From vtakahashi@uu.net Mon Jun 26 20:08:52 1995
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From: vtakahashi@uu.net (Valeria Takahashi)
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Subject: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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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 promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit.

It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved.

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Valeria Takahashi <vtakahashi@uu.net>
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From mpopov@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jun 28 02:41:52 1995
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From: mpopov@uni-hamburg.de (Marta Popov)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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In article <1995Jun26.200852.3322@uu.net>, vtakahashi@uu.net (Valeria Takahashi) 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.

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Marta Popov
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik.
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From gmuller@tum.de Thu Jun 29 11:38:52 1995
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From: gmuller@tum.de (Graham Müller)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 11:38:52 GMT
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In article <1995Jun28.024152.5922@uni-hamburg.de>, mpopov@uni-hamburg.de (Marta Popov) 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.

Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman?

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