From mlindqvist@hanse.de Tue Jun 27 08:54:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@hanse.de (Mei Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun27.085406.7747@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 08:54:06 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Mei Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From probertson@cern.ch Wed Jun 28 04:07:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!probertson From: probertson@cern.ch (Pavel Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun28.040706.4880@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 04:07:06 GMT References: <1995Jun27.085406.7747@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun27.085406.7747@hanse.de>, mlindqvist@hanse.de (Mei Lindqvist) 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. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Pavel Robertson | probertson@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 3D4B 6833 2F24 C99A "Keep the channels open."