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As promised let's start a topic about Distorted Reality 1 and 2 ! The idea is to create kind of a "database" of all samples identified in various Jarre's tracks. I will try to create a table once we have sounds identified. Please try to give the more detail you can for each one to find the sample easily, for example the name of the partition, the bank name and of course the sample name.

If we have many other samples identified from other samples collections maybe we can add a specific table for other samples.

I will edit the table as long as we have new samples identified.

Track	Description and Sample Name	CD Sample Collection
Bells	Double Door	Cuckooland Unhinged
Bells	Thump Creak	Cuckooland Unhinged
Chronologie 4	Female Breathing	Voice Spectral
Chronologie 5	House Song Kit Bpm 115	Dance Series N°1 (by Megamidi)
Chronologie 8	Rap Song Kit Bpm 94	Dance Series N°1 (by Megamidi)
Chronologie 8	Finitribe 101	Fax, micro wave oven and various FX
Je Me Souviens/Travelator Pt. 2	Ambience SciFi 8002_04	Series 8000 by Sound Ideas
Je Me Souviens	UnPerc FX08	Cuckooland Asylum
C'est La Vie	Alarm 8001_07 & Alarm 8001_08	Series 8000 by Sound Ideas
C'est La Vie	BBL Bubbly Triangle	Spectrasonics Liquid Grooves
C'est La Vie	Intro noise loop - Sweepstep	Distorted Reality 2
RDV à Paris	Perc Loop Old Cheez 1	Distorted Reality 2
RDV a Paris	Main drum loops - Brethalize & Radio Cheez	Distorted Reality 2
RDV a Paris	Middle 8 loop - Teknopannr	Distorted Reality 2
RDV a Paris	Burblin	Distorted Reality 1
Hey Gagarin	Moog Splat 1	Distorted Reality 2
Hey Gagarin	SweepStepz PercLoop2	Distorted Reality 2
Hey Gagarin	Catwoman	Distorted Reality 2
Millions of Stars	Glissolia	Distorted Reality 1
Tout Est Bleu	Mystic	Distorted Reality 1
Tout Est Bleu	Sea Life	Distorted Reality 1
Tout Est Bleu	Intro pad - Barrier Reef	Distorted Reality 2
Tout Est Bleu	First filtered loop - Fuel	Distorted Reality 2
Tout Est Bleu	Mid8 pad - Sea Life	Distorted Reality 2
Love Love Love	First thud sounds	JV2080/XP80
Love Love Love	Main drum loop - Earthy 1	Distorted Reality 2
Miss Moon	First noise hit/delayed hit	Quasimidi Raven
Miss Moon	Grind/squeak noise	Distorted Reality 1
Miss Moon	Other perc/drum hits - Phuzz Drums, Super 909 & Turbo 808	Distorted Reality 1
Miss Moon	Morse code	Sound Ideas (also available as an Apple Loop)
Give Me a Sign	Intro hit - Blip Bam	Distorted Reality 1
Give Me a Sign	Mid-8 loops - Stoopid	Distorted Reality 2
Gloria	Intro hit - Metalicious	Distorted Reality 1
Gloria	Screech - Mangled Orch	Distorted Reality 2
Gloria	Main loops - Indigenous	Distorted Reality 2
Gloria	Frozen hit sound - Phlange 1	Distorted Reality 1
Gloria	Reverse hoover	Cuckooland
Silhouette	Intro pad - Mist	Distorted Reality 1

Body Language - LOADS of samples and loops from DR1, DR2 and Cuckooland - Track is formed mostly of samples. Far too many to list but individual hit sounds are from Craze Drum 1 from DR2

Does this include samples from songs? I know he sampled the "printer" from Chronologie 8, but I don't know if it's from a sample CD. I could only find this track:



But there's more from Chronologie which I've noted down once:

CD sample collection: Dance Series N°1 (by Megamidi)
Track: Chronologie 8
Sample name: Rap Song Kit Bpm 94

The countdown is also from a sample CD, but I don't know which one.

And there's this one:
CD sample collection: Voice Spectral
Track: Chronologie 4
Sample name: Female Breathing

CD sample collection: Dance Series N°1 (by Megamidi)
Track: Chronologie 5
Sample name: House Song Kit Bpm 115

Feel free to add this to your list.

I'm liking this topic already.

I didnt know the Finitribe 101 ! For me it is a sample of the song. FX sounds are the same, same order and same rythm and this is the perfect moment in the song to sample this sequence.

