From rperez@demon.co.uk Fri Dec 22 09:17:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!rperez From: rperez@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec22.091714.6300@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 09:17:14 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. 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. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Rodrigo Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mlaurent@mindspring.com Fri Dec 22 12:07:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!mlaurent From: mlaurent@mindspring.com (Mathieu Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec22.120714.8675@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 12:07:14 GMT References: <1995Dec22.091714.6300@demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec22.091714.6300@demon.co.uk>, rperez@demon.co.uk (Rodrigo Pérez) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Mathieu Laurent | mlaurent@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: D2DA A366 A8C5 0F6C "Keep the channels open." From dchoi@delphi.com Sun Dec 24 16:03:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!dchoi From: dchoi@delphi.com (Diego Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec24.160314.5985@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 16:03:14 GMT References: <1995Dec22.091714.6300@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec22.120714.8675@mindspring.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec22.120714.8675@mindspring.com>, mlaurent@mindspring.com (Mathieu Laurent) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Diego Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Dec 26 12:50:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!mmoreno From: mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec26.125014.2422@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 12:50:14 GMT References: <1995Dec22.091714.6300@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec22.120714.8675@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec22.120714.8675@mindspring.com>, mlaurent@mindspring.com (Mathieu Laurent) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Mathieu Moreno "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3