From esokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat May 28 23:24:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!esokolov From: esokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 23:24:46 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Elaine Sokolov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From grobertson@pipeline.com Mon May 30 09:30:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!grobertson From: grobertson@pipeline.com (Göran Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May30.093046.4055@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 09:30:46 GMT References: <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, esokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Sokolov) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Göran Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From tlopez@demon.co.uk Tue May 31 04:11:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!tlopez From: tlopez@demon.co.uk (Takeshi López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994May31.041146.4681@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 04:11:46 GMT References: <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994May30.093046.4055@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994May30.093046.4055@pipeline.com>, grobertson@pipeline.com (Göran Robertson) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Takeshi López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From rsouza@inria.fr Wed Jun 01 21:34:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!rsouza From: rsouza@inria.fr (Rodrigo Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun01.213446.3037@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 21:34:46 GMT References: <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, esokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Elaine Sokolov) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Rodrigo Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From lcampbell@purdue.edu Fri Jun 03 06:55:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!lcampbell From: lcampbell@purdue.edu (Lisa Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun03.065546.2348@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 06:55:46 GMT References: <1994May28.232446.2925@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994May30.093046.4055@pipeline.com> <1994May31.041146.4681@demon.co.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994May31.041146.4681@demon.co.uk>, tlopez@demon.co.uk (Takeshi López) writes: > Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Lisa Campbell US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."