Even though I am not a musician like most of you an this forum (okay, I play a little bass) and so approach all the Synth Technical talk like a baby learning to crawl...even I can see that these Presets (do I have that right?) are almost exactly like Teo & Tea.
Being a filmmaker, I know sometimes the "art" is not in coming up with the original sound/idea as much as it is how you execute it and make it your own. (Marconi ripping off Tesla for the radio anyone?) but this is more than just execution.
It would be me taking the movie Psycho and remaking it in color...oh, wait that's been done and was a disaster! Even the Coen Brothers borrow from films/books of the past (Homer's The Illiad = O' Brother Where Art Thou) but even they put a unique and original spin on it!
...you know what I mean.
Even I, of virgin ears and naive of most things musical, can see this is for the most part a sad rip-off. What's sad is that I loved Teo & Tea from the start (I still do) but why such mediocrity.
I know, I know...I'm off-topic but this is how "I" relate to these presets that have now been revealed.
I always thought of Jarre as the musician's musician....I guess that was Vangelis...
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My only other question is very much like the chicken and the egg...which came first.
Could there be any possibilty that Jarre helped create these sounds with Tim or that they were working on said sounds at the same time???
Something like--
INT. JARRE STUDIOS - NIGHT
Tim: these are some cool sounds I have.
Jarre: Cool, let's use them!
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE FARM
INT. ROLAND STUDIOS - DAY
Tim: These are some cool sounds I have.
Roland: Cool, let's use them!
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P.S. Whatever the truth, I think/hope Jarre will redeem himself with the next musical project.
