From kkim@illinois.edu Wed Oct 16 19:39:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!kkim From: kkim@illinois.edu (Kenji Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:39:57 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled. 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. -- Kenji Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From rmoreno@kth.se Thu Oct 17 08:10:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!rmoreno From: rmoreno@kth.se (Renata Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct17.081057.5001@kth.se> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:10:57 GMT References: <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu>, kkim@illinois.edu (Kenji Kim) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Renata Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From akowalski@tum.de Sat Oct 19 02:24:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!akowalski From: akowalski@tum.de (Astrid Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct19.022457.8232@tum.de> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 02:24:57 GMT References: <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu> <1996Oct17.081057.5001@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct17.081057.5001@kth.se>, rmoreno@kth.se (Renata Moreno) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Astrid Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From lkang@berkeley.edu Sat Oct 19 10:20:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!lkang From: lkang@berkeley.edu (Lars Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct19.102057.8075@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 10:20:57 GMT References: <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu> <1996Oct17.081057.5001@kth.se> <1996Oct19.022457.8232@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct19.022457.8232@tum.de>, akowalski@tum.de (Astrid Kowalski) 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. -- Lars Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssato@netcom.com Sun Oct 20 15:17:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!ssato From: ssato@netcom.com (Sergei Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct20.151757.7580@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 15:17:57 GMT References: <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct16.193957.8277@illinois.edu>, kkim@illinois.edu (Kenji Kim) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Sergei Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0