From ksmirnov@delphi.com Mon Jul 24 13:41:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!ksmirnov From: ksmirnov@delphi.com (Kirsty Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul24.134154.8796@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 13:41:54 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. 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. -- Kirsty Smirnov "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From dbrennan@pacbell.net Tue Jul 25 19:12:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!dbrennan From: dbrennan@pacbell.net (Dmitri Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul25.191254.9228@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 19:12:54 GMT References: <1995Jul24.134154.8796@delphi.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul24.134154.8796@delphi.com>, ksmirnov@delphi.com (Kirsty Smirnov) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > 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. -- Dmitri Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From jduarte@stanford.edu Wed Jul 26 16:15:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!jduarte From: jduarte@stanford.edu (Julien Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul26.161554.1871@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 16:15:54 GMT References: <1995Jul24.134154.8796@delphi.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul24.134154.8796@delphi.com>, ksmirnov@delphi.com (Kirsty Smirnov) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Julien Duarte US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."