From jfischer@pacbell.net Fri Mar 11 21:09:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!jfischer From: jfischer@pacbell.net (Jen Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 21:09:04 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. 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. -- Jen Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ysanchez@illinois.edu Sat Mar 12 22:01:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!ysanchez From: ysanchez@illinois.edu (Yuki Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar12.220104.5392@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 22:01:04 GMT References: <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net>, jfischer@pacbell.net (Jen Fischer) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. 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. -- Yuki Sánchez | ysanchez@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E016 FD83 988F 881E "Keep the channels open." From vvasiliev@kth.se Mon Mar 14 22:15:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!vvasiliev From: vvasiliev@kth.se (Valeria Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar14.221504.7023@kth.se> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 22:15:04 GMT References: <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net> <1994Mar12.220104.5392@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar12.220104.5392@illinois.edu>, ysanchez@illinois.edu (Yuki Sánchez) writes: > 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. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- === Valeria Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rpetrov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Mar 15 07:15:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!rpetrov From: rpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Renata Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar15.071504.8757@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 07:15:04 GMT References: <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar11.210904.1647@pacbell.net>, jfischer@pacbell.net (Jen Fischer) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Renata Petrov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."