From sschneider@rwth-aachen.de Fri Dec 08 23:58:50 1995
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From: sschneider@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Schneider)
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Subject: 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.

The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

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.

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=== Sergei Schneider ===
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"A soul is not exclusive to biology."

From vpopov@earthlink.net Mon Dec 11 01:30:50 1995
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From: vpopov@earthlink.net (Valeria Popov)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Dec08.235850.2006@rwth-aachen.de>, sschneider@rwth-aachen.de (Sergei Schneider) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995.

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Valeria Popov -- EarthLink Network
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."

From mrobertson@purdue.edu Mon Dec 11 09:13:50 1995
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From: mrobertson@purdue.edu (Min-jun Robertson)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Dec11.013050.8983@earthlink.net>, vpopov@earthlink.net (Valeria Popov) writes:
> Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995.

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.

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=== Min-jun Robertson ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
"Marcus is not one man."