From periksson@uu.net Sat May 27 20:06:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!periksson From: periksson@uu.net (Pavel Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May27.200603.2216@uu.net> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 20:06:03 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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 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. -- Pavel Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From jokonkwo@rwth-aachen.de Sun May 28 07:13:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May28.071303.9513@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 07:13:03 GMT References: <1995May27.200603.2216@uu.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May27.200603.2216@uu.net>, periksson@uu.net (Pavel Eriksson) 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. -- Ji-woo Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dito@cmu.edu Mon May 29 20:39:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!dito From: dito@cmu.edu (Dmitri Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995May29.203903.5066@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 20:39:03 GMT References: <1995May27.200603.2216@uu.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May27.200603.2216@uu.net>, periksson@uu.net (Pavel Eriksson) 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. -- Dmitri Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.