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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. D B > 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"