From kkuznetsov@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 10 03:23:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 03:23:57 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Kenji Kuznetsov Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From sbrennan@uni-hamburg.de Sun Dec 10 19:45:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!sbrennan From: sbrennan@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec10.194557.5330@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 19:45:57 GMT References: <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk>, kkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- === Sergei Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From jandersson@clari.net Mon Dec 11 02:22:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!jandersson From: jandersson@clari.net (Jens Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec11.022257.9038@clari.net> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 02:22:57 GMT References: <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk>, kkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Jens Andersson Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From slaurent@ox.ac.uk Tue Dec 12 23:28:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!slaurent From: slaurent@ox.ac.uk (Sun-mi Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec12.232857.1019@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 23:28:57 GMT References: <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk>, kkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Kenji Kuznetsov) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Sun-mi Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From kandersson@berkeley.edu Wed Dec 13 11:47:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!kandersson From: kandersson@berkeley.edu (Katrin Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec13.114757.5829@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 11:47:57 GMT References: <1995Dec10.032357.8499@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec11.022257.9038@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec11.022257.9038@clari.net>, jandersson@clari.net (Jens Andersson) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Katrin Andersson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."