From asuzuki@tum.de Wed Aug 23 20:50:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!asuzuki From: asuzuki@tum.de (Anja Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug23.205013.3149@tum.de> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 20:50:13 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Anja Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From slarsson@hanse.de Fri Aug 25 21:59:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!slarsson From: slarsson@hanse.de (Steve Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug25.215913.5333@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 21:59:13 GMT References: <1995Aug23.205013.3149@tum.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug23.205013.3149@tum.de>, asuzuki@tum.de (Anja Suzuki) 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Steve Larsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From edubois@delphi.com Sat Aug 26 22:15:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!edubois From: edubois@delphi.com (Emi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug26.221513.7969@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 22:15:13 GMT References: <1995Aug23.205013.3149@tum.de> <1995Aug25.215913.5333@hanse.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug25.215913.5333@hanse.de>, slarsson@hanse.de (Steve Larsson) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Emi Dubois | edubois@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 9089 4041 3A0C AC0B "Keep the channels open."