From mmoreau@netcom.com Mon Jun 06 05:54:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!mmoreau From: mmoreau@netcom.com (Marta Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun06.055438.9004@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1994 05:54:38 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Marta Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mschneider@berkeley.edu Tue Jun 07 14:14:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!mschneider From: mschneider@berkeley.edu (Morag Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun07.141438.5184@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Jun 1994 14:14:38 GMT References: <1994Jun06.055438.9004@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun06.055438.9004@netcom.com>, mmoreau@netcom.com (Marta Moreau) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Morag Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0