From mfischer@pacbell.net Wed Feb 01 04:42:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!mfischer From: mfischer@pacbell.net (Morag Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 04:42:08 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Morag Fischer | mfischer@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: E633 DA75 7BC0 825C "Keep the channels open." From ceriksson@stanford.edu Thu Feb 02 20:59:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!ceriksson From: ceriksson@stanford.edu (Callum Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb02.205908.4515@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 20:59:08 GMT References: <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Morag Fischer) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Callum Eriksson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13 From jwatanabe@titech.ac.jp Fri Feb 03 08:35:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@titech.ac.jp (Joachim Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb03.083508.4420@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 08:35:08 GMT References: <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Morag Fischer) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. 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. -- Joachim Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From klopez@kth.se Fri Feb 03 19:53:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!klopez From: klopez@kth.se (Katrin López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Feb03.195308.9361@kth.se> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 19:53:08 GMT References: <1995Feb01.044208.6461@pacbell.net> <1995Feb02.205908.4515@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb02.205908.4515@stanford.edu>, ceriksson@stanford.edu (Callum Eriksson) writes: > 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. 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! -- Katrin López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0