From dsanchez@kth.se Tue Jun 14 13:09:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!dsanchez From: dsanchez@kth.se (Diego Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 13:09:50 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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 main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Diego Sánchez -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From lmuller@pipeline.com Wed Jun 15 16:49:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!lmuller From: lmuller@pipeline.com (Lucia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun15.164950.1094@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 1994 16:49:50 GMT References: <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se>, dsanchez@kth.se (Diego Sánchez) writes: > 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. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Lucia Müller | lmuller@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 2CC0 9DF3 8F61 4BDD "Keep the channels open." From tnilsson@stanford.edu Fri Jun 17 01:15:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!tnilsson From: tnilsson@stanford.edu (Thiago Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun17.011550.5284@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 01:15:50 GMT References: <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se>, dsanchez@kth.se (Diego Sánchez) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Thiago Nilsson -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mpark@stanford.edu Fri Jun 17 02:09:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!mpark From: mpark@stanford.edu (Min-jun Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1994Jun17.020950.8841@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 02:09:50 GMT References: <1994Jun14.130950.3021@kth.se> <1994Jun17.011550.5284@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun17.011550.5284@stanford.edu>, tnilsson@stanford.edu (Thiago Nilsson) 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. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Min-jun Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0