From fmuller@titech.ac.jp Tue Jul 18 18:26:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!fmuller From: fmuller@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 18:26:54 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. 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. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- === Fiona Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mcampbell@uni-hamburg.de Thu Jul 20 18:35:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!mcampbell From: mcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul20.183554.1294@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 18:35:54 GMT References: <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp>, fmuller@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Müller) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > 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. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Mikhail Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jsantos@kiae.su Fri Jul 21 10:37:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!jsantos From: jsantos@kiae.su (Jen Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul21.103754.2446@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:37:54 GMT References: <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul20.183554.1294@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul20.183554.1294@uni-hamburg.de>, mcampbell@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Campbell) writes: > The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Jen Santos -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From pduarte@pacbell.net Sun Jul 23 14:07:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!pduarte From: pduarte@pacbell.net (Pavel Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul23.140754.2937@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 14:07:54 GMT References: <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul20.183554.1294@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Jul21.103754.2446@kiae.su> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul21.103754.2446@kiae.su>, jsantos@kiae.su (Jen Santos) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Pavel Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kstewart@unam.mx Sun Jul 23 22:52:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!kstewart From: kstewart@unam.mx (Kenji Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jul23.225254.8736@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 22:52:54 GMT References: <1995Jul18.182654.9085@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul20.183554.1294@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Jul21.103754.2446@kiae.su> <1995Jul23.140754.2937@pacbell.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul23.140754.2937@pacbell.net>, pduarte@pacbell.net (Pavel Duarte) 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! -- === Kenji Stewart === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."