From ssato@pipeline.com Thu Aug 08 18:02:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!ssato From: ssato@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 18:02:32 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. 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. -- Sun-mi Sato "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From kmuller@mit.edu Fri Aug 09 00:50:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!kmuller From: kmuller@mit.edu (Kenji Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug09.005032.3745@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 00:50:32 GMT References: <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com>, ssato@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sato) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Kenji Müller | kmuller@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 625B F74E 6AD5 6CB1 "Keep the channels open." From dsantos@utexas.edu Sat Aug 10 20:56:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!dsantos From: dsantos@utexas.edu (Dave Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug10.205632.4356@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 20:56:32 GMT References: <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com> <1996Aug09.005032.3745@mit.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug09.005032.3745@mit.edu>, kmuller@mit.edu (Kenji Müller) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- === Dave Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jsilva@cmu.edu Sun Aug 11 11:26:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!jsilva From: jsilva@cmu.edu (Joachim Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Aug11.112632.9871@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 11:26:32 GMT References: <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug08.180232.9981@pipeline.com>, ssato@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sato) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Joachim Silva Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------