From ltakahashi@earthlink.net Tue Mar 14 06:35:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!ltakahashi From: ltakahashi@earthlink.net (Lars Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar14.063541.6825@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 06:35:41 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Lars Takahashi SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From mokonkwo@tum.de Tue Mar 14 16:06:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@tum.de (Matthias Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar14.160641.4635@tum.de> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:06:41 GMT References: <1995Mar14.063541.6825@earthlink.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar14.063541.6825@earthlink.net>, ltakahashi@earthlink.net (Lars Takahashi) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Matthias Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aduarte@titech.ac.jp Thu Mar 16 14:28:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!aduarte From: aduarte@titech.ac.jp (Anton Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar16.142841.5947@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 14:28:41 GMT References: <1995Mar14.063541.6825@earthlink.net> <1995Mar14.160641.4635@tum.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar14.160641.4635@tum.de>, mokonkwo@tum.de (Matthias Okonkwo) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Anton Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jlarsson@cam.ac.uk Sat Mar 18 02:04:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!jlarsson From: jlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Jen Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Mar18.020441.8340@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 02:04:41 GMT References: <1995Mar14.063541.6825@earthlink.net> <1995Mar14.160641.4635@tum.de> <1995Mar16.142841.5947@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.142841.5947@titech.ac.jp>, aduarte@titech.ac.jp (Anton Duarte) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Jen Larsson -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."