From gtanaka@panix.com Tue Jan 24 02:49:57 1995
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From: gtanaka@panix.com (Göran Tanaka)
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Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.

Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.
Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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From sgonzalez@panix.com Tue Jan 24 13:33:57 1995
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From: sgonzalez@panix.com (Sven González)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Jan24.024957.1834@panix.com>, gtanaka@panix.com (Göran Tanaka) writes:
> Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths.
> Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques.

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