From ooliveira@hanse.de Thu May 05 05:14:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!ooliveira From: ooliveira@hanse.de (Olga Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May05.051426.1797@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 05:14:26 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Olga Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fpopov@unam.mx Thu May 05 23:19:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!fpopov From: fpopov@unam.mx (Freya Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May05.231926.8934@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 05 May 1994 23:19:26 GMT References: <1994May05.051426.1797@hanse.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994May05.051426.1797@hanse.de>, ooliveira@hanse.de (Olga Oliveira) 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. -- Freya Popov | fpopov@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 234F 9DF4 AD6A E19B "Keep the channels open." From ovasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat May 07 13:49:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!ovasiliev From: ovasiliev@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May07.134926.8395@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 07 May 1994 13:49:26 GMT References: <1994May05.051426.1797@hanse.de> <1994May05.231926.8934@unam.mx> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994May05.231926.8934@unam.mx>, fpopov@unam.mx (Freya Popov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Olga Vasiliev "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1