From tcampbell@illinois.edu Sun Oct 22 12:29:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!tcampbell From: tcampbell@illinois.edu (Tyler Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 12:29:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Tyler Campbell -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From flarsson@hanse.de Mon Oct 23 17:09:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!flarsson From: flarsson@hanse.de (Fiona Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct23.170941.8696@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 17:09:41 GMT References: <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu>, tcampbell@illinois.edu (Tyler Campbell) 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Fiona Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From dhernandez@kiae.su Tue Oct 24 03:45:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!dhernandez From: dhernandez@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct24.034541.1869@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 03:45:41 GMT References: <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu> <1995Oct23.170941.8696@hanse.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct23.170941.8696@hanse.de>, flarsson@hanse.de (Fiona Larsson) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Dong-hyun Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From csuzuki@inria.fr Tue Oct 24 12:30:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!csuzuki From: csuzuki@inria.fr (Callum Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct24.123041.1155@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 12:30:41 GMT References: <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct22.122941.8037@illinois.edu>, tcampbell@illinois.edu (Tyler Campbell) 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. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Callum Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "A soul is not exclusive to biology."