Does anyone know what Hardware/ Software Orbital were using for the production of "Doctor" or even the whole album "the altogether", failing that then maybe the hardware they were using in and around 2001?
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Doctor Hardware?
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Re: Doctor Hardware?
This is from a Remix Magazine article from the time of The Altogether:
On Dr Who:
Calling from the Brighton seaside two weeks later, Paul Hartnoll is equally stoked about the project. “God, this is so obviously the future,” he says. “It is so good to test the water and record a whole album in surround sound.” The Strongroom provided the Hartnolls with an ideal environment for adding the third dimension of depth to their album and inspired them to whip up some “extra things” for their 5.1 mixes. One track, “Monorail,” which is found only on the DVD version of The Altogether (and perhaps as a B-side to the next single), features five oscillating Roland TB-303s.
“It had, like, a nasty 303 bass line, and we copied it off four times, one out of each speaker,” says Paul. “We often double up on 303s in stereo, but this sounded like a big, twisting hurricane of 303s spinning round the room!” Another cut, “Dr. Who,” employs what Paul refers to as spin effects. “Literally, you've got sound whipping past your ears like a bloke charging down a tunnel.”
On equipment generally:
"Today Orbital's onstage studio setup still includes their trusty MMT-8s, as well as a Roland TR-909 and TB-303, a Novation Supernova II synth, an Alesis Quadraverb 2, an E-mu sampler (“the filter section is very good”), Korg ER-1 and ES-1 drum machines, a Soundcraft mixing desk, a Kawai K5000 synth, a Korg MS-2000 synth, a Korg Wavestation, an Ensoniq DP4 effects unit, and “some old sequencers with eight buttons each. When we press go, the music just runs.”"
There's also another interview in Making Music here.
On Dr Who:
Calling from the Brighton seaside two weeks later, Paul Hartnoll is equally stoked about the project. “God, this is so obviously the future,” he says. “It is so good to test the water and record a whole album in surround sound.” The Strongroom provided the Hartnolls with an ideal environment for adding the third dimension of depth to their album and inspired them to whip up some “extra things” for their 5.1 mixes. One track, “Monorail,” which is found only on the DVD version of The Altogether (and perhaps as a B-side to the next single), features five oscillating Roland TB-303s.
“It had, like, a nasty 303 bass line, and we copied it off four times, one out of each speaker,” says Paul. “We often double up on 303s in stereo, but this sounded like a big, twisting hurricane of 303s spinning round the room!” Another cut, “Dr. Who,” employs what Paul refers to as spin effects. “Literally, you've got sound whipping past your ears like a bloke charging down a tunnel.”
On equipment generally:
"Today Orbital's onstage studio setup still includes their trusty MMT-8s, as well as a Roland TR-909 and TB-303, a Novation Supernova II synth, an Alesis Quadraverb 2, an E-mu sampler (“the filter section is very good”), Korg ER-1 and ES-1 drum machines, a Soundcraft mixing desk, a Kawai K5000 synth, a Korg MS-2000 synth, a Korg Wavestation, an Ensoniq DP4 effects unit, and “some old sequencers with eight buttons each. When we press go, the music just runs.”"
There's also another interview in Making Music here.
Re: Doctor Hardware?
Thank you, That is perfect 