From brobertson@cmu.edu Sat Aug 19 20:21:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!brobertson From: brobertson@cmu.edu (Bruno Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 20:21:58 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Bruno Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkowalski@purdue.edu Sun Aug 20 13:21:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!jkowalski From: jkowalski@purdue.edu (Julien Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug20.132158.1536@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 13:21:58 GMT References: <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu>, brobertson@cmu.edu (Bruno Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > 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. -- Julien Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ndubois@titech.ac.jp Sun Aug 20 19:37:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!ndubois From: ndubois@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug20.193758.8270@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 19:37:58 GMT References: <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu> <1995Aug20.132158.1536@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug20.132158.1536@purdue.edu>, jkowalski@purdue.edu (Julien Kowalski) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Natalia Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From dfischer@rwth-aachen.de Mon Aug 21 06:10:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!dfischer From: dfischer@rwth-aachen.de (Diego Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug21.061058.2289@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 06:10:58 GMT References: <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu>, brobertson@cmu.edu (Bruno Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Diego Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ehernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Aug 21 08:46:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!ehernandez From: ehernandez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Aug21.084658.8741@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 08:46:58 GMT References: <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.202158.8024@cmu.edu>, brobertson@cmu.edu (Bruno Robertson) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. -- Élodie Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0