From msantos@delphi.com Fri Mar 04 23:54:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!msantos From: msantos@delphi.com (Marta Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 23:54:18 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. 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. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Marta Santos | msantos@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 90FA B05C C005 B4C1 "Keep the channels open." From kschneider@uni-hamburg.de Sat Mar 05 14:51:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!kschneider From: kschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Kenji Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 14:51:18 GMT References: <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com>, msantos@delphi.com (Marta Santos) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Kenji Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From gsantos@utexas.edu Sun Mar 06 20:25:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!gsantos From: gsantos@utexas.edu (Graham Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar06.202518.2773@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 20:25:18 GMT References: <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com> <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de>, kschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Kenji Schneider) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Graham Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bfischer@uu.net Sun Mar 06 23:00:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!bfischer From: bfischer@uu.net (Bruno Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar06.230018.5561@uu.net> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 23:00:18 GMT References: <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com> <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de>, kschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Kenji Schneider) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Bruno Fischer "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From blindqvist@unam.mx Tue Mar 08 02:13:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!blindqvist From: blindqvist@unam.mx (Bastien Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar08.021318.9647@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 02:13:18 GMT References: <1994Mar04.235418.4969@delphi.com> <1994Mar05.145118.8330@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Mar06.202518.2773@utexas.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar06.202518.2773@utexas.edu>, gsantos@utexas.edu (Graham Santos) 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! -- Bastien Lindqvist "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04