From mcampbell@illinois.edu Mon Sep 11 16:55:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!mcampbell From: mcampbell@illinois.edu (Mathieu Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:55:07 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. 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. What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long. -- Mathieu Campbell | mcampbell@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 6913 FBF8 43B7 7611 "Keep the channels open." From kkang@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Sep 12 16:16:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!kkang From: kkang@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Katrin Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep12.161607.3680@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 16:16:07 GMT References: <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu>, mcampbell@illinois.edu (Mathieu Campbell) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Katrin Kang -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From vito@clari.net Tue Sep 12 21:48:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!vito From: vito@clari.net (Valeria Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep12.214807.2015@clari.net> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 21:48:07 GMT References: <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu>, mcampbell@illinois.edu (Mathieu Campbell) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Must be nice to own a Jupiter-8! Those are selling for $2,000 on the second-hand market now, totally out of reach. -- Valeria Ito "Hold for relay." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mtakahashi@clari.net Wed Sep 13 07:24:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@clari.net (Mikhail Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep13.072407.9307@clari.net> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 07:24:07 GMT References: <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu>, mcampbell@illinois.edu (Mathieu Campbell) writes: > Listening through high-end headphones trying to identify the exact synthesizer hardware in the Burbank studio. Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2. -- Mikhail Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From mito@mindspring.com Thu Sep 14 19:00:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!mito From: mito@mindspring.com (Marta Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology Message-ID: <1995Sep14.190007.2046@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 19:00:07 GMT References: <1995Sep11.165507.2530@illinois.edu> <1995Sep12.214807.2015@clari.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep12.214807.2015@clari.net>, vito@clari.net (Valeria Ito) 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. Analog purists are hilarious. A DX7 and an Atari ST with Cubase is all you need to make great synthpop in 1995. -- Marta Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.