From esokolov@pipeline.com Sun Jan 21 17:59:58 1996
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From: esokolov@pipeline.com (Elaine Sokolov)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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.
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.

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=== Elaine Sokolov ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."

From nsanchez@cam.ac.uk Mon Jan 22 10:34:58 1996
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From: nsanchez@cam.ac.uk (Nadine Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1996Jan21.175958.8174@pipeline.com>, esokolov@pipeline.com (Elaine Sokolov) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.

Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

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Nadine Sánchez
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
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