From rcampbell@delphi.com Mon Dec 18 19:46:47 1995
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From: rcampbell@delphi.com (Rodrigo Campbell)
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Subject: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays.
Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will.

Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion.

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=== Rodrigo Campbell ===
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Subject: Re: Question: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s
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In article <1995Dec18.194647.9971@delphi.com>, rcampbell@delphi.com (Rodrigo Campbell) writes:
> An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova).

Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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Natalia Novak <nnovak@unam.mx>
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