From mivanov@unam.mx Wed Jan 25 19:41:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!mivanov From: mivanov@unam.mx (Mei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan25.194112.7259@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 19:41:12 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Mei Ivanov "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / SunOS 4.1.4 From lgirard@panix.com Thu Jan 26 11:31:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!lgirard From: lgirard@panix.com (Liam Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan26.113112.6223@panix.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:31:12 GMT References: <1995Jan25.194112.7259@unam.mx> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan25.194112.7259@unam.mx>, mivanov@unam.mx (Mei Ivanov) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Liam Girard "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1