From ssato@cern.ch Mon Oct 23 14:28:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!ssato From: ssato@cern.ch (Sven Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:28:29 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Sven Sato | ssato@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: B187 C651 3433 D530 "Keep the channels open." From trodriguez@pipeline.com Tue Oct 24 06:30:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!trodriguez From: trodriguez@pipeline.com (Tomas Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct24.063029.2223@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 06:30:29 GMT References: <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch>, ssato@cern.ch (Sven Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > 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. -- Tomas Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mivanov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 24 13:02:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!mivanov From: mivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Morag Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct24.130229.1480@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 13:02:29 GMT References: <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch> <1995Oct24.063029.2223@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct24.063029.2223@pipeline.com>, trodriguez@pipeline.com (Tomas Rodríguez) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Morag Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From ajohansson@pipeline.com Wed Oct 25 04:09:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!ajohansson From: ajohansson@pipeline.com (Andrei Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct25.040929.7214@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 04:09:29 GMT References: <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch>, ssato@cern.ch (Sven Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > 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. -- Andrei Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From skuznetsov@illinois.edu Wed Oct 25 16:06:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!skuznetsov From: skuznetsov@illinois.edu (Sun-mi Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct25.160629.2583@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 16:06:29 GMT References: <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct23.142829.6405@cern.ch>, ssato@cern.ch (Sven Sato) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > 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. -- === Sun-mi Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"