From tmacdonald@clari.net Tue Jan 03 05:13:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!tmacdonald From: tmacdonald@clari.net (Takeshi MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan03.051343.9335@clari.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 05:13:43 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. 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. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Takeshi MacDonald US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From akuznetsov@kth.se Tue Jan 03 17:57:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@kth.se (Amy Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan03.175743.7235@kth.se> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 17:57:43 GMT References: <1995Jan03.051343.9335@clari.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan03.051343.9335@clari.net>, tmacdonald@clari.net (Takeshi MacDonald) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. 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. -- Amy Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nsokolov@clari.net Wed Jan 04 15:31:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!nsokolov From: nsokolov@clari.net (Nadia Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jan04.153143.3400@clari.net> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 15:31:43 GMT References: <1995Jan03.051343.9335@clari.net> <1995Jan03.175743.7235@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan03.175743.7235@kth.se>, akuznetsov@kth.se (Amy Kuznetsov) writes: > 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Nadia Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.