From akuznetsov@cmu.edu Wed Dec 04 20:39:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@cmu.edu (Aiko Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 20:39:15 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. 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. -- === Aiko Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From slopez@titech.ac.jp Fri Dec 06 05:48:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!slopez From: slopez@titech.ac.jp (Sergei López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Dec06.054815.9102@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 05:48:15 GMT References: <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu>, akuznetsov@cmu.edu (Aiko Kuznetsov) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Sergei López -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "They will send a copy in my place." From sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 06 15:59:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Dec06.155915.3880@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 15:59:15 GMT References: <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu>, akuznetsov@cmu.edu (Aiko Kuznetsov) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Sergei Okonkwo SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From freyes@clari.net Sat Dec 07 15:16:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!freyes From: freyes@clari.net (Fiona Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Dec07.151615.7511@clari.net> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 15:16:15 GMT References: <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu> <1996Dec06.155915.3880@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Dec06.155915.3880@uni-hamburg.de>, sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Okonkwo) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Fiona Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tokonkwo@rwth-aachen.de Sat Dec 07 21:46:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!tokonkwo From: tokonkwo@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Dec07.214615.1613@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 21:46:15 GMT References: <1996Dec04.203915.8624@cmu.edu> <1996Dec06.155915.3880@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec06.155915.3880@uni-hamburg.de>, sokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Okonkwo) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- === Tyler Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "They will send a copy in my place."