Al Jourgensen
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Al Jourgensen's Keyboards and Synthesizers
There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown
"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"
You can clearly see the keyboard being played on stage.
There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown
"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"
Listed there and here https://www.matrixsynth.com/2005/07/ministry-for-sale.html
Al selling his equipment
There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown
"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"
In this music video "Same Old Madness" from 1982 around 2:14-:2:18 you can spot a Moog Source.
There is written following in the book "Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest Records Revealed" by Jake Brown
"Jourgensen recalled that “we had the Fairlight, but that was very limited in sense that it had a 1.6 second sampling time, so we used some Fairlight, but on a lot of those early Ministry albums, I used a Roland Juno 60 and Roland Jupiter 8, and I also had a Prophet 5 I used for some strings, but it was mainly Roland with a little bit of Fairlight thrown in"
"Jim writes: "I know you're Fairlight fetishist like me. Al Jourgensen of Ministry is selling off his CMI 2 and 3. Check out how completely defaced all of the gear is! It sort of makes me sad to see those mighty Fairlights so beat up. The IIx description says 'Some original Ministry sample discs are included.'" Item #7339556355 is the Series III ($405, five days to go) and item #7339553386 is the Series IIx, which is already up to $1,500. He's also selling a Publison Infernal Machine (#7338631249), which was the first ever DSP multi-effects box, used by Prince and Michael Jackson."
Al Jourgensen confirmed his use of the ARP Omni Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer in an interview with the Entertainer, as detailed by Klintron on klintron.com. Jourgensen shared that after returning to Chicago following his time with Special Affect, he purchased the synthesizer because he was unable to play loud guitar in his apartment. Subsequently, he acquired a reel-to-reel tape recorder and began creating his own solo tracks.
Charlie Clouser confirmed on the Gearspace forum that Al Jourgensen and Ministry used the Sequential Circuits Pro One Synthesizer during the band's early years. Clouser noted, "Most of the time Al knew exactly what synth was used on which part, so even though the PRO-1 was long gone, JB could use Repro-1 to get really close, etc. Plus we did have a lot of paper documentation like track sheets etc."
In a photo featured in the Revolver article by J. Bennett, titled "Ministry's Al Jourgensen on How Playing in a Band Is Like 'Naked and Afraid'," Al Jourgensen's home studio is shown to contain the Roland Jupiter-80 76-Key Synthesizer.
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