From msokolov@unam.mx Thu Jan 05 04:45:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!msokolov From: msokolov@unam.mx (Mikhail Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 04:45:55 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx 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. -- Mikhail Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lperez@cern.ch Fri Jan 06 21:02:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!lperez From: lperez@cern.ch (Liam Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan06.210255.5559@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 21:02:55 GMT References: <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx>, msokolov@unam.mx (Mikhail Sokolov) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Liam Pérez -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From fkuznetsov@hanse.de Sun Jan 08 00:12:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!fkuznetsov From: fkuznetsov@hanse.de (Freya Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan08.001255.2686@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 00:12:55 GMT References: <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx>, msokolov@unam.mx (Mikhail Sokolov) 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. -- Freya Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkang@mindspring.com Sun Jan 08 17:06:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!jkang From: jkang@mindspring.com (Jen Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan08.170655.1299@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 17:06:55 GMT References: <1995Jan05.044555.1504@unam.mx> <1995Jan06.210255.5559@cern.ch> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan06.210255.5559@cern.ch>, lperez@cern.ch (Liam Pérez) writes: > I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Jen Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.