From rbrennan@kth.se Sat Apr 16 09:01:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!rbrennan From: rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 09:01:51 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se 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 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. -- Rodrigo Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From akarlsson@pipeline.com Sat Apr 16 18:36:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!akarlsson From: akarlsson@pipeline.com (Astrid Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr16.183651.7743@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 18:36:51 GMT References: <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se>, rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) 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. -- Astrid Karlsson Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From spetrov@kth.se Sun Apr 17 09:38:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!spetrov From: spetrov@kth.se (Sergei Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr17.093851.6267@kth.se> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 09:38:51 GMT References: <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se>, rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Sergei Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bnilsson@demon.co.uk Sun Apr 17 17:15:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!bnilsson From: bnilsson@demon.co.uk (Bastien Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr17.171551.7242@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 17:15:51 GMT References: <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se>, rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) 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. -- Bastien Nilsson -- Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man." From srodriguez@illinois.edu Mon Apr 18 03:20:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!srodriguez From: srodriguez@illinois.edu (Seo-yeon Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr18.032051.7938@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 03:20:51 GMT References: <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr16.090151.2829@kth.se>, rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Seo-yeon Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."