From rpopov@cern.ch Fri Aug 02 00:37:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!rpopov From: rpopov@cern.ch (Raj Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 00:37:54 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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 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. Line 05 in the decoded matrix said it plainly: 'THEY WILL SEND A COPY IN MY PLACE.' -- Raj Popov "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jhernandez@uu.net Fri Aug 02 22:56:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!jhernandez From: jhernandez@uu.net (Jen Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug02.225654.9388@uu.net> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 22:56:54 GMT References: <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch>, rpopov@cern.ch (Raj Popov) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Jen Hernández Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mschneider@illinois.edu Sun Aug 04 13:28:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!mschneider From: mschneider@illinois.edu (Min-jun Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug04.132854.5636@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 13:28:54 GMT References: <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch> <1996Aug02.225654.9388@uu.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug02.225654.9388@uu.net>, jhernandez@uu.net (Jen Hernández) writes: > Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Min-jun Schneider | mschneider@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: F6AD E846 380C 5F4E "Keep the channels open." From okowalski@purdue.edu Tue Aug 06 07:56:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!okowalski From: okowalski@purdue.edu (Olga Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug06.075654.7539@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 07:56:54 GMT References: <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch>, rpopov@cern.ch (Raj Popov) 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. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- === Olga Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "They will send a copy in my place." From swatanabe@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Aug 06 20:43:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!swatanabe From: swatanabe@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sven Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug06.204354.1159@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 20:43:54 GMT References: <1996Aug02.003754.8801@cern.ch> <1996Aug02.225654.9388@uu.net> <1996Aug04.132854.5636@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug04.132854.5636@illinois.edu>, mschneider@illinois.edu (Min-jun Schneider) writes: > I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. 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. -- === Sven Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."