From snakamura@kiae.su Tue May 03 03:33:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!snakamura From: snakamura@kiae.su (Sergei Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May03.033346.9273@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 03:33:46 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Sergei Nakamura -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From dvasiliev@demon.co.uk Tue May 03 06:11:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!dvasiliev From: dvasiliev@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May03.061146.2171@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 06:11:46 GMT References: <1994May03.033346.9273@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994May03.033346.9273@kiae.su>, snakamura@kiae.su (Sergei Nakamura) 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! -- Dong-hyun Vasiliev | dvasiliev@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1BC8 6F82 6D8B 7910 "Keep the channels open." From kdubois@mindspring.com Wed May 04 10:59:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!kdubois From: kdubois@mindspring.com (Kenji Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May04.105946.9788@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 10:59:46 GMT References: <1994May03.033346.9273@kiae.su> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May03.033346.9273@kiae.su>, snakamura@kiae.su (Sergei Nakamura) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Kenji Dubois Hayes Optima 288 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke."