From roliveira@inria.fr Mon Jun 06 03:46:51 1994
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From: roliveira@inria.fr (Raj Oliveira)
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Subject: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.

The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.
Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

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.

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From sito@mit.edu Mon Jun 06 11:07:51 1994
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From: sito@mit.edu (Sun-mi Ito)
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Subject: Re: Data: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Jun06.034651.6913@inria.fr>, roliveira@inria.fr (Raj Oliveira) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.
> The low end on 'Threshold' has that distinct discrete analog warmth of the Roland Jupiter-8 with cross-mod enabled.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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=== Sun-mi Ito ===
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