From bgirard@pacbell.net Sun Mar 19 14:19:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!bgirard From: bgirard@pacbell.net (Bastien Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 14:19:23 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Bastien Girard SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bsokolov@netcom.com Mon Mar 20 05:10:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!bsokolov From: bsokolov@netcom.com (Bruno Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar20.051023.1562@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 05:10:23 GMT References: <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net>, bgirard@pacbell.net (Bastien Girard) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Bruno Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vgonzalez@stanford.edu Tue Mar 21 05:46:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!vgonzalez From: vgonzalez@stanford.edu (Valeria González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar21.054623.6812@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 05:46:23 GMT References: <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net>, bgirard@pacbell.net (Bastien Girard) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Valeria González US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From rmoreno@tum.de Wed Mar 22 07:47:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!rmoreno From: rmoreno@tum.de (Rodrigo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar22.074723.1371@tum.de> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 07:47:23 GMT References: <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net> <1995Mar21.054623.6812@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar21.054623.6812@stanford.edu>, vgonzalez@stanford.edu (Valeria González) writes: > Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Rodrigo Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From aokonkwo@tum.de Wed Mar 22 16:36:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@tum.de (Anton Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Mar22.163623.6462@tum.de> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 16:36:23 GMT References: <1995Mar19.141923.3884@pacbell.net> <1995Mar21.054623.6812@stanford.edu> <1995Mar22.074723.1371@tum.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar22.074723.1371@tum.de>, rmoreno@tum.de (Rodrigo Moreno) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Anton Okonkwo -- Technische Universität München "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."