Dr_Jones wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:08 pm CD sample collection: Dance Series N°1 (by Megamidi)
Track: Chronologie 8
Sample name: Rap Song Kit Bpm 94

Ooh, nice to know where these samples originated from
viewtopic.php?p=207847#p207847

I've had a similar idea i.e. to create a topic about presets (esp. one-finger-presets) for months (with examples), I have to do it finally

(I'm not talking about the obvious ones like "Revolutions is all D-50")

Still waiting for someone to identify the original patch for the "Sequencer / Trumpet" on Revolutions (track)

http://www.thhe.dk/Roland_D-50.htm

I've started a Distorted Reality/Spectrasonics list as well as a few other sample libraries used. I'll post it when I've done a bit more.

One preset starting point might be the Emu XL-7 - where many of the presets were used as complete tracks or formed key sequences in other tracks. Anything form the Aero era has the XL-7 all over it.

This is a video I did on the XL-7.

Amazing video! The Roland D-50 of the Aero era most certainly

Definitely also reminds me of JMJ's usage of this particular KORG Karma demo in the Aero concert

Going through Distorted Reality1, 2, Bizarre Guitar and Metamorphosis will take a while, so here's some other samples/libraries:

Aerozone - Vocodobike & Pirateradical from Sensory Disruption
Soul Intrusion - Xperi-Mental from X-Static Goldmine 4
Bonjour-Hello - Ice Skating & B.R.L.S.D from Cuckooland Asylum

Je Me Souviens/Travelator Pt. 2 - Ambience SciFi 8002_04 from Series 8000 by Sound Ideas
Je Me Souviens - UnPerc FX08 from Cuckooland Asylum

C'est La Vie - Alarm 8001_07 & Alarm 8001_08 from Series 8000 by Sound Ideas
C'est La Vie - BBL Bubbly Triangle from Spectrasonics Liquid Grooves
C'est La Vie - Intro noise loop - Sweepstep DR2

RDV a Paris - Main drum loops - Breathlyz & Radio Cheez DR2
RDV a Paris - Middle 8 loop - Teknopan DR2

Hey Gagarin - Moog Splat 1 from Distorted Reality 2
Hey Gagarin - Catwoman from Distorted Reality 2

Millions of Stars - Glissolia - DR1

Tout Est Bleu - Intro pad - Barrier Reef DR2
Tout Est Bleu - First filtered loop - Fuel DR2
Tout Est Bleu - Mid8 pad - Sea Life DR2

Love Love Love - First thud sounds - Terminator patch from JV2080/XP80
Love Love Love - Main drum loop - Earthy 1 DR2

Miss Moon - First noise hit/delayed hit - Quasimidi Raven
Miss Moon - Grind/squeak noise - DR1
Miss Moon - Other perc/drum hits - Phuzz Drums, Super 909 & Turbo 808 DR1
Miss Moon - Morse code - Sound Ideas (also available as an Apple Loop)

Give Me a Sign - Intro hit - Blip Bam DR1
Give Me a Sign - Mid-8 loops - Stoopid DR2

Gloria - Intro hit - Metalicious DR1
Gloria - Screech - Mangled Orch DR2
Gloria - Main loops - Ingenious DR2
Gloria - Frozen hit sound - Phlange 1 DR1
Gloria - Reverse hoover - Cuckooland

Silhouette - Intro pad - Mist - DR1

Body Language - LOADS of samples and loops from DR1, DR2 and Cuckooland - Track is formed mostly of samples. Far too many to list but individual hit sounds are from Craze Drum 1 from DR2

June 21 - Noise/breath loop - Bassomatic from Spectrasonics Metamorphosis
June 21 - High pitched/triangle loops - Restraints from Metamorphosis

December 17 - Pads - Iceland from DR1
December 17 - Hits - Spacey Drums from DR1

Aero Equinoxe 3 - Background vocal pad - Oozies 1 Bizarre Guitar
Aero Equinoxe 3 - Reverse noise pad - Quest Bizarre Guitar
Aero Equinoxe 3 - Pitched noise sweeps - Kyoto Bend 1Bizarre Guitar
Aero Equinoxe 3 - End high pad - Solia Long DR1
Aero Equinoxe 3 - Dolphin noise - Altered States

Aero Oxygene 4 - Bell - Possibly 'Grim Reaper' from DR2

Aero Last Rendez Vous - Vocal pad - DR2 (need to check this one for sample name)
Aero Last Rendez Vous - End computer bleeps - Sound Ideas

