My Forever Studio

Ep 47: William Orbit thinks in milliseconds

Episode Summary

William Orbit is a true music legend. He’s sold over 200 million recordings of his work, has won Grammys, Ivor Novellos and has worked with stars like Madonna, Blur, Britney and Queen. Now he’s returned to the studio and has a new album out called The Painter. In this episode find out how he shaped the sound for ‘Ray of Light’, what he thought of Pro Tools when it first came out and which single hardware synth he’d take with him to his Forever Studio.

Episode Notes

William Orbit is a true music legend. He’s sold over 200 million recordings of his work, has won Grammys, Ivor Novellos and has worked with stars like Madonna, Blur, Britney and Queen.

Now he’s returned to the studio and has a new album out called The Painter. In this episode find out how he shaped the sound for ‘Ray of Light’, what he thought of Pro Tools when it first came out and which single hardware synth he’d take with him to his Forever Studio.

Season 4 is sponsored by EVO by Audient: https://evo.audio/

STUFF WE TALK ABOUT (SPOILERS!)
https://www.jameshockley.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST
https://www.apple.com/sg/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-grey-10-core-cpu-32-core-gpu-1tb
https://focusrite.com/en/usb-c-audio-interface/clarett-plus/clarett-plus-8pre
https://www.avid.com/pro-tools
https://www.drawmer.com/products/60s-series/1960-mic-pre-vacuum-tube-compressor.php
https://reverb.com/item/763983-fairchild-670
https://lexiconpro.com/en/products/pcm70
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Melvoin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamski
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn
https://reverb.com/item/55407768-korg-sdd-3000-digital-delay-famous-original-rack-version
https://www.uaudio.com/review/korg-sdd-3000-digital-delay/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Andersson
https://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/juno106.php
https://musictech.com/reviews/roland-juno-series/
https://www.jameshockley.com/
https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Guitar/ACCFR6729/Hummingbird-Original/Antique-Natural
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23527/lot/72/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Melua