From msuzuki@berkeley.edu Sat Oct 14 06:27:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!msuzuki From: msuzuki@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 06:27:05 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Mathieu Suzuki | msuzuki@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 75F7 9365 C855 AA0A "Keep the channels open." From ffournier@uu.net Sun Oct 15 04:26:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!ffournier From: ffournier@uu.net (Fiona Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct15.042605.2766@uu.net> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 04:26:05 GMT References: <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu>, msuzuki@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Suzuki) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Fiona Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ppopov@pacbell.net Sun Oct 15 22:01:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!ppopov From: ppopov@pacbell.net (Pavel Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct15.220105.2269@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 22:01:05 GMT References: <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu> <1995Oct15.042605.2766@uu.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct15.042605.2766@uu.net>, ffournier@uu.net (Fiona Fournier) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Pavel Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From loliveira@cam.ac.uk Mon Oct 16 03:18:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!loliveira From: loliveira@cam.ac.uk (Liam Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct16.031805.5447@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 03:18:05 GMT References: <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu>, msuzuki@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Suzuki) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- === Liam Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From lrobertson@earthlink.net Wed Oct 18 05:46:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!lrobertson From: lrobertson@earthlink.net (Lisa Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct18.054605.8766@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 05:46:05 GMT References: <1995Oct14.062705.5916@berkeley.edu> <1995Oct16.031805.5447@cam.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct16.031805.5447@cam.ac.uk>, loliveira@cam.ac.uk (Liam Oliveira) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Lisa Robertson -- EarthLink Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."