From efischer@pacbell.net Mon Mar 11 12:37:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!efischer From: efischer@pacbell.net (Élodie Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar11.123751.8703@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:37:51 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Élodie Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From deriksson@netcom.com Wed Mar 13 14:30:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!deriksson From: deriksson@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar13.143051.3632@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:30:51 GMT References: <1996Mar11.123751.8703@pacbell.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar11.123751.8703@pacbell.net>, efischer@pacbell.net (Élodie Fischer) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Dong-hyun Eriksson -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."