From gsuzuki@clari.net Thu Sep 01 01:47:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!gsuzuki From: gsuzuki@clari.net (Graham Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Sep01.014722.1467@clari.net> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 01:47:22 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Graham Suzuki "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / System 7.5.1 From drobertson@earthlink.net Thu Sep 01 02:44:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!drobertson From: drobertson@earthlink.net (Dave Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Sep01.024422.4732@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 02:44:22 GMT References: <1994Sep01.014722.1467@clari.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep01.014722.1467@clari.net>, gsuzuki@clari.net (Graham Suzuki) 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. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Dave Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0