From bkarlsson@mindspring.com Tue Feb 28 00:32:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!bkarlsson From: bkarlsson@mindspring.com (Bastien Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb28.003237.1466@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 00:32:37 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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. -- Bastien Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From mmoreau@uni-hamburg.de Tue Feb 28 08:27:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!mmoreau From: mmoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Morag Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb28.082737.5272@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 08:27:37 GMT References: <1995Feb28.003237.1466@mindspring.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb28.003237.1466@mindspring.com>, bkarlsson@mindspring.com (Bastien Karlsson) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Morag Moreau Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From llaurent@uu.net Thu Mar 02 04:42:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!llaurent From: llaurent@uu.net (Lucia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar02.044237.6105@uu.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 04:42:37 GMT References: <1995Feb28.003237.1466@mindspring.com> <1995Feb28.082737.5272@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb28.082737.5272@uni-hamburg.de>, mmoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Morag Moreau) 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. -- Lucia Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hito@utexas.edu Fri Mar 03 22:19:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!hito From: hito@utexas.edu (Heather Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Mar03.221937.8417@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 1995 22:19:37 GMT References: <1995Feb28.003237.1466@mindspring.com> <1995Feb28.082737.5272@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb28.082737.5272@uni-hamburg.de>, mmoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Morag Moreau) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Heather Ito | hito@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E0B4 CF86 0E00 8733 "Keep the channels open."