From alopez@utexas.edu Fri Aug 26 07:48:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!alopez From: alopez@utexas.edu (Anton López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 07:48:02 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Anton López Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bkang@hanse.de Sat Aug 27 08:04:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!bkang From: bkang@hanse.de (Bill Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 08:04:02 GMT References: <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu>, alopez@utexas.edu (Anton López) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Bill Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Aug 29 03:50:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!mbrennan From: mbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Min-jun Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Aug29.035002.1975@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 03:50:02 GMT References: <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu> <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de>, bkang@hanse.de (Bill Kang) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Min-jun Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asmirnov@stanford.edu Mon Aug 29 18:43:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!asmirnov From: asmirnov@stanford.edu (Astrid Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Aug29.184302.1843@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 18:43:02 GMT References: <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu> <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de>, bkang@hanse.de (Bill Kang) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Astrid Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Row 14. No joke." From rkuznetsov@mit.edu Wed Aug 31 08:11:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!rkuznetsov From: rkuznetsov@mit.edu (Rodrigo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Aug31.081102.6800@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 08:11:02 GMT References: <1994Aug26.074802.8861@utexas.edu> <1994Aug27.080402.1367@hanse.de> <1994Aug29.184302.1843@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug29.184302.1843@stanford.edu>, asmirnov@stanford.edu (Astrid Smirnov) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Rodrigo Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0