From tchoi@clari.net Fri May 27 12:37:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!tchoi From: tchoi@clari.net (Tomas Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May27.123705.4039@clari.net> Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 12:37:05 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Tomas Choi | tchoi@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 0229 63E3 54E2 3432 "Keep the channels open." From smoreau@netcom.com Fri May 27 18:28:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!smoreau From: smoreau@netcom.com (Sun-mi Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May27.182805.1379@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 18:28:05 GMT References: <1994May27.123705.4039@clari.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994May27.123705.4039@clari.net>, tchoi@clari.net (Tomas Choi) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Sun-mi Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From mrobertson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun May 29 10:13:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!mrobertson From: mrobertson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Min-jun Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994May29.101305.7118@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 10:13:05 GMT References: <1994May27.123705.4039@clari.net> <1994May27.182805.1379@netcom.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May27.182805.1379@netcom.com>, smoreau@netcom.com (Sun-mi Moreau) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Min-jun Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------