From nkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk Mon Jun 20 21:13:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!nkuznetsov From: nkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Nadine Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun20.211329.3566@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 21:13:29 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Nadine Kuznetsov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From fhughes@inria.fr Tue Jun 21 14:29:29 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!fhughes From: fhughes@inria.fr (Freya Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun21.142929.2458@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 1994 14:29:29 GMT References: <1994Jun20.211329.3566@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun20.211329.3566@ox.ac.uk>, nkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Nadine Kuznetsov) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Freya Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0