From lnovak@uni-hamburg.de Tue May 17 06:35:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!lnovak From: lnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May17.063551.9960@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 06:35:51 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Lisa Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From fnakamura@stanford.edu Wed May 18 15:25:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!fnakamura From: fnakamura@stanford.edu (Freya Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May18.152551.2941@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 15:25:51 GMT References: <1994May17.063551.9960@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994May17.063551.9960@uni-hamburg.de>, lnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Novak) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Freya Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ssato@uni-hamburg.de Fri May 20 16:12:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!ssato From: ssato@uni-hamburg.de (Sven Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994May20.161251.3163@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 16:12:51 GMT References: <1994May17.063551.9960@uni-hamburg.de> <1994May18.152551.2941@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994May18.152551.2941@stanford.edu>, fnakamura@stanford.edu (Freya Nakamura) writes: > I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Sven Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------