From dmoreau@mit.edu Wed Jun 21 20:45:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!dmoreau From: dmoreau@mit.edu (Dmitri Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun21.204539.9602@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 20:45:39 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu 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. 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Dmitri Moreau "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mrodriguez@kiae.su Fri Jun 23 06:54:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@kiae.su (Mateo Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun23.065439.4823@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 06:54:39 GMT References: <1995Jun21.204539.9602@mit.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun21.204539.9602@mit.edu>, dmoreau@mit.edu (Dmitri Moreau) writes: > 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Mateo Rodríguez Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From tvasiliev@utexas.edu Sun Jun 25 03:41:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!tvasiliev From: tvasiliev@utexas.edu (Takeshi Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jun25.034139.6071@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 03:41:39 GMT References: <1995Jun21.204539.9602@mit.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun21.204539.9602@mit.edu>, dmoreau@mit.edu (Dmitri Moreau) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Takeshi Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0