From dmoreau@unam.mx Tue Jul 18 21:35:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!dmoreau From: dmoreau@unam.mx (Diego Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 21:35:49 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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. -- === Diego Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From inilsson@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 19 06:19:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!inilsson From: inilsson@cam.ac.uk (Ines Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul19.061949.6547@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 06:19:49 GMT References: <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx>, dmoreau@unam.mx (Diego Moreau) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Ines Nilsson | inilsson@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 027B 5152 E654 35B7 "Keep the channels open." From dmoreno@delphi.com Thu Jul 20 20:19:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!dmoreno From: dmoreno@delphi.com (Dong-hyun Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul20.201949.6769@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 20:19:49 GMT References: <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx> <1995Jul19.061949.6547@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul19.061949.6547@cam.ac.uk>, inilsson@cam.ac.uk (Ines Nilsson) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Dong-hyun Moreno "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / FreeBSD 2.1 From nstewart@purdue.edu Sat Jul 22 00:48:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!nstewart From: nstewart@purdue.edu (Natalia Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul22.004849.1981@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 00:48:49 GMT References: <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx> <1995Jul19.061949.6547@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul19.061949.6547@cam.ac.uk>, inilsson@cam.ac.uk (Ines Nilsson) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. 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. -- Natalia Stewart -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Hold for relay." From bsuzuki@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jul 23 09:43:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!bsuzuki From: bsuzuki@rwth-aachen.de (Bill Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Jul23.094349.1800@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 09:43:49 GMT References: <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul18.213549.4356@unam.mx>, dmoreau@unam.mx (Diego Moreau) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Bill Suzuki US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."