From ysuzuki@pacbell.net Tue Sep 26 02:36:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!ysuzuki From: ysuzuki@pacbell.net (Yuki Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep26.023624.7483@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 02:36:24 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Yuki Suzuki SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Row 14. No joke." From vsanchez@cmu.edu Tue Sep 26 07:32:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!vsanchez From: vsanchez@cmu.edu (Valeria Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep26.073224.7700@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 07:32:24 GMT References: <1995Sep26.023624.7483@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep26.023624.7483@pacbell.net>, ysuzuki@pacbell.net (Yuki Suzuki) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Valeria Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rschneider@pipeline.com Wed Sep 27 01:23:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!rschneider From: rschneider@pipeline.com (Raj Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep27.012324.4327@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 01:23:24 GMT References: <1995Sep26.023624.7483@pacbell.net> <1995Sep26.073224.7700@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep26.073224.7700@cmu.edu>, vsanchez@cmu.edu (Valeria Sánchez) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Raj Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------