From ctanaka@cern.ch Tue Jul 09 16:12:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!ctanaka From: ctanaka@cern.ch (Camila Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 16:12:40 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Camila Tanaka "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1 From msokolov@titech.ac.jp Wed Jul 10 12:18:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!msokolov From: msokolov@titech.ac.jp (Marta Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul10.121840.9466@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 12:18:40 GMT References: <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch>, ctanaka@cern.ch (Camila Tanaka) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. -- Marta Sokolov "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / System 7.5.1 From dchoi@inria.fr Thu Jul 11 08:01:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!dchoi From: dchoi@inria.fr (Diego Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul11.080140.4893@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 08:01:40 GMT References: <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch> <1996Jul10.121840.9466@titech.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul10.121840.9466@titech.ac.jp>, msokolov@titech.ac.jp (Marta Sokolov) writes: > A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Diego Choi -- INRIA Rocquencourt "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From anovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jul 11 11:07:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!anovak From: anovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul11.110740.2482@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 11:07:40 GMT References: <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch>, ctanaka@cern.ch (Camila Tanaka) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Amy Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From toliveira@illinois.edu Sat Jul 13 15:00:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!toliveira From: toliveira@illinois.edu (Thiago Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul13.150040.7353@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 15:00:40 GMT References: <1996Jul09.161240.8476@cern.ch> <1996Jul11.110740.2482@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul11.110740.2482@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, anovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Novak) writes: > Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Thiago Oliveira | toliveira@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: FD1D 0DA1 4489 D715 "Keep the channels open."