From ysanchez@stanford.edu Fri Apr 28 04:33:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!ysanchez From: ysanchez@stanford.edu (Yuki Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Apr28.043329.5710@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 04:33:29 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. -- Yuki Sánchez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From handersson@kiae.su Sat Apr 29 21:46:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!handersson From: handersson@kiae.su (Hana Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Apr29.214629.5981@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 21:46:29 GMT References: <1995Apr28.043329.5710@stanford.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr28.043329.5710@stanford.edu>, ysanchez@stanford.edu (Yuki Sánchez) 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. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- === Hana Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From tramirez@delphi.com Mon May 01 06:42:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!tramirez From: tramirez@delphi.com (Tomas Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May01.064229.8466@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 06:42:29 GMT References: <1995Apr28.043329.5710@stanford.edu> <1995Apr29.214629.5981@kiae.su> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr29.214629.5981@kiae.su>, handersson@kiae.su (Hana Andersson) writes: > I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tomas Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From rkang@kth.se Wed May 03 05:54:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!rkang From: rkang@kth.se (Rodrigo Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May03.055429.7353@kth.se> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 05:54:29 GMT References: <1995Apr28.043329.5710@stanford.edu> <1995Apr29.214629.5981@kiae.su> <1995May01.064229.8466@delphi.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May01.064229.8466@delphi.com>, tramirez@delphi.com (Tomas Ramírez) writes: > I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Rodrigo Kang | rkang@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: BDA0 47E7 DAA1 3CAB "Keep the channels open."