From bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de Mon Feb 13 11:04:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 11:04:30 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Bill Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From epark@purdue.edu Wed Feb 15 08:30:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!epark From: epark@purdue.edu (Elaine Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb15.083030.6056@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 08:30:30 GMT References: <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de>, bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Elaine Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From cduarte@uni-hamburg.de Fri Feb 17 09:37:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!cduarte From: cduarte@uni-hamburg.de (Camila Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb17.093730.2921@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 09:37:30 GMT References: <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de>, bvasiliev@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Vasiliev) 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Camila Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mcampbell@mindspring.com Sat Feb 18 19:08:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!mcampbell From: mcampbell@mindspring.com (Mei Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb18.190830.2394@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 19:08:30 GMT References: <1995Feb13.110430.6307@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Feb15.083030.6056@purdue.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb15.083030.6056@purdue.edu>, epark@purdue.edu (Elaine Park) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Mei Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "A soul is not exclusive to biology."