From schoi@unam.mx Tue Jun 07 11:40:52 1994
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From: schoi@unam.mx (Steve Choi)
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Subject: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.
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.

-- 
=== Steve Choi ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA)
"The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."

From meriksson@illinois.edu Wed Jun 08 20:16:52 1994
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From: meriksson@illinois.edu (Matthias Eriksson)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Jun07.114052.8155@unam.mx>, schoi@unam.mx (Steve Choi) writes:
> Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?

Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach.

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From dkim@cmu.edu Thu Jun 09 10:17:52 1994
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From: dkim@cmu.edu (Dmitri Kim)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1994Jun08.201652.5255@illinois.edu>, meriksson@illinois.edu (Matthias Eriksson) 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.

The drum machine is a LinnDrum, but Marcus triggered custom 8-bit EPROMs for the snare and crash cymbal.

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Dmitri Kim
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