From kchoi@mit.edu Sun Feb 04 06:06:22 1996
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From: kchoi@mit.edu (Kenji Choi)
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Subject: Question: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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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.
The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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From: enovak@uni-hamburg.de (Élodie Novak)
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In article <1996Feb04.060622.9879@mit.edu>, kchoi@mit.edu (Kenji Choi) 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.

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