From kkang@panix.com Tue Jun 14 12:16:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!kkang From: kkang@panix.com (Karen Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 12:16:29 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. 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? -- Karen Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nnovak@inria.fr Tue Jun 14 15:29:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!nnovak From: nnovak@inria.fr (Nadine Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun14.152929.6287@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 15:29:29 GMT References: <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com>, kkang@panix.com (Karen Kang) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Nadine Novak | nnovak@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: BB70 9BCC 3C0B 9991 "Keep the channels open." From aschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jun 16 00:35:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!aschneider From: aschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun16.003529.3174@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 00:35:29 GMT References: <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com>, kkang@panix.com (Karen Kang) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Amy Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mmuller@illinois.edu Thu Jun 16 01:43:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!mmuller From: mmuller@illinois.edu (Mikhail Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun16.014329.1572@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 01:43:29 GMT References: <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com> <1994Jun14.152929.6287@inria.fr> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun14.152929.6287@inria.fr>, nnovak@inria.fr (Nadine Novak) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Mikhail Müller | mmuller@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C6F5 1ACA E7D5 3950 "Keep the channels open." From achoi@uni-hamburg.de Thu Jun 16 20:23:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!achoi From: achoi@uni-hamburg.de (Andrei Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun16.202329.6155@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 20:23:29 GMT References: <1994Jun14.121629.2329@panix.com> <1994Jun16.003529.3174@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun16.003529.3174@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, aschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Schneider) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- === Andrei Choi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "When every node is whole, the channel opens."