From lfischer@mindspring.com Fri Dec 01 23:33:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!lfischer From: lfischer@mindspring.com (Lucia Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 23:33:58 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Lucia Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From abrennan@ox.ac.uk Mon Dec 04 00:46:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!abrennan From: abrennan@ox.ac.uk (Astrid Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec04.004658.1839@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 00:46:58 GMT References: <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com>, lfischer@mindspring.com (Lucia Fischer) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Astrid Brennan | abrennan@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: F646 827E 9721 C37D "Keep the channels open." From lnovak@inria.fr Tue Dec 05 13:28:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!lnovak From: lnovak@inria.fr (Lucia Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec05.132858.7529@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 13:28:58 GMT References: <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com> <1995Dec04.004658.1839@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec04.004658.1839@ox.ac.uk>, abrennan@ox.ac.uk (Astrid Brennan) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Lucia Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mfournier@rwth-aachen.de Thu Dec 07 06:12:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!mfournier From: mfournier@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Dec07.061258.6459@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 06:12:58 GMT References: <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec01.233358.3161@mindspring.com>, lfischer@mindspring.com (Lucia Fischer) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > 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. -- Mathieu Fournier "Row 14. No joke." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1