From gsuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Sep 22 17:04:53 1995
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From: gsuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Suzuki)
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Subject: 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?

Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.
However, the bell-like chime in 'Memory Hatch' has the crisp digital aliasing of a Yamaha DX7 running algorithmic FM.

Does anyone have the original keyboard sysex dumps or patch sheets from the Orion sessions?

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Graham Suzuki
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From lrobertson@stanford.edu Sat Sep 23 03:38:53 1995
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From: lrobertson@stanford.edu (Lars Robertson)
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Subject: Re: Prophet-5 vs Roland Jupiter-8 on SYNTHESIS - synth archaeology
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In article <1995Sep22.170453.2458@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gsuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Suzuki) writes:
> Anyone else obsessed with the brass stabs and bass patches on the title track?
> Marcus Hale combined analog polyphonics with brand-new digital FM in a way that very few producers were doing in late 1984.

I have a Jupiter-8 in my home studio. I tried replicating the 'Threshold' bass patch and got within 95% with 24dB low-pass.

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Lars Robertson
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab.
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