From tnovak@panix.com Fri Aug 25 18:24:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!tnovak From: tnovak@panix.com (Tobias Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug25.182413.9339@panix.com> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 18:24:13 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? 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. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Tobias Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From msantos@titech.ac.jp Sun Aug 27 10:56:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!msantos From: msantos@titech.ac.jp (Min-jun Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Aug27.105613.7733@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 10:56:13 GMT References: <1995Aug25.182413.9339@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug25.182413.9339@panix.com>, tnovak@panix.com (Tobias Novak) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > 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. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Min-jun Santos "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04