From kmacdonald@hanse.de Wed Mar 23 10:07:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@hanse.de (Katrin MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 10:07:07 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? 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. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Katrin MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From bperez@utexas.edu Thu Mar 24 12:48:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!bperez From: bperez@utexas.edu (Brian Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar24.124807.3180@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 12:48:07 GMT References: <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de>, kmacdonald@hanse.de (Katrin MacDonald) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- === Brian Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ivasiliev@unam.mx Fri Mar 25 19:28:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!ivasiliev From: ivasiliev@unam.mx (Ines Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar25.192807.9083@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 19:28:07 GMT References: <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de>, kmacdonald@hanse.de (Katrin MacDonald) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > 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. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Ines Vasiliev -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From eduarte@berkeley.edu Sun Mar 27 21:09:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!eduarte From: eduarte@berkeley.edu (Emi Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar27.210907.5279@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 21:09:07 GMT References: <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar23.100707.2168@hanse.de>, kmacdonald@hanse.de (Katrin MacDonald) 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. -- Emi Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0