From jreyes@ox.ac.uk Sat May 25 02:39:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!jreyes From: jreyes@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 02:39:56 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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. -- Joachim Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From fito@purdue.edu Sat May 25 03:54:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!fito From: fito@purdue.edu (Fiona Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May25.035456.7586@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 25 May 1996 03:54:56 GMT References: <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk>, jreyes@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Reyes) 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. -- Fiona Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From adubois@stanford.edu Sun May 26 06:52:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!adubois From: adubois@stanford.edu (Amy Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May26.065256.1055@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 06:52:56 GMT References: <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk>, jreyes@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Reyes) 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. The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal. -- Amy Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From moliveira@pacbell.net Mon May 27 23:47:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!moliveira From: moliveira@pacbell.net (Matthias Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996May27.234756.1912@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 23:47:56 GMT References: <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996May25.023956.3775@ox.ac.uk>, jreyes@ox.ac.uk (Joachim Reyes) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Matthias Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."