From mnilsson@clari.net Tue Mar 07 15:47:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!mnilsson From: mnilsson@clari.net (Mikhail Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar07.154748.4087@clari.net> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 15:47:48 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- === Mikhail Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "They will send a copy in my place." From tfournier@panix.com Wed Mar 08 16:58:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!tfournier From: tfournier@panix.com (Tyler Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar08.165848.2275@panix.com> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 16:58:48 GMT References: <1995Mar07.154748.4087@clari.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar07.154748.4087@clari.net>, mnilsson@clari.net (Mikhail Nilsson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Tyler Fournier "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From rkuznetsov@stanford.edu Thu Mar 09 23:27:48 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!rkuznetsov From: rkuznetsov@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar09.232748.9615@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 23:27:48 GMT References: <1995Mar07.154748.4087@clari.net> <1995Mar08.165848.2275@panix.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar08.165848.2275@panix.com>, tfournier@panix.com (Tyler Fournier) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Rodrigo Kuznetsov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.