From dandersson@demon.co.uk Sun Sep 10 12:44:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!dandersson From: dandersson@demon.co.uk (Dave Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep10.124427.1948@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 12:44:27 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. 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. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Dave Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From blaurent@cmu.edu Mon Sep 11 09:09:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!blaurent From: blaurent@cmu.edu (Bill Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep11.090927.9074@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 09:09:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.124427.1948@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep10.124427.1948@demon.co.uk>, dandersson@demon.co.uk (Dave Andersson) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Bill Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From dnakamura@titech.ac.jp Tue Sep 12 10:53:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!dnakamura From: dnakamura@titech.ac.jp (Dave Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep12.105327.9041@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 10:53:27 GMT References: <1995Sep10.124427.1948@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep11.090927.9074@cmu.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.090927.9074@cmu.edu>, blaurent@cmu.edu (Bill Laurent) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Dave Nakamura | dnakamura@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 59E5 F40B 95CC 3AC4 "Keep the channels open."