From opetrov@kiae.su Wed Mar 20 15:07:22 1996
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From: opetrov@kiae.su (Olga Petrov)
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Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

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.

Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted.

-- 
=== Olga Petrov ===
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"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."

From mdubois@ox.ac.uk Fri Mar 22 18:22:22 1996
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From: mdubois@ox.ac.uk (Marta Dubois)
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Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Mar20.150722.3449@kiae.su>, opetrov@kiae.su (Olga Petrov) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> 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.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

-- 
Marta Dubois -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory
"Marcus is not one man."

From knovak@panix.com Sat Mar 23 16:48:22 1996
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From: knovak@panix.com (Kenji Novak)
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Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Mar20.150722.3449@kiae.su>, opetrov@kiae.su (Olga Petrov) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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Kenji Novak
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