From fwatanabe@utexas.edu Fri Oct 04 21:08:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!fwatanabe From: fwatanabe@utexas.edu (Fiona Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct04.210805.7653@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 21:08:05 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Fiona Watanabe Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From jmuller@kiae.su Sun Oct 06 18:57:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!jmuller From: jmuller@kiae.su (Jens Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct06.185705.2141@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 18:57:05 GMT References: <1996Oct04.210805.7653@utexas.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct04.210805.7653@utexas.edu>, fwatanabe@utexas.edu (Fiona Watanabe) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Jens Müller *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From dkowalski@cam.ac.uk Tue Oct 08 13:17:05 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!dkowalski From: dkowalski@cam.ac.uk (Dave Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct08.131705.5487@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 13:17:05 GMT References: <1996Oct04.210805.7653@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct04.210805.7653@utexas.edu>, fwatanabe@utexas.edu (Fiona Watanabe) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Dave Kowalski "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1