From msilva@cam.ac.uk Thu Feb 02 02:58:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!msilva From: msilva@cam.ac.uk (Marta Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 02:58:51 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Marta Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nkang@cern.ch Thu Feb 02 06:40:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!nkang From: nkang@cern.ch (Nadia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb02.064051.9867@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 06:40:51 GMT References: <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk>, msilva@cam.ac.uk (Marta Silva) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Nadia Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From shernandez@purdue.edu Fri Feb 03 02:28:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!shernandez From: shernandez@purdue.edu (Sergei Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb03.022851.2630@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 02:28:51 GMT References: <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk> <1995Feb02.064051.9867@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb02.064051.9867@cern.ch>, nkang@cern.ch (Nadia Kang) writes: > I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- === Sergei Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mmoreno@ox.ac.uk Fri Feb 03 05:53:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!mmoreno From: mmoreno@ox.ac.uk (Mikhail Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb03.055351.5006@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 05:53:51 GMT References: <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk> <1995Feb02.064051.9867@cern.ch> <1995Feb03.022851.2630@purdue.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb03.022851.2630@purdue.edu>, shernandez@purdue.edu (Sergei Hernández) 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. -- Mikhail Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From asilva@cam.ac.uk Fri Feb 03 20:45:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!asilva From: asilva@cam.ac.uk (Amy Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb03.204551.7493@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 20:45:51 GMT References: <1995Feb02.025851.5297@cam.ac.uk> <1995Feb02.064051.9867@cern.ch> <1995Feb03.022851.2630@purdue.edu> <1995Feb03.055351.5006@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb03.055351.5006@ox.ac.uk>, mmoreno@ox.ac.uk (Mikhail Moreno) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Amy Silva -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them."