From tokonkwo@ox.ac.uk Sat Feb 17 04:23:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!tokonkwo From: tokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb17.042350.1606@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 04:23:50 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Takeshi Okonkwo -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Hold for relay." From yhughes@uu.net Sun Feb 18 04:27:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!yhughes From: yhughes@uu.net (Yuki Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb18.042750.5415@uu.net> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 04:27:50 GMT References: <1996Feb17.042350.1606@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb17.042350.1606@ox.ac.uk>, tokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Okonkwo) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Yuki Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ysantos@delphi.com Mon Feb 19 18:02:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!ysantos From: ysantos@delphi.com (Yuki Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb19.180250.1689@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 18:02:50 GMT References: <1996Feb17.042350.1606@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb17.042350.1606@ox.ac.uk>, tokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Okonkwo) 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. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Yuki Santos US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."