From hwatanabe@titech.ac.jp Sat Oct 12 14:58:39 1996
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From: hwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Hana Watanabe)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] 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.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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From srodriguez@demon.co.uk Sat Oct 12 20:04:39 1996
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Oct12.145839.5654@titech.ac.jp>, hwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Hana Watanabe) 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.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

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