From mschneider@demon.co.uk Sat Jul 06 05:15:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!mschneider From: mschneider@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 05:15:07 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Mathieu Schneider "They will send a copy in my place." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From dokonkwo@titech.ac.jp Sun Jul 07 23:56:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@titech.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul07.235607.4109@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 23:56:07 GMT References: <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk>, mschneider@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Schneider) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Dong-hyun Okonkwo "They will send a copy in my place." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1 From jvasiliev@cam.ac.uk Mon Jul 08 08:49:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@cam.ac.uk (Julien Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul08.084907.1667@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 08:49:07 GMT References: <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk> <1996Jul07.235607.4109@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul07.235607.4109@titech.ac.jp>, dokonkwo@titech.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Okonkwo) writes: > Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Julien Vasiliev Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From akarlsson@inria.fr Tue Jul 09 04:31:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!akarlsson From: akarlsson@inria.fr (Anja Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Jul09.043107.8400@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 04:31:07 GMT References: <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul06.051507.4255@demon.co.uk>, mschneider@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Schneider) 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 actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Anja Karlsson "Hold for relay." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3