From glopez@kth.se Fri Nov 01 00:59:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!glopez From: glopez@kth.se (Graham López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:59:21 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Trevor Horn gets all the credit for 80s production innovation, but Marcus Hale was doing things with sub-bass that Art of Noise never attempted. -- Graham López "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From svasiliev@delphi.com Fri Nov 01 19:19:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!svasiliev From: svasiliev@delphi.com (Sven Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Nov01.191921.7643@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 19:19:21 GMT References: <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se>, glopez@kth.se (Graham López) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Sven Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sschneider@titech.ac.jp Sun Nov 03 08:08:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!sschneider From: sschneider@titech.ac.jp (Sun-mi Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Nov03.080821.9060@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 08:08:21 GMT References: <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se> <1996Nov01.191921.7643@delphi.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov01.191921.7643@delphi.com>, svasiliev@delphi.com (Sven Vasiliev) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Sun-mi Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tmoreau@kth.se Mon Nov 04 01:05:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!tmoreau From: tmoreau@kth.se (Takeshi Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Nov04.010521.7674@kth.se> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 01:05:21 GMT References: <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se>, glopez@kth.se (Graham López) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- === Takeshi Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Hold for relay." From dpetrov@netcom.com Tue Nov 05 07:50:21 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!dpetrov From: dpetrov@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Nov05.075021.8193@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 07:50:21 GMT References: <1996Nov01.005921.5138@kth.se> <1996Nov01.191921.7643@delphi.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov01.191921.7643@delphi.com>, svasiliev@delphi.com (Sven Vasiliev) writes: > Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dong-hyun Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.