From lsilva@pacbell.net Wed Jul 24 16:39:50 1996
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From: lsilva@pacbell.net (Lisa Silva)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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).

Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.
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.

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Lisa Silva -- Pacific Bell Internet Services
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From mtanaka@kiae.su Fri Jul 26 08:02:50 1996
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From: mtanaka@kiae.su (Mike Tanaka)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul24.163950.6192@pacbell.net>, lsilva@pacbell.net (Lisa Silva) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).
> Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles.

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

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From asuzuki@stanford.edu Sat Jul 27 06:34:50 1996
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From: asuzuki@stanford.edu (Anton Suzuki)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul24.163950.6192@pacbell.net>, lsilva@pacbell.net (Lisa Silva) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

-- 
Anton Suzuki
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab.
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From sramirez@kth.se Sun Jul 28 05:44:50 1996
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1996Jul26.080250.8646@kiae.su>, mtanaka@kiae.su (Mike Tanaka) writes:
> Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission.

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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=== Steve Ramírez ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."