From llaurent@uni-hamburg.de Tue Feb 07 17:43:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!llaurent From: llaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb07.174313.2930@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 1995 17:43:13 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Liam Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From dgonzalez@demon.co.uk Wed Feb 08 02:50:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Diego González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb08.025013.4320@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 02:50:13 GMT References: <1995Feb07.174313.2930@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb07.174313.2930@uni-hamburg.de>, llaurent@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Laurent) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Diego González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From eoliveira@earthlink.net Wed Feb 08 10:43:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!eoliveira From: eoliveira@earthlink.net (Elaine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb08.104313.4591@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 10:43:13 GMT References: <1995Feb07.174313.2930@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Feb08.025013.4320@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb08.025013.4320@demon.co.uk>, dgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Diego González) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Elaine Oliveira Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From egirard@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 08 17:35:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cam!egirard From: egirard@cam.ac.uk (Elaine Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb08.173513.9209@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 17:35:13 GMT References: <1995Feb07.174313.2930@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Feb08.025013.4320@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb08.025013.4320@demon.co.uk>, dgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Diego González) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Elaine Girard "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / AmigaOS 3.1