Aero Zoolookologie - Computer bleeps - Sound Ideas

Soul Intrusion - Sonar/noise perc hits - Xperi-Mental from X-Static Goldmine 4
Soul Intrusion - Main kick loop - 'Circular' from Metamorphosis

12 DOTS The Sun - Filtered loop - Dem Bones DR1

Not samples but presets:

Millions of Stars - Bell Tree from JV2080/XP80
Millions of Stars - Flying Waltz from JV2080/XP80
Love Love Love - TD Lead from Quasimidi Raven
Love Love Love - WhammyMammy from JP8000
Aero - Varesse from JP8000

I've used a lot of these sounds in my own music, so if you want to hear/reference them then my music is on all the usual download and streaming sites.

Je Me Souviens - My tracks are 'Orbit' and 'In Search of the Elusive Oloswave' from Oloswave
C'est La Vie - My tracks are 'Danger Ahead' and 'Chasing Gravity Pt. 1' from Oloswave
Hey Gagarin - My tracks are 'Wave Fluctuations' and '279 Seconds' from Oloswave
Millions of Stars - My tracks are 'Close Your Eyes (To Dream)' from Behind The Clock 3 and 'The Observatory' and 'Deep Space Hibernation' from Oloswave.
Tout Est Bleu - My track is 'Power Surge' from Oloswave
Miss Moon - My tracks are 'Earth Funk' from Behind The Clock 1, 'Into The Earth' from Behind The Clock 2 and 'Overture' from Oloswave.
Gloria, Lonely Boy - My tracks are 'Earth Funk' from Behind The Clock 1, 'Into The Earth' from Behind The Clock 2.
June 21 - My track is 'We Have a Problem from Oloswave
Aero Equinox 3 - My track - 'End Titles' from Behind The Clock 3
Aerozone - My tracks are 'Orbit' from Oloswave.
Soul Intrusion - My tracks are 'We Have a Problem' from Oloswave.

Got loads more sound searching to do...I will return with more!

Finaero wrote: Sun Feb 20, 2022 6:48 pm Amazing video! The Roland D-50 of the Aero era most certainly

Definitely also reminds me of JMJ's usage of this particular KORG Karma demo in the Aero concert

Yeah, the Aero stuff was a LOT of presets!

Wooow nice vidéo of the xl7 ! Someone was looking for drums of this era maybe the xl7 is the answer ! I Will update the table tomorrow i have also more to add for métamorphoses titles but also for other songs like Oxygene 17....

Can't remember the names of the sounds but the Roland Vintage Synth module/JV80-04 expansion was used A LOT in Oxygene 7 and Je Me Souviens.

Also, on the XL-7, Francis Rimbert used some of the presets in his own music, as he did with the Roland Vintage Synth module/expansion.

A little bit off topic but when considering the origins of tracks and the sounds used, it's worth listening to FR's Double Face album.

'The Wave' is a variation of the Body Kick preset which JMJ used - see video above.
'Elfe's Race' uses the Mellotron samples from the Roland Vintage Synth that are the O7 sounds.
'Devil Soul' is a mashup of C'est La Vie and Velvet Road and uses the XL-7.
'Across the Fog' is also from the same stock of 'Velvet Road.'
'Woman's Land' is germinated from the same point as 'May 1.'

If you want to consider presets, then the Korg Triton was used to compose Sessions 2000:

JANUARY 24
Intro FX - 'Shuttle Landing' from Sound Ideas Element's Cafe
Drum/Perc - Psycho Kit from Triton
Pads/LFO effects - Triton but can't locate samples to check the name

MARCH 23
Gliss Pads - Transformation pad from Triton

JUNE 21
Vocal/croak noises - Venusian Stories from Triton

SEPTEMBER 14
Robot voices - Techno Vox from Triton

Not sure if it's a default JV-1080 preset or if it's just included in the VST, but "Inertia" is the starting FX (well, namely in the single version) from Together Now

One more drum loop for Oxygene 17 is available in Stylus RMX in the "Core Library", "RMX Grooves", "72-Liquid Frame". Especially the "72-Liquid Frame Combo". Claps and snare are also from Stylus but I didn't find the loop.

Love Love Love (sample at 15sec) - DR1 - Partition D - Straticus - AMB Pulse
RDV Paris - DR2 - Partition A - 03 80-89 BPM - Flex
RDV Paris - DR2 - Partition A - 04 90-99 BPM - Teknopannr