Re: [AH] Paul Hartnoll of Orbital Live Synths

From codemechanic
Sent Tue, Dec 11th 2018, 17:45

I have massive respect for Orbital and remember seeing them play live
at La Luna in Portland in the mid 1990s along with Frontline Assembly.
The whole video is worth watching, but my favorite part was hearing
Paul describe why the Jupiter 6 is still a part of their live set
(roughly from 4:05 to 5:12). He also addresses the "poor cousin to the
Jupiter 8" baggage, and why he prefers the Jupiter 6.

Thanks for posting this link Karl!

-Ben
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 9:08 AM Royce Lee <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> That was fun to watch and hear as well. I felt like he was playing down i=
s knowledge of subtle differences for a general audience. But his general o=
bservations I think were pretty much on target.
> The Waldorf sounded surprisingly good!
> Royce
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 10:57 PM M V <xx_xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>> I love watching him talk about their gear.
>>
>> A few thoughts came to mind while watching this, and a similar one they =
did maybe last year:
>>
>> -given how long they've been around, it's impressive that he only really=
 started getting to hoarder level in the last few years
>>
>> -it was cool to see "new" pieces" e.g., BS-II doing the sounds of stuff =
they no longer use or have (i.e., kind of a necessary reminder that most so=
unds/synths are interchangeable in the context of a song).
>>
>> -lastly, the degree of synth programming knowledge always seems inverse =
to the amount of music actually getting made. He probably has a better work=
ing knowledge than a lot of artists but its clear that the functions on som=
e more complex things are still over his head. In any case, for him, and fo=
r many, that's not a setback--they just fiddle until they get something the=
y like and then hit record. Vince Clarke is another example--great and prol=
ific composer, doesn't seem to actually know much if anything about in dept=
h programming.
>> ________________________________
>> From: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 7:58 PM
>> To: Analogue Heaven
>> Subject: [AH] Paul Hartnoll of Orbital Live Synths
>>
>>
>> This is pretty cool; posted just a week ago. Great choices for a broad p=
alette of sounds without too much sonic overlap:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DVjlWypTclec
>>
>> -Karl.
>>
>>