From jpetrov@pacbell.net Tue Feb 07 02:14:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!jpetrov From: jpetrov@pacbell.net (Joachim Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb07.021403.5959@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 02:14:03 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Joachim Petrov "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mweber@stanford.edu Tue Feb 07 13:46:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!mweber From: mweber@stanford.edu (Mike Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb07.134603.5377@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 13:46:03 GMT References: <1995Feb07.021403.5959@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb07.021403.5959@pacbell.net>, jpetrov@pacbell.net (Joachim Petrov) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Mike Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From brobertson@mit.edu Wed Feb 08 20:43:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!brobertson From: brobertson@mit.edu (Bastien Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb08.204303.7724@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 20:43:03 GMT References: <1995Feb07.021403.5959@pacbell.net> <1995Feb07.134603.5377@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb07.134603.5377@stanford.edu>, mweber@stanford.edu (Mike Weber) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Bastien Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hold for relay." From kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de Fri Feb 10 03:52:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Kenji MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb10.035203.3516@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 03:52:03 GMT References: <1995Feb07.021403.5959@pacbell.net> <1995Feb07.134603.5377@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb07.134603.5377@stanford.edu>, mweber@stanford.edu (Mike Weber) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Kenji MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.