From mlopez@pacbell.net Sat Dec 09 10:01:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!mlopez From: mlopez@pacbell.net (Mathieu López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 10:01:54 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Mathieu López US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mbrennan@cmu.edu Mon Dec 11 10:25:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!mbrennan From: mbrennan@cmu.edu (Mateo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:25:54 GMT References: <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net>, mlopez@pacbell.net (Mathieu López) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Mateo Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cramirez@cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 12 04:56:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!cramirez From: cramirez@cam.ac.uk (Camila Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec12.045654.4998@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 04:56:54 GMT References: <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net> <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu>, mbrennan@cmu.edu (Mateo Brennan) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Camila Ramírez | cramirez@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: A902 34C1 35F1 BFF4 "Keep the channels open." From kgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 13 01:29:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!kgonzalez From: kgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kenji González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec13.012954.4630@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:29:54 GMT References: <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net> <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu>, mbrennan@cmu.edu (Mateo Brennan) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Kenji González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From nlarsson@earthlink.net Wed Dec 13 22:42:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!nlarsson From: nlarsson@earthlink.net (Natalia Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec13.224254.2532@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:42:54 GMT References: <1995Dec09.100154.8410@pacbell.net> <1995Dec11.102554.8860@cmu.edu> <1995Dec13.012954.4630@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec13.012954.4630@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, kgonzalez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Kenji González) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- === Natalia Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."