From hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Feb 28 07:16:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!hreyes From: hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hana Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 07:16:29 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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. I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Hana Reyes "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tsato@pipeline.com Tue Mar 01 12:48:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!tsato From: tsato@pipeline.com (Tobias Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar01.124829.6499@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 01 Mar 1994 12:48:29 GMT References: <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hana Reyes) 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. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tobias Sato Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ofischer@tum.de Thu Mar 03 16:48:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!ofischer From: ofischer@tum.de (Olga Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar03.164829.1296@tum.de> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 16:48:29 GMT References: <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Mar01.124829.6499@pipeline.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar01.124829.6499@pipeline.com>, tsato@pipeline.com (Tobias Sato) writes: > Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Olga Fischer Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From blindqvist@berkeley.edu Fri Mar 04 05:50:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!blindqvist From: blindqvist@berkeley.edu (Bastien Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar04.055029.6721@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 05:50:29 GMT References: <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Mar01.124829.6499@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar01.124829.6499@pipeline.com>, tsato@pipeline.com (Tobias Sato) writes: > Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Bastien Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bchoi@mit.edu Sat Mar 05 18:36:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!bchoi From: bchoi@mit.edu (Bruno Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Mar05.183629.5368@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 18:36:29 GMT References: <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb28.071629.1038@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hana Reyes) 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. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Bruno Choi | bchoi@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: AB2A 5415 42A3 FB52 "Keep the channels open."