From bpopov@netcom.com Sun Dec 10 07:59:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!bpopov From: bpopov@netcom.com (Bruno Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec10.075927.6568@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 07:59:27 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Bruno Popov "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1 From ndubois@tum.de Tue Dec 12 09:48:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!ndubois From: ndubois@tum.de (Nadine Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec12.094827.8217@tum.de> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 09:48:27 GMT References: <1995Dec10.075927.6568@netcom.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec10.075927.6568@netcom.com>, bpopov@netcom.com (Bruno Popov) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. -- Nadine Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------