From dkang@uu.net Wed Jan 18 09:02:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!dkang From: dkang@uu.net (Diego Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan18.090242.1649@uu.net> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 09:02:42 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Diego Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From grodriguez@tum.de Thu Jan 19 12:56:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!grodriguez From: grodriguez@tum.de (Göran Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan19.125642.4388@tum.de> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 12:56:42 GMT References: <1995Jan18.090242.1649@uu.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan18.090242.1649@uu.net>, dkang@uu.net (Diego Kang) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Göran Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From flarsson@unam.mx Thu Jan 19 19:36:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!flarsson From: flarsson@unam.mx (Fiona Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jan19.193642.6721@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:36:42 GMT References: <1995Jan18.090242.1649@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan18.090242.1649@uu.net>, dkang@uu.net (Diego Kang) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Fiona Larsson "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / NEXTSTEP 3.3