From blopez@unam.mx Sun Apr 17 04:04:20 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!blopez From: blopez@unam.mx (Brian López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr17.040420.9103@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 04:04:20 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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'? -- Brian López -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From rfischer@stanford.edu Sun Apr 17 10:17:20 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!rfischer From: rfischer@stanford.edu (Raj Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Apr17.101720.9342@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 10:17:20 GMT References: <1994Apr17.040420.9103@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr17.040420.9103@unam.mx>, blopez@unam.mx (Brian López) 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. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Raj Fischer "Hold for relay." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1