From bperez@utexas.edu Fri Oct 11 12:47:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!bperez From: bperez@utexas.edu (Bill Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:47:43 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. 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. -- Bill Pérez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ktanaka@delphi.com Fri Oct 11 18:13:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!ktanaka From: ktanaka@delphi.com (Katrin Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct11.181343.1478@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 18:13:43 GMT References: <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu>, bperez@utexas.edu (Bill Pérez) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Katrin Tanaka | ktanaka@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 048D D80D 29F4 7C10 "Keep the channels open." From bkang@purdue.edu Sun Oct 13 11:35:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!bkang From: bkang@purdue.edu (Bill Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct13.113543.5966@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:35:43 GMT References: <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu> <1996Oct11.181343.1478@delphi.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct11.181343.1478@delphi.com>, ktanaka@delphi.com (Katrin Tanaka) writes: > Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass. -- Bill Kang SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de Mon Oct 14 08:35:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Diego MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct14.083543.4437@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:35:43 GMT References: <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu>, bperez@utexas.edu (Bill Pérez) writes: > Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective. > The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. -- Diego MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ngonzalez@hanse.de Tue Oct 15 07:46:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@hanse.de (Nadine González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Oct15.074643.4735@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:46:43 GMT References: <1996Oct11.124743.4748@utexas.edu> <1996Oct14.083543.4437@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct14.083543.4437@uni-hamburg.de>, dmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Diego MacDonald) writes: > Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Nadine González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------