From klarsson@cam.ac.uk Thu Nov 16 14:14:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!klarsson From: klarsson@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov16.141441.5620@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:14:41 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Katrin Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From dhughes@rwth-aachen.de Fri Nov 17 18:18:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!dhughes From: dhughes@rwth-aachen.de (Diego Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov17.181841.9964@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 18:18:41 GMT References: <1995Nov16.141441.5620@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov16.141441.5620@cam.ac.uk>, klarsson@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Larsson) writes: > 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 worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Diego Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From elee@clari.net Fri Nov 17 20:54:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!elee From: elee@clari.net (Emi Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov17.205441.3298@clari.net> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 20:54:41 GMT References: <1995Nov16.141441.5620@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov16.141441.5620@cam.ac.uk>, klarsson@cam.ac.uk (Katrin Larsson) 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. -- Emi Lee Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"