From dbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Oct 25 04:16:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!dbrennan From: dbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct25.041600.4127@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 04:16:00 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Dong-hyun Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dlaurent@kth.se Wed Oct 25 18:13:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!dlaurent From: dlaurent@kth.se (Dong-hyun Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct25.181300.8698@kth.se> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 18:13:00 GMT References: <1995Oct25.041600.4127@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct25.041600.4127@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Brennan) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Dong-hyun Laurent "Row 14. No joke." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04 From mnilsson@cam.ac.uk Thu Oct 26 23:05:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!mnilsson From: mnilsson@cam.ac.uk (Mike Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Oct26.230500.5039@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 23:05:00 GMT References: <1995Oct25.041600.4127@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct25.041600.4127@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Dong-hyun Brennan) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Mike Nilsson | mnilsson@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1C98 9BFB E239 6B40 "Keep the channels open."