From glopez@purdue.edu Tue Jul 25 00:52:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!glopez From: glopez@purdue.edu (Graham López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 00:52:50 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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 songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Graham López | glopez@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7E16 C475 5A20 BFF5 "Keep the channels open." From snovak@purdue.edu Tue Jul 25 15:46:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!snovak From: snovak@purdue.edu (Sergei Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul25.154650.8320@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 15:46:50 GMT References: <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu>, glopez@purdue.edu (Graham López) 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. -- Sergei Novak | snovak@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: F41E 6DF4 C9B7 38D8 "Keep the channels open." From mkuznetsov@illinois.edu Tue Jul 25 20:09:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Mikhail Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul25.200950.4764@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 20:09:50 GMT References: <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu>, glopez@purdue.edu (Graham López) 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 songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Mikhail Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From lwatanabe@stanford.edu Thu Jul 27 01:57:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!lwatanabe From: lwatanabe@stanford.edu (Lisa Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul27.015750.2077@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:57:50 GMT References: <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu> <1995Jul25.154650.8320@purdue.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul25.154650.8320@purdue.edu>, snovak@purdue.edu (Sergei Novak) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. 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. -- Lisa Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kfischer@mit.edu Thu Jul 27 19:55:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!kfischer From: kfischer@mit.edu (Karen Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul27.195550.7544@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 19:55:50 GMT References: <1995Jul25.005250.2743@purdue.edu> <1995Jul25.200950.4764@illinois.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul25.200950.4764@illinois.edu>, mkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Mikhail Kuznetsov) writes: > I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Karen Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "When every node is whole, the channel opens."