From csilva@cmu.edu Sat Jul 15 16:51:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!csilva From: csilva@cmu.edu (Callum Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul15.165128.9537@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 16:51:28 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Callum Silva Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke." From mokonkwo@panix.com Mon Jul 17 10:01:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@panix.com (Morag Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul17.100128.4614@panix.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:01:28 GMT References: <1995Jul15.165128.9537@cmu.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul15.165128.9537@cmu.edu>, csilva@cmu.edu (Callum Silva) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Morag Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From knilsson@clari.net Wed Jul 19 12:26:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!knilsson From: knilsson@clari.net (Karen Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul19.122628.2473@clari.net> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:26:28 GMT References: <1995Jul15.165128.9537@cmu.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul15.165128.9537@cmu.edu>, csilva@cmu.edu (Callum Silva) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Karen Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."