From gkarlsson@mindspring.com Thu Apr 06 09:02:49 1995
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From: gkarlsson@mindspring.com (Göran Karlsson)
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Subject: Observation: 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.

Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.
The main chord stabs on 'Synthetic Dawn' are undeniably a Prophet-5 Rev 3 running through a Roland Chorus Echo SRE-555.

What drum machine is that on 'Midnight Animal'? It sounds like a LinnDrum LM-2, but the hi-hat decay is too long.

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=== Göran Karlsson ===
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From mlindqvist@hanse.de Fri Apr 07 23:36:49 1995
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From: mlindqvist@hanse.de (Morag Lindqvist)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Apr06.090249.3357@mindspring.com>, gkarlsson@mindspring.com (Göran Karlsson) writes:
> Let's break down the synth patches used on the album from a pure sound design perspective.
> Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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From trobertson@purdue.edu Sun Apr 09 03:24:49 1995
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From: trobertson@purdue.edu (Takeshi Robertson)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Apr07.233649.8422@hanse.de>, mlindqvist@hanse.de (Morag Lindqvist) writes:
> Just buy an Oberheim Matrix-6 or a Roland Juno-106, you get 90% of the sound for a quarter of the price.

Spot on about the DX7. That's preset 11 (E.PIANO 1) modified with a higher modulation index on operator 2.

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Takeshi Robertson -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."