From alee@mindspring.com Thu Sep 22 21:15:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!alee From: alee@mindspring.com (Anja Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Sep22.211524.4058@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 21:15:24 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Anja Lee "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1 From mkang@mindspring.com Fri Sep 23 06:26:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!mkang From: mkang@mindspring.com (Min-jun Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Sep23.062624.8731@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 06:26:24 GMT References: <1994Sep22.211524.4058@mindspring.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep22.211524.4058@mindspring.com>, alee@mindspring.com (Anja Lee) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Min-jun Kang Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Marcus is not one man." From dgarcia@mit.edu Sun Sep 25 00:49:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!dgarcia From: dgarcia@mit.edu (Diego García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Sep25.004924.7538@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 00:49:24 GMT References: <1994Sep22.211524.4058@mindspring.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep22.211524.4058@mindspring.com>, alee@mindspring.com (Anja Lee) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Diego García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------