Old Orbital Interview/Live Set Up
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Old Orbital Interview/Live Set Up
Found this from an old interview when Work came out:-
Has the evolution of musical technology had much of an impact on the way you work?
Paul: "Live-wise, no. I still haven't found anything that comes close to using an MMT8, which is so ancient that it annoys me. I wish I didn't have to use it, because they do crash as much as an Apple Mac. I wouldn't feel comfortable with a laptop on stage. I know lots of people use them, but I find that you just don't get the depth of sound that I want. Of course we use samplers, but even an Emu sampler has a richness that you don't get out of a like a Pro-tools audio card or something like that. If you've got a 909 or a 303, I like to have that actual object there. The sound of those coming out of a PC system unadulterated and pure is such a great sound. And I wouldn't really want to fit them into a hard drive. So live, no, I haven't found anything better than my hardware sequencer. Even the more modern ones are too fussy and don't work in the simple way that I want them to.
So what changed lads????
Has the evolution of musical technology had much of an impact on the way you work?
Paul: "Live-wise, no. I still haven't found anything that comes close to using an MMT8, which is so ancient that it annoys me. I wish I didn't have to use it, because they do crash as much as an Apple Mac. I wouldn't feel comfortable with a laptop on stage. I know lots of people use them, but I find that you just don't get the depth of sound that I want. Of course we use samplers, but even an Emu sampler has a richness that you don't get out of a like a Pro-tools audio card or something like that. If you've got a 909 or a 303, I like to have that actual object there. The sound of those coming out of a PC system unadulterated and pure is such a great sound. And I wouldn't really want to fit them into a hard drive. So live, no, I haven't found anything better than my hardware sequencer. Even the more modern ones are too fussy and don't work in the simple way that I want them to.
So what changed lads????
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Re: Old Orbital Interview/Live Set Up
found! :-
abelton and lemurs and improved stabillity! everything else is still the same! 909 , 303 , tons of hardware :- all still present and correct!
abelton and lemurs and improved stabillity! everything else is still the same! 909 , 303 , tons of hardware :- all still present and correct!
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Plus, there's this huge white plugboard at the back which looks like it could connect your call to anyone in the world while at the same time calculate the meaning of life.
Using real synths and machines like 303's and 909's, besides sounding better, is great eyecandy as well.
It's either that or Paul and Phill would have to do some choreography.
Using real synths and machines like 303's and 909's, besides sounding better, is great eyecandy as well.
It's either that or Paul and Phill would have to do some choreography.
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Re: Old Orbital Interview/Live Set Up
actually, scrap the synths - i want to see this.Timbob wrote:It's either that or Paul and Phill would have to do some choreography.
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Yeah, that one gig at top of the pops was my favorite too...hippy dave wrote:actually, scrap the synths - i want to see this.Timbob wrote:It's either that or Paul and Phill would have to do some choreography.
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it's actually used for checking your e-mail...Timbob wrote:Plus, there's this huge white plugboard at the back which looks like it could connect your call to anyone in the world while at the same time calculate the meaning of life.
so next tour
1 laptop
2 guys
3 hours of choreography.
what do you reckon!
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Beta as a support act
http://www.clockworkdisco.com
"Let's face it, "digital sound" is a misnomer...
Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."
"Let's face it, "digital sound" is a misnomer...
Unless you plug the wires directly into your skull, at the end of the chain is a set of speakers pumping back-and-forth turning ANY signal into analogue waves..."
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1 stylophone too.user name wrote: it's actually used for checking your e-mail...
so next tour
1 laptop
2 guys
3 hours of choreography.
what do you reckon!
I think the 3 hours of choreography would be interesting, as long as the boys had keytars...
Its a winning combination.
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That would work a treat; it has 2 mouthpieces!
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Re: Old Orbital Interview/Live Set Up
As Bill Drummond would say, accept the contradictions!shadyboy wrote:Found this from an old interview when Work came out:-
Has the evolution of musical technology had much of an impact on the way you work?
Paul: "Live-wise, no. I still haven't found anything that comes close to using an MMT8, which is so ancient that it annoys me. I wish I didn't have to use it, because they do crash as much as an Apple Mac. I wouldn't feel comfortable with a laptop on stage. I know lots of people use them, but I find that you just don't get the depth of sound that I want. Of course we use samplers, but even an Emu sampler has a richness that you don't get out of a like a Pro-tools audio card or something like that. If you've got a 909 or a 303, I like to have that actual object there. The sound of those coming out of a PC system unadulterated and pure is such a great sound. And I wouldn't really want to fit them into a hard drive. So live, no, I haven't found anything better than my hardware sequencer. Even the more modern ones are too fussy and don't work in the simple way that I want them to.
So what changed lads????