From lsanchez@panix.com Tue Feb 06 14:37:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!lsanchez From: lsanchez@panix.com (Lucia Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb06.143747.8694@panix.com> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 14:37:47 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Lucia Sánchez "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From fpark@purdue.edu Tue Feb 06 15:27:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!fpark From: fpark@purdue.edu (Freya Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb06.152747.5021@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 15:27:47 GMT References: <1996Feb06.143747.8694@panix.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb06.143747.8694@panix.com>, lsanchez@panix.com (Lucia Sánchez) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Freya Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.