From flaurent@cam.ac.uk Fri Feb 02 23:57:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!flaurent From: flaurent@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb02.235726.3884@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 23:57:26 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Fiona Laurent "Hold for relay." Atari Falcon 030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From ssuzuki@hanse.de Sun Feb 04 01:40:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@hanse.de (Sergei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb04.014026.2870@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 01:40:26 GMT References: <1996Feb02.235726.3884@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb02.235726.3884@cam.ac.uk>, flaurent@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Laurent) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Sergei Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From geriksson@tum.de Sun Feb 04 12:03:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!geriksson From: geriksson@tum.de (Graham Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Feb04.120326.6099@tum.de> Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 12:03:26 GMT References: <1996Feb02.235726.3884@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb02.235726.3884@cam.ac.uk>, flaurent@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Laurent) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Hale's low-end mixing was a decade ahead of its time. Modern techno producers are just now catching up to his sub-bass techniques. -- Graham Eriksson Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"