From jlarsson@ox.ac.uk Mon Jun 27 20:51:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!jlarsson From: jlarsson@ox.ac.uk (Ji-woo Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 20:51:33 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. 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. -- Ji-woo Larsson "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From lnovak@delphi.com Tue Jun 28 23:25:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!lnovak From: lnovak@delphi.com (Lisa Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun28.232533.8535@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 23:25:33 GMT References: <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk>, jlarsson@ox.ac.uk (Ji-woo Larsson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Lisa Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From htakahashi@netcom.com Wed Jun 29 16:20:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!htakahashi From: htakahashi@netcom.com (Hana Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jun29.162033.3714@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 16:20:33 GMT References: <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk>, jlarsson@ox.ac.uk (Ji-woo Larsson) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Hana Takahashi "Hold for relay." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From mfournier@ox.ac.uk Fri Jul 01 10:58:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!mfournier From: mfournier@ox.ac.uk (Morag Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Jul01.105833.3098@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 10:58:33 GMT References: <1994Jun27.205133.7384@ox.ac.uk> <1994Jun28.232533.8535@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun28.232533.8535@delphi.com>, lnovak@delphi.com (Lisa Novak) 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. -- Morag Fournier US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."