BlahBlahCafe - Jean-Michel Jarre forum

You should know that software is a very bad word on this forum.

I can think of worst.

AnDrOiD wrote:You should know that software is a very bad word on this forum.

Why bring it up then ?

JPQ wrote:i think is queston are asked before still i ask orginal oxygene 4 lead source ? and any software replacements for... becouse blue and albino sounds very digital when i try make this sound but i know sound is very easy make almost any synth but some softsynths just sounds too digital i think for this sound.

ARP 2600

Lead of Chronologie 4

GeeJee wrote:

JPQ wrote:i think is queston are asked before still i ask orginal oxygene 4 lead source ? and any software replacements for... becouse blue and albino sounds very digital when i try make this sound but i know sound is very easy make almost any synth but some softsynths just sounds too digital i think for this sound.

ARP 2600

With the 4012 ladder

chronologie 2/4 organ - roland jd800
oxy 4 lead - arp2600 + 310u behind

radek tymecki wrote:oxy 4 lead - arp2600 + 310u behind

Then why did Jarre play it on the MemoryMoog during the tour ?

Pat1982 wrote:

radek tymecki wrote:oxy 4 lead - arp2600 + 310u behind

Then why did Jarre play it on the MemoryMoog during the tour ?

The Oxygene 2 lead was also originally off the Eminent but he plays that too on the memorymoog,and I suspect the Flute sound was also off the ARP2600 on the original Album,but its perhaps more about convenience for Jarre on stage rather than trying to stick to the original instruments 100%,he had the freedom of multitracking a single instrument for as many patches as he needed in the studio,whilst he's done as much as he can with multiple instruments on stage to play live,I dare say its not so easy logisitically and the Memorymoog is utilised for its patch saving ability

Each synth within his set up was utilised for one particular sound,if he'd used the ARP2600 live for the O4 lead,he'd have to repatch it for another sound,or more over use another ARP2600,More convenient to program it into the Memorymoog and switch patches,its more about what suits Jarre,far easier to use another synth and patch change numerically than actually patching in a sound.
I'm sure if he really wanted to play it on the 2600 he would have,the MemoryMoog replicates those sounds just as authentically with less fumbling around

Yeah he most likely used the memorymoog because it is wellsuited for an authentic Oxygene sound, besides the fact that it has memory and polyphony. It makes it perfect as a mainsynth in this case, eventhough it is known for the tuning problems, which also happend to trap JMJ.

and was released in 1982

radek tymecki wrote:chronologie 2/4 organ - roland jd800
oxy 4 lead - arp2600 + 310u behind

what do you mean with 310u behind ? a specifc sound or string ?
I'm just now looking for a replicate oxygene 4 melody...
thx!

If you listen to Oxygene 4, you can hear an Eminent that follows the hornlead melody.

radek tymecki wrote:chronologie 2/4 organ - roland jd800
oxy 4 lead - arp2600 + 310u behind

It´s a factory preset or a one he made???

Probably it was created by himself.

About Chronologie presets for jd800 - few of them can be found on francisrimbert.com site

Also one detail about phased chords in oxygene 4: compare how it sounds when JMJ plays main melody and how it sounds when RMI can be heard; sounds metallic ale more resonance is added. It's because JMJ added mistress flanger with 3/4 color and small cycle rate + low flange. Small detail but helpful when creating replicas

[ps. damn i need to fix my oxy4 lol ]