From slindqvist@cam.ac.uk Thu Jul 13 16:56:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!slindqvist From: slindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul13.165624.4843@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:56:24 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. -- Seo-yeon Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jmacdonald@panix.com Fri Jul 14 06:45:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@panix.com (Julien MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul14.064524.5458@panix.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 06:45:24 GMT References: <1995Jul13.165624.4843@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul13.165624.4843@cam.ac.uk>, slindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Lindqvist) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Julien MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From rfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jul 15 23:09:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!rfournier From: rfournier@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Renata Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul15.230924.2066@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 23:09:24 GMT References: <1995Jul13.165624.4843@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul13.165624.4843@cam.ac.uk>, slindqvist@cam.ac.uk (Seo-yeon Lindqvist) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Renata Fournier "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Macintosh IIfx / FreeBSD 2.1