Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum
People keep mentioning that on many forums....
Ox2 sequence isn't impossible to play synched at all!GeeJee wrote:Well, I'm not saying he used a sequencer on Oxygene. At least, I meant to say that he most likely used the Matrisequencer in stead of the ARP sequencer on Equinoxe. Still, I can't believe that he didn't use sequencers on Oxygene. Some things are just sounding too synchronised, for example the Oxygene 2 sequence (from the start) or the Oxygene 4 sequence (the staccato one)... either JM's able to play perfectly in sync or he used tape loops, another possibility...
Yeah that's what I was thinking, but do you think he could have achieved the timbre alone and used an outside sequencer for the notes! To me that sequence sounds extremely clean and punchy and sharp - hallmarks of a digital synth.GeeJee wrote:I don't know the RMI too well, you would have to ask Johan (LeoDav)...
But as far as I can see, it's not really a sequencer on the RMI but rather an arpeggiator. And if it's just an ordinary arpeggiator, there's no way of doing that Oxygene 2 sequence with it. Simply because it has different notes when running up and down...
It is. You can never play as accurate as a sequencer, you'll always have to deal with manual inaccuracy. Sure it's possible to play along in the same tempo, but nowhere as tight as on the record.Jarp2600 wrote:Ox2 sequence isn't impossible to play synched at all!GeeJee wrote:Well, I'm not saying he used a sequencer on Oxygene. At least, I meant to say that he most likely used the Matrisequencer in stead of the ARP sequencer on Equinoxe. Still, I can't believe that he didn't use sequencers on Oxygene. Some things are just sounding too synchronised, for example the Oxygene 2 sequence (from the start) or the Oxygene 4 sequence (the staccato one)... either JM's able to play perfectly in sync or he used tape loops, another possibility...
When hearing that sound, I don't necessarily think about a digital synth. I think you can do that with a 2600 as well. As for connecting the RMI to an external sequencer, I don't know. I don't know about the connections of the RMI at all. Perhaps JM's was midified, or perhaps it's fitted with CV/Gate connections? Can't say...Analog-Umph wrote:He hasn't been able to reproduce that square wave sequence since recording Oxygene, that could mean it was done on the RMI which was connected to an out side seq?
Ofcourse, nobody can play as accurate as a sequencer, but if you have a good drumtrack or metronome, it isn't impossible at all! I think JMJ played this manual.GeeJee wrote:It is. You can never play as accurate as a sequencer, you'll always have to deal with manual inaccuracy. Sure it's possible to play along in the same tempo, but nowhere as tight as on the record.
But you can check the names out on youtube for instance.Listen carefully.Jarp2600 wrote:Ofcourse, nobody can play as accurate as a sequencer, but if you have a good drumtrack or metronome, it isn't impossible at all! I think JMJ played this manual.GeeJee wrote:It is. You can never play as accurate as a sequencer, you'll always have to deal with manual inaccuracy. Sure it's possible to play along in the same tempo, but nowhere as tight as on the record.
