From eschneider@titech.ac.jp Fri Sep 08 03:34:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!eschneider From: eschneider@titech.ac.jp (Élodie Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep08.033451.6948@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 03:34:51 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Élodie Schneider SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mjohansson@clari.net Sun Sep 10 05:49:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!mjohansson From: mjohansson@clari.net (Morag Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep10.054951.2777@clari.net> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 05:49:51 GMT References: <1995Sep08.033451.6948@titech.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep08.033451.6948@titech.ac.jp>, eschneider@titech.ac.jp (Élodie Schneider) 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 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. -- Morag Johansson "We don't sign stars. We build them." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From lsouza@mindspring.com Mon Sep 11 00:47:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!lsouza From: lsouza@mindspring.com (Liam Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep11.004751.2911@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:47:51 GMT References: <1995Sep08.033451.6948@titech.ac.jp> <1995Sep10.054951.2777@clari.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep10.054951.2777@clari.net>, mjohansson@clari.net (Morag Johansson) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Liam Souza Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mmacdonald@cmu.edu Mon Sep 11 12:52:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@cmu.edu (Mateo MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Sep11.125251.9575@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 12:52:51 GMT References: <1995Sep08.033451.6948@titech.ac.jp> <1995Sep10.054951.2777@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep10.054951.2777@clari.net>, mjohansson@clari.net (Morag Johansson) writes: > 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Mateo MacDonald -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "A soul is not exclusive to biology."