From apetrov@illinois.edu Thu Feb 15 20:49:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!apetrov From: apetrov@illinois.edu (Astrid Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb15.204913.2509@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 20:49:13 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Astrid Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From sdubois@cmu.edu Sat Feb 17 21:22:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!sdubois From: sdubois@cmu.edu (Sven Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb17.212213.6331@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 21:22:13 GMT References: <1996Feb15.204913.2509@illinois.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb15.204913.2509@illinois.edu>, apetrov@illinois.edu (Astrid Petrov) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- === Sven Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hold for relay." From seriksson@utexas.edu Sun Feb 18 23:29:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!seriksson From: seriksson@utexas.edu (Sven Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb18.232913.2032@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 23:29:13 GMT References: <1996Feb15.204913.2509@illinois.edu> <1996Feb17.212213.6331@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb17.212213.6331@cmu.edu>, sdubois@cmu.edu (Sven Dubois) writes: > Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Sven Eriksson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / AmigaOS 3.1