From mhughes@netcom.com Tue Jul 16 15:12:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!mhughes From: mhughes@netcom.com (Mike Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 15:12:46 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Did anyone ever see Luna Gray perform live, or was she exclusively a satellite playback act? -- Mike Hughes "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tschneider@delphi.com Tue Jul 16 23:55:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!tschneider From: tschneider@delphi.com (Takeshi Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul16.235546.7175@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:55:46 GMT References: <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com>, mhughes@netcom.com (Mike Hughes) 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. Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Takeshi Schneider Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From mgarcia@unam.mx Wed Jul 17 09:09:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!unam!mgarcia From: mgarcia@unam.mx (Mike García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul17.090946.5299@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:09:46 GMT References: <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com> <1996Jul16.235546.7175@delphi.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul16.235546.7175@delphi.com>, tschneider@delphi.com (Takeshi Schneider) writes: > Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Mike García "Do not worship the copy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / SunOS 4.1.4 From stakahashi@unam.mx Wed Jul 17 16:57:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!stakahashi From: stakahashi@unam.mx (Seo-yeon Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul17.165746.3111@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 16:57:46 GMT References: <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com> <1996Jul16.235546.7175@delphi.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul16.235546.7175@delphi.com>, tschneider@delphi.com (Takeshi Schneider) writes: > Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Seo-yeon Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From acampbell@purdue.edu Fri Jul 19 11:24:46 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!acampbell From: acampbell@purdue.edu (Anja Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul19.112446.2708@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 11:24:46 GMT References: <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul16.151246.6169@netcom.com>, mhughes@netcom.com (Mike Hughes) 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. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Anja Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.