020.9372@netcom.com> <1996Aug05.112320.5423@kth.se> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug05.112320.5423@kth.se>, sbrennan@kth.se (Sven Brennan) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Bastien Laurent -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hold for relay."