From anakamura@unam.mx Thu Sep 21 14:17:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!anakamura From: anakamura@unam.mx (Anja Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 14:17:00 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Anja Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mnakamura@pipeline.com Fri Sep 22 05:29:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!mnakamura From: mnakamura@pipeline.com (Mike Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep22.052900.6634@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 05:29:00 GMT References: <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx>, anakamura@unam.mx (Anja Nakamura) writes: > 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. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- === Mike Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Marcus is not one man." From hmartinez@ox.ac.uk Sat Sep 23 22:35:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!hmartinez From: hmartinez@ox.ac.uk (Hana Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep23.223500.9731@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 22:35:00 GMT References: <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx>, anakamura@unam.mx (Anja Nakamura) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hana Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hpopov@inria.fr Mon Sep 25 10:39:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!hpopov From: hpopov@inria.fr (Hugo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep25.103900.8627@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 10:39:00 GMT References: <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx> <1995Sep23.223500.9731@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep23.223500.9731@ox.ac.uk>, hmartinez@ox.ac.uk (Hana Martínez) writes: > The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Hugo Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkim@inria.fr Tue Sep 26 06:59:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!mkim From: mkim@inria.fr (Mike Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep26.065900.7291@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 06:59:00 GMT References: <1995Sep21.141700.4463@unam.mx> <1995Sep22.052900.6634@pipeline.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep22.052900.6634@pipeline.com>, mnakamura@pipeline.com (Mike Nakamura) 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. -- Mike Kim "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4