From thughes@uu.net Wed Feb 01 02:33:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!thughes From: thughes@uu.net (Tobias Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 02:33:43 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Tobias Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gnakamura@mit.edu Thu Feb 02 15:20:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!gnakamura From: gnakamura@mit.edu (Graham Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb02.152043.4739@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 15:20:43 GMT References: <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net>, thughes@uu.net (Tobias Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Graham Nakamura -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Do not worship the copy." From tfischer@mit.edu Fri Feb 03 08:05:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!tfischer From: tfischer@mit.edu (Tobias Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb03.080543.2426@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 08:05:43 GMT References: <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net>, thughes@uu.net (Tobias Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Tobias Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Marcus is not one man." From leriksson@ox.ac.uk Sun Feb 05 11:27:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!leriksson From: leriksson@ox.ac.uk (Liam Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb05.112743.6412@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 11:27:43 GMT References: <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb01.023343.3773@uu.net>, thughes@uu.net (Tobias Hughes) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Liam Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.