From tweber@inria.fr Tue Sep 03 10:30:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!tweber From: tweber@inria.fr (Tyler Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 10:30:08 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Tyler Weber | tweber@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: E5A3 A9C3 172A E2FA "Keep the channels open." From tchoi@clari.net Wed Sep 04 01:58:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!tchoi From: tchoi@clari.net (Tyler Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep04.015808.2341@clari.net> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 01:58:08 GMT References: <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr>, tweber@inria.fr (Tyler Weber) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Tyler Choi | tchoi@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 513C 539A D309 4DD2 "Keep the channels open." From amoreau@berkeley.edu Fri Sep 06 03:25:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!amoreau From: amoreau@berkeley.edu (Aiko Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep06.032508.3489@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 03:25:08 GMT References: <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr>, tweber@inria.fr (Tyler Weber) 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. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Aiko Moreau "They will send a copy in my place." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4 From bsouza@uni-hamburg.de Fri Sep 06 08:54:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!bsouza From: bsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep06.085408.5514@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 08:54:08 GMT References: <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr> <1996Sep06.032508.3489@berkeley.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep06.032508.3489@berkeley.edu>, amoreau@berkeley.edu (Aiko Moreau) writes: > Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Bill Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From doliveira@cam.ac.uk Sun Sep 08 02:52:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!doliveira From: doliveira@cam.ac.uk (Diego Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1996Sep08.025208.8886@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 08 Sep 1996 02:52:08 GMT References: <1996Sep03.103008.4211@inria.fr> <1996Sep06.032508.3489@berkeley.edu> <1996Sep06.085408.5514@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep06.085408.5514@uni-hamburg.de>, bsouza@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Souza) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Diego Oliveira | doliveira@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: EB0E E7EA 39E9 6252 "Keep the channels open."