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Not sure, at right top, appears to be the JD800 and a Nord.
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This is a quote from the great article:
Synth-Aesthesia: Jean-Michel Jarre's Favorite Keys by
Patrick Thévenin, published at site
www.redbullmusicacademy.com.at 03.05.2012.
Jean-Michel Jarre speaks to French journalist Patrick Thévenin about ten of his favourite synthesizers.
(A very nice list)
E.M.S VCS 3 (1969)
ARP 2600 (1971)
ARP 2500 (1969)
FAIRLIGHT CMI (1979)
MEMORY MOOG (1982)
RMI Keyboard Computer (1974)
EMINENT 310 (1970)
Teenage Engineering OP-1 (2011)
MELLOTRON (1963)
Roland JD-800 (1991)
This was the next synth to follow the DX7 philosophy and the approach
initiated by Japanese synths, which was going to financially sink all
of the American makers. I included it in my list because it was one of
the first polyphonic Japanese synths that managed to resemble an
analogue synth, although what I hated about the DX7 was that it left you
thinking that electronic music only aimed to imitate the sounds of
acoustic instruments. With the JD-800,
you could modify the sound, as you can on an ARP or a Moog, but with a
Japanese sound quality, which in some respects, is more refined. I used
this synth a lot on Chronology and Revolution. These
are the albums which spoke to people the least, but which were important
in my career as they marked a period of flux where I still had a foot
in analogue and another in what would go on to become digital.
Jean-Michel Jarre
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by virgo » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:13 am
JD_800_Makro2.zip
