From mlopez@panix.com Tue May 28 10:09:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mlopez From: mlopez@panix.com (Mathieu López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com> Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:09:31 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? 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. -- Mathieu López | mlopez@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 6808 A29B 535B 7A0A "Keep the channels open." From nsilva@cam.ac.uk Tue May 28 22:19:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!nsilva From: nsilva@cam.ac.uk (Nadia Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996May28.221931.1625@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 22:19:31 GMT References: <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com>, mlopez@panix.com (Mathieu López) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? 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. -- Nadia Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fduarte@berkeley.edu Thu May 30 16:59:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!fduarte From: fduarte@berkeley.edu (Freya Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996May30.165931.7168@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 16:59:31 GMT References: <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com>, mlopez@panix.com (Mathieu López) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? > The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Freya Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From dsilva@netcom.com Thu May 30 23:55:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!dsilva From: dsilva@netcom.com (Dave Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996May30.235531.7567@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 23:55:31 GMT References: <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com>, mlopez@panix.com (Mathieu López) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Dave Silva Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dsanchez@kiae.su Sat Jun 01 00:57:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!dsanchez From: dsanchez@kiae.su (Dmitri Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jun01.005731.1307@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:57:31 GMT References: <1996May28.100931.7941@panix.com> <1996May30.165931.7168@berkeley.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996May30.165931.7168@berkeley.edu>, fduarte@berkeley.edu (Freya Duarte) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- === Dmitri Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."