From jkowalski@mit.edu Sat Dec 02 01:41:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!jkowalski From: jkowalski@mit.edu (Ji-woo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec02.014133.9181@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 01:41:33 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984. 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? -- Ji-woo Kowalski -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jtakahashi@kth.se Sun Dec 03 21:11:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@kth.se (Julien Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec03.211133.7119@kth.se> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 21:11:33 GMT References: <1995Dec02.014133.9181@mit.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec02.014133.9181@mit.edu>, jkowalski@mit.edu (Ji-woo Kowalski) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Julien Takahashi "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 3000T / SunOS 4.1.4 From kpark@unam.mx Tue Dec 05 15:51:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!kpark From: kpark@unam.mx (Karen Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec05.155133.3141@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 15:51:33 GMT References: <1995Dec02.014133.9181@mit.edu> <1995Dec03.211133.7119@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.211133.7119@kth.se>, jtakahashi@kth.se (Julien Takahashi) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Karen Park "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Macintosh IIfx / FreeBSD 2.1 From dmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Dec 06 13:12:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!dmoreno From: dmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dmitri Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Dec06.131233.6253@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 13:12:33 GMT References: <1995Dec02.014133.9181@mit.edu> <1995Dec03.211133.7119@kth.se> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.211133.7119@kth.se>, jtakahashi@kth.se (Julien Takahashi) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- === Dmitri Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Hold for relay."