From mlopez@tum.de Fri Apr 14 14:16:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!mlopez From: mlopez@tum.de (Marta López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 14:16:33 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. 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. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Marta López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hmacdonald@earthlink.net Sat Apr 15 12:05:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@earthlink.net (Hugo MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr15.120533.4756@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 12:05:33 GMT References: <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de>, mlopez@tum.de (Marta López) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > 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. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Hugo MacDonald "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From ndubois@stanford.edu Mon Apr 17 04:51:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!ndubois From: ndubois@stanford.edu (Nadine Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr17.045133.4702@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 04:51:33 GMT References: <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de>, mlopez@tum.de (Marta López) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Nadine Dubois Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From sgirard@cmu.edu Wed Apr 19 07:04:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!sgirard From: sgirard@cmu.edu (Steve Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr19.070433.6949@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 07:04:33 GMT References: <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de> <1995Apr15.120533.4756@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr15.120533.4756@earthlink.net>, hmacdonald@earthlink.net (Hugo MacDonald) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Steve Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Marcus is not one man." From agonzalez@tum.de Thu Apr 20 03:56:33 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!agonzalez From: agonzalez@tum.de (Aiko González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr20.035633.5855@tum.de> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 03:56:33 GMT References: <1995Apr14.141633.6583@tum.de> <1995Apr15.120533.4756@earthlink.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr15.120533.4756@earthlink.net>, hmacdonald@earthlink.net (Hugo MacDonald) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Aiko González -- Technische Universität München "Marcus is not one man."