From jkowalski@cmu.edu Sat Feb 11 17:16:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!jkowalski From: jkowalski@cmu.edu (Ji-woo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb11.171649.4272@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 17:16:49 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Ji-woo Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ngonzalez@hanse.de Sun Feb 12 10:35:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@hanse.de (Nadine González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb12.103549.1497@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 10:35:49 GMT References: <1995Feb11.171649.4272@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb11.171649.4272@cmu.edu>, jkowalski@cmu.edu (Ji-woo Kowalski) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Nadine González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From bmartinez@stanford.edu Sun Feb 12 12:00:49 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!bmartinez From: bmartinez@stanford.edu (Bill Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Feb12.120049.4898@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 12:00:49 GMT References: <1995Feb11.171649.4272@cmu.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb11.171649.4272@cmu.edu>, jkowalski@cmu.edu (Ji-woo Kowalski) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > On track 9's instrumental cut, the 14.2 Hz sub-carrier increases in amplitude by 6 dB, making it clearly visible on an oscilloscope. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Bill Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.