From pkarlsson@cern.ch Tue Dec 12 02:41:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!pkarlsson From: pkarlsson@cern.ch (Pavel Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:41:15 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Pavel Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From roliveira@inria.fr Thu Dec 14 00:45:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!roliveira From: roliveira@inria.fr (Rodrigo Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec14.004515.7394@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:45:15 GMT References: <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch>, pkarlsson@cern.ch (Pavel Karlsson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Rodrigo Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lwatanabe@cam.ac.uk Fri Dec 15 06:26:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!lwatanabe From: lwatanabe@cam.ac.uk (Lars Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec15.062615.6197@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 06:26:15 GMT References: <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch>, pkarlsson@cern.ch (Pavel Karlsson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Lars Watanabe Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From dsmirnov@stanford.edu Sun Dec 17 05:41:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@stanford.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec17.054115.8950@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 05:41:15 GMT References: <1995Dec12.024115.8069@cern.ch> <1995Dec14.004515.7394@inria.fr> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.004515.7394@inria.fr>, roliveira@inria.fr (Rodrigo Oliveira) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Dmitri Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------