From cmacdonald@uu.net Tue Jun 11 04:19:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!cmacdonald From: cmacdonald@uu.net (Callum MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun11.041942.4380@uu.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 04:19:42 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? 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. -- Callum MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From bgarcia@uu.net Wed Jun 12 21:03:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!bgarcia From: bgarcia@uu.net (Bill García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun12.210342.3845@uu.net> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:03:42 GMT References: <1996Jun11.041942.4380@uu.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun11.041942.4380@uu.net>, cmacdonald@uu.net (Callum MacDonald) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Bill García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From blaurent@pipeline.com Thu Jun 13 16:27:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!blaurent From: blaurent@pipeline.com (Brian Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1996Jun13.162742.2613@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 16:27:42 GMT References: <1996Jun11.041942.4380@uu.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun11.041942.4380@uu.net>, cmacdonald@uu.net (Callum MacDonald) writes: > Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track? > However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Brian Laurent SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."