From mcampbell@ox.ac.uk Tue Feb 14 22:59:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!mcampbell From: mcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Mike Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 22:59:00 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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. -- Mike Campbell SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From sbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Wed Feb 15 05:06:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!sbrennan From: sbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Sven Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb15.050600.1757@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:06:00 GMT References: <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk>, mcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Mike Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Sven Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From klindqvist@pacbell.net Thu Feb 16 04:05:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!klindqvist From: klindqvist@pacbell.net (Kirsty Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb16.040500.9565@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 04:05:00 GMT References: <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk>, mcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Mike Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Kirsty Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jperez@hanse.de Thu Feb 16 19:52:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!jperez From: jperez@hanse.de (Jens Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb16.195200.3895@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 19:52:00 GMT References: <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk>, mcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Mike Campbell) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Jens Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From mpark@inria.fr Sat Feb 18 00:14:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!mpark From: mpark@inria.fr (Mathieu Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Feb18.001400.9747@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 00:14:00 GMT References: <1995Feb14.225900.5794@ox.ac.uk> <1995Feb16.040500.9565@pacbell.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb16.040500.9565@pacbell.net>, klindqvist@pacbell.net (Kirsty Lindqvist) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Mathieu Park Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy."