From lgirard@purdue.edu Sun Nov 12 04:54:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!lgirard From: lgirard@purdue.edu (Liam Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov12.045413.8235@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 04:54:13 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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? -- Liam Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mpark@illinois.edu Sun Nov 12 09:35:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mpark From: mpark@illinois.edu (Min-jun Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov12.093513.2979@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 09:35:13 GMT References: <1995Nov12.045413.8235@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov12.045413.8235@purdue.edu>, lgirard@purdue.edu (Liam Girard) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Min-jun Park SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From pweber@pacbell.net Mon Nov 13 11:44:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!pweber From: pweber@pacbell.net (Pavel Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov13.114413.9663@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 11:44:13 GMT References: <1995Nov12.045413.8235@purdue.edu> <1995Nov12.093513.2979@illinois.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov12.093513.2979@illinois.edu>, mpark@illinois.edu (Min-jun Park) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Pavel Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."