From brobertson@mit.edu Sun Oct 27 03:03:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!brobertson From: brobertson@mit.edu (Bill Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct27.030304.5672@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 03:03:04 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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. -- Bill Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asato@kth.se Sun Oct 27 21:53:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!asato From: asato@kth.se (Andrei Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Oct27.215304.1729@kth.se> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 21:53:04 GMT References: <1996Oct27.030304.5672@mit.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct27.030304.5672@mit.edu>, brobertson@mit.edu (Bill Robertson) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Andrei Sato "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / TOS 4.04