From aandersson@purdue.edu Thu Nov 16 14:14:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!aandersson From: aandersson@purdue.edu (Anton Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov16.141415.2958@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 14:14:15 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- === Anton Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From rtakahashi@purdue.edu Thu Nov 16 18:15:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!rtakahashi From: rtakahashi@purdue.edu (Raj Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov16.181515.1677@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 18:15:15 GMT References: <1995Nov16.141415.2958@purdue.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov16.141415.2958@purdue.edu>, aandersson@purdue.edu (Anton Andersson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. 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. -- Raj Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From sandersson@pipeline.com Sat Nov 18 07:50:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!sandersson From: sandersson@pipeline.com (Sergei Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Nov18.075015.4870@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 07:50:15 GMT References: <1995Nov16.141415.2958@purdue.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov16.141415.2958@purdue.edu>, aandersson@purdue.edu (Anton Andersson) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > 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. -- Sergei Andersson | sandersson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: D30B 01D4 AE25 6919 "Keep the channels open."