From ksato@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun May 22 02:21:54 1994
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Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment.
Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays.

Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983.

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From lsmirnov@mindspring.com Mon May 23 20:56:54 1994
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994May22.022154.9069@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ksato@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Sato) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

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From msantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue May 24 16:09:54 1994
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From: msantos@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mikhail Santos)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1994May23.205654.5742@mindspring.com>, lsmirnov@mindspring.com (Liam Smirnov) writes:
> Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference.

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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