From nandersson@uni-hamburg.de Thu Apr 06 03:31:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!nandersson From: nandersson@uni-hamburg.de (Nadia Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 03:31:19 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. 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. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Nadia Andersson "Marcus is not one man." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1 From klaurent@hanse.de Fri Apr 07 04:38:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!klaurent From: klaurent@hanse.de (Kirsty Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr07.043819.4584@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 1995 04:38:19 GMT References: <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de>, nandersson@uni-hamburg.de (Nadia Andersson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Kirsty Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mokonkwo@kiae.su Sat Apr 08 17:13:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@kiae.su (Matthias Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr08.171319.4188@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 08 Apr 1995 17:13:19 GMT References: <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Apr07.043819.4584@hanse.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr07.043819.4584@hanse.de>, klaurent@hanse.de (Kirsty Laurent) 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.' -- === Matthias Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From candersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Apr 09 02:07:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!candersson From: candersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Callum Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr09.020719.6918@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 02:07:19 GMT References: <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de>, nandersson@uni-hamburg.de (Nadia Andersson) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- === Callum Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From srobertson@kth.se Mon Apr 10 01:48:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!srobertson From: srobertson@kth.se (Sun-mi Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr10.014819.5012@kth.se> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 01:48:19 GMT References: <1995Apr06.033119.6817@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Apr07.043819.4584@hanse.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr07.043819.4584@hanse.de>, klaurent@hanse.de (Kirsty Laurent) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Sun-mi Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.