From srodriguez@utexas.edu Tue Mar 19 01:14:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!srodriguez From: srodriguez@utexas.edu (Sergei Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Mar19.011443.3295@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 01:14:43 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Sergei Rodríguez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jrobertson@clari.net Wed Mar 20 21:31:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!jrobertson From: jrobertson@clari.net (Jen Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Mar20.213143.6827@clari.net> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 21:31:43 GMT References: <1996Mar19.011443.3295@utexas.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar19.011443.3295@utexas.edu>, srodriguez@utexas.edu (Sergei Rodríguez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Jen Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nlaurent@purdue.edu Fri Mar 22 18:49:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!nlaurent From: nlaurent@purdue.edu (Nadia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Mar22.184943.1837@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:49:43 GMT References: <1996Mar19.011443.3295@utexas.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar19.011443.3295@utexas.edu>, srodriguez@utexas.edu (Sergei Rodríguez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Nadia Laurent -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "We don't sign stars. We build them."