From ngirard@demon.co.uk Sat Mar 16 00:02:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!ngirard From: ngirard@demon.co.uk (Nadia Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 00:02:45 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Nadia Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From lokonkwo@cmu.edu Sun Mar 17 12:34:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!lokonkwo From: lokonkwo@cmu.edu (Liam Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar17.123445.9424@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 12:34:45 GMT References: <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk>, ngirard@demon.co.uk (Nadia Girard) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Liam Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jcampbell@demon.co.uk Sun Mar 17 22:16:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!jcampbell From: jcampbell@demon.co.uk (Joachim Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar17.221645.8451@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 22:16:45 GMT References: <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk>, ngirard@demon.co.uk (Nadia Girard) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Joachim Campbell Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From sreyes@tum.de Tue Mar 19 10:54:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!sreyes From: sreyes@tum.de (Sergei Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar19.105445.4850@tum.de> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 10:54:45 GMT References: <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk> <1996Mar17.123445.9424@cmu.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar17.123445.9424@cmu.edu>, lokonkwo@cmu.edu (Liam Okonkwo) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Sergei Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From tivanov@mit.edu Wed Mar 20 02:37:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!tivanov From: tivanov@mit.edu (Thiago Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Mar20.023745.9493@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 02:37:45 GMT References: <1996Mar16.000245.2631@demon.co.uk> <1996Mar17.221645.8451@demon.co.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar17.221645.8451@demon.co.uk>, jcampbell@demon.co.uk (Joachim Campbell) writes: > The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- === Thiago Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."