Watch the video below to learn some cool history of a classic sample.
Peter Gabriel was using it across the pond. The synthesizer deserves its own post so we won’t drag on too much about it, but it was integral to the widespread use of the ‘Orchestra Hit’ now found stock on almost every sampler out there. It includes all standard orchestral instruments, as well as guitar, mandolin, banjo, and a vast array of different percussion instruments. Stevie Wonder was the first professional musician in the United States to gain access to and use it. The Fairlight was the first synthesizer that could digitally sample, digitally synthesize, and have a visual (touch)display to sequence music on. It was originally sampled by the creator of the Fairlight CMI, one of the most influential and innovative pieces of music technology to be created in the last century. This sample can be found in songs spanning across decades since its origin in a composition written by Igor Stravinsky in 1909 – Firebird.
Today we wanted to share a video with you produced by Vox that features a history of the infamous sample, the Orchestra Hit. Orchestra Hit! – History of the Infamous Sample
