From klopez@purdue.edu Sat Nov 11 02:16:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!klopez From: klopez@purdue.edu (Kirsty López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 02:16:00 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.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. 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? -- Kirsty López "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From jlaurent@stanford.edu Mon Nov 13 02:58:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!jlaurent From: jlaurent@stanford.edu (Joachim Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 02:58:00 GMT References: <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu>, klopez@purdue.edu (Kirsty López) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Joachim Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Nov 14 07:18:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!bcampbell From: bcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov14.071800.3658@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 07:18:00 GMT References: <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu> <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu>, jlaurent@stanford.edu (Joachim Laurent) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Bastien Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From fpark@netcom.com Wed Nov 15 02:25:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!fpark From: fpark@netcom.com (Freya Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov15.022500.4931@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 02:25:00 GMT References: <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu> <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu>, jlaurent@stanford.edu (Joachim Laurent) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Freya Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mlee@mit.edu Thu Nov 16 19:19:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!mlee From: mlee@mit.edu (Mike Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Nov16.191900.2215@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 19:19:00 GMT References: <1995Nov11.021600.5820@purdue.edu> <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov13.025800.4536@stanford.edu>, jlaurent@stanford.edu (Joachim Laurent) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Mike Lee "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4