From acampbell@demon.co.uk Mon Jul 10 13:03:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!acampbell From: acampbell@demon.co.uk (Andrei Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 13:03:18 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. 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? -- === Andrei Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From rmoreno@demon.co.uk Mon Jul 10 20:56:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!rmoreno From: rmoreno@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul10.205618.4596@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 20:56:18 GMT References: <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk>, acampbell@demon.co.uk (Andrei Campbell) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Rodrigo Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From afischer@illinois.edu Wed Jul 12 06:43:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!afischer From: afischer@illinois.edu (Amy Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul12.064318.1672@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 06:43:18 GMT References: <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk>, acampbell@demon.co.uk (Andrei Campbell) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Amy Fischer SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From rito@inria.fr Fri Jul 14 03:41:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!rito From: rito@inria.fr (Rodrigo Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul14.034118.2141@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 03:41:18 GMT References: <1995Jul10.130318.5355@demon.co.uk> <1995Jul12.064318.1672@illinois.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul12.064318.1672@illinois.edu>, afischer@illinois.edu (Amy Fischer) writes: > I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Rodrigo Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.