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Re: I press Execute

From: asiivo@ujocs.joensuu.fi (Antti Siivonen)
Date: Thu, 10 May 90 14:17:20 +0300
Subject: Re: I press Execute
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
References: <9005090418.AA15523@bunny.gte.com>

In rec.music.gaffa you write:

>Really-From: gb10@gte.com (Gregory Bossert)


>Whoops, me again.  I knew I was going to ask something...

>Please forgive me if I'm dregging up old topics, but in the few
>months I've been following the adventures of the Love-Hounds, I've
>seen very little mention of KT's studio, or indeed the whole technical/
>production end of her genius.  IM-not-always-so-HO, Ms. Bush is one of
>the best producers around; along with Del, Paul Hardiman, Kevin Killen, 
>Hayden Bendall, Brian Tench, et al. she has created not just astounding
>music but almost perfect recordings of that music.  This is all the more
>worth noting in the viciously sexist music business, where women are allowed
>to sing, maybe write songs, but good lord keep 'em away from all that
>technical stuff.  SO, that said, a couple of questions:

>	Are there any recent articles on KT's studio, etc.  I just dug
>out the Keyboard interview, and that's way back in '85!
In last KBC - magazine there was a very good article about microphones and woofers they use, you really should read it! It is written by Del Palmer.

Paddy has a computer, I dont know more about it and its capacity.

         
 
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>	Anyone know if she's got a personal computer?  I've got a strong
>personal interest in this;  I was one of the principal designers of one
>of the leading MID sequencer programs for the Mac (Mark of the Unicorn's
>Performer -- actually, I just designed the version 3 revision).  I know
>Macintoshes are still relatively rare in the UK.  On the flip side, Jane
>Siberry, Laurie Anderson, Wendy Carlos, Clannad + Enya, er -- let's see, 
>oh, Martha and the Muffins (?!), etc use Performer, and I had this idea
>that maybe Kate would, you know, buy it and need some help from an expert
>and... Hem, well.  I really ask because Fairlight, the Australian 
>manufacturers of Kate's main ax, went out of business and support for the
>Fairlight machines has become flaky.  Admittedly, Fairlight has revived
>in the last few months, but they are moving out of the keyboard/sequencing
>market into the trendy post-production/audio-for-video market.

>Does anyone have Performer/MIDI File sequences of any of KT's songs?
>I've got a pretty atrocious "Wuthering Heights" (you shudda heard the
>tape we made!).  I'd be happy to trade sequences (I've got some Depeche
>Mode songs I'm pretty happy with...)

>Two Disclaimers:  I no longer work at Mark of the Unicorn, so don't
>blame me if you got problems with them...

>Sorry for the misspellings, it's late. ("I did not eat, I did not sleep")

>Footah!
>-greg "Share and Enjoy"