From mkowalski@illinois.edu Thu Jun 01 21:23:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!mkowalski From: mkowalski@illinois.edu (Mathieu Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 21:23:35 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Mathieu Kowalski -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "We don't sign stars. We build them." From vnakamura@clari.net Fri Jun 02 03:01:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!vnakamura From: vnakamura@clari.net (Valeria Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun02.030135.9546@clari.net> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 03:01:35 GMT References: <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu>, mkowalski@illinois.edu (Mathieu Kowalski) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Valeria Nakamura US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay." From msmirnov@panix.com Fri Jun 02 21:11:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!msmirnov From: msmirnov@panix.com (Min-jun Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun02.211135.1289@panix.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 21:11:35 GMT References: <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu>, mkowalski@illinois.edu (Mathieu Kowalski) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Min-jun Smirnov -- Public Access Unix of New York "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From msilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jun 04 05:07:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!msilva From: msilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mei Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun04.050735.6104@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 05:07:35 GMT References: <1995Jun01.212335.2836@illinois.edu> <1995Jun02.211135.1289@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun02.211135.1289@panix.com>, msmirnov@panix.com (Min-jun Smirnov) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mei Silva | msilva@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: D79B 0C8C 86F9 E2D6 "Keep the channels open."