From cbrennan@utexas.edu Tue Sep 05 12:01:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!cbrennan From: cbrennan@utexas.edu (Callum Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 12:01:42 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions? -- Callum Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From arodriguez@ox.ac.uk Thu Sep 07 09:53:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!arodriguez From: arodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Anton Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:53:42 GMT References: <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu>, cbrennan@utexas.edu (Callum Brennan) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Anton Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lgarcia@demon.co.uk Sat Sep 09 02:20:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!lgarcia From: lgarcia@demon.co.uk (Lucia García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep09.022042.4917@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 02:20:42 GMT References: <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu> <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk>, arodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Anton Rodríguez) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Lucia García "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari Falcon 030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ahughes@clari.net Sat Sep 09 20:08:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!ahughes From: ahughes@clari.net (Aiko Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep09.200842.2183@clari.net> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 20:08:42 GMT References: <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu> <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk>, arodriguez@ox.ac.uk (Anton Rodríguez) 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. -- Aiko Hughes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mpopov@pipeline.com Mon Sep 11 12:27:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!mpopov From: mpopov@pipeline.com (Marta Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep11.122742.7399@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:27:42 GMT References: <1995Sep05.120142.4179@utexas.edu> <1995Sep07.095342.4062@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep09.022042.4917@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep09.022042.4917@demon.co.uk>, lgarcia@demon.co.uk (Lucia García) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Marta Popov "Row 14. No joke." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04