Jean Michel Jarre's Gear

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The Moog Liberation is used on live and especially during the live recording of Oxygène 2007. We can see this "keytar" on the right of the picture.

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We can see on the top of this picture a Moog Taurus 3 used by Jarre's team during "Oxygène 2007". This instrument is played by the musician Claude Samard during the show.

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The Handsonic HPD-15 can be seen in different moments of this video

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In the video "Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Live In Your Living Room," Jean Michel Jarre is seen using a couple of EMS VCS 3 synthesizers throughout the performance. He mentions employing them for various sound effects, including wind and drone bleeps.

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In this video the Eminent 310 can be seen on JMJ's left, topped by a bunch of effect pedals, other 3 of these machines are around the place used by the other musicians

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"I am truly impressed by the sound of the Monark - very close to the original!"

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At 4:34 in this video jean using h-delay.

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In this picture of Jean Michel Jarre's studio, you can see a RMI Harmonic Synthesizer.

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In the Sound on Sound article, Jean Michel Jarre's studio setup is described as including two Keio Mini Pops drum machines.

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Jean Michel Jarre includes the Mellotron M4000D Mini among his favorite synthesizers, as highlighted in an article by Red Bull Music Academy.

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"n the control room today sits a circle of instruments pulled out of storage for Jean–Michel Jarre’s latest project, Electronica, including a Moog 55, a Memorymoog, a Big Briar Theremin, a Fairlight CMI, an EMS VCS3 and Synthi AKS and an ARP Pro/DGX."

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"n the control room today sits a circle of instruments pulled out of storage for Jean–Michel Jarre’s latest project, Electronica, including a Moog 55, a Memorymoog, a Big Briar Theremin, a Fairlight CMI, an EMS VCS3 and Synthi AKS and an ARP Pro/DGX."

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In the YouTube video "In The Studio with Jean-Michel Jarre" by MusicRadar Tech, an Apple MacBook Pro is visible in the back left of his studio setup, indicating its use in his music production process.

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At minute 7:03 we see him with Razor open

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Minute 4:13 he uses the Kontakt sampler

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“Then we used the Roland D-50, Korg M1, some plug-ins, and the last sound of the track is done with the iPad. We didn’t do everything in that order, but in the track we have all of these instruments, and the challenge we had was that everything should sound coherent.”

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As a great user of analog instruments, it is probably one of the first time, with a virtual synth such as the NEXUS, that I can really compare the texture, the transients, the impact of the low range and the diversity of the sounds with what I find in an analog machine. The interface is easy to use, the arpeggiator is really cool, and the sounds always find their place in a mix. NEXUS is already one of my favorite synths of all time!

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uses it in this video in duration 00:47

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In the YouTube video "Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 4 - Place de la Concorde, Paris 1979," Jean Michel Jarre uses the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 drum machine.

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Albums which use AKAI S1000 : • Waiting for Cousteau

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In this photo of Jarre's gear, there is Roland AX Synth visible to the right.

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"Using a new Roland System 8 with a System 500 attached and a Grp A4, Jarre also had his Moog Sub37, AKS, Buchla and ARP2600 at his disposal"

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The Chronologie album cover tells us in writing what instruments Jean-Michel Jarre used on the album.

Quote : "Instruments: Digisequencer, Kurzweil K2000, Mini Moog, ARP 2600, Akai MPC-60, Akai S 1000, AKS, JD 800, Korg 01, TR 909, DR 660, Synthex, Eminent, JP 8, DJ 70, Vocalist, Fairlight."

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The album inlay of the Chronologie album tells us in writing what instruments Jean-Michel Jarre used on the album.

Quote : "Instruments: Digisequencer, Kurzweil K2000, Mini Moog, ARP 2600, Akai MPC-60, Akai S 1000, AKS, JD 800, Korg 01, TR 909, DR 660, Synthex, Eminent, JP 8, DJ 70, Vocalist, Fairlight."

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At the back of the album cover of the Rendez-vous album by Jean-Michel Jarre is a list of used instruments. In short:

Seiko DS 250, Synthex, Moog, Roland JX 8P, ARP 2600, Fairlight, Emulator II, Eminent, AKS, Lynn 9000, Memory Moog, Drumulator, Laser Harp, RMI, Seiko DS 320, OBX, DX 100, Matrisequencer, TR 808, Prophet, Casio CZ 5000, Baby Korg personal keyboard.

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On the back cover of Jean-Michel Jarre's "Rendez-vous" album, