From mlopez@uni-hamburg.de Tue Dec 19 06:31:19 1995
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From: mlopez@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu López)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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 low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.
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.

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From lcampbell@pipeline.com Tue Dec 19 12:50:19 1995
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Dec19.063119.2435@uni-hamburg.de>, mlopez@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu López) writes:
> Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio.
> The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995.

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