From nsato@purdue.edu Thu Sep 14 02:23:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!nsato From: nsato@purdue.edu (Nadine Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep14.022326.1994@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 02:23:26 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Nadine Sato Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From akowalski@delphi.com Fri Sep 15 02:30:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!akowalski From: akowalski@delphi.com (Astrid Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep15.023026.7904@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 02:30:26 GMT References: <1995Sep14.022326.1994@purdue.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep14.022326.1994@purdue.edu>, nsato@purdue.edu (Nadine Sato) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Astrid Kowalski -- Delphi Internet Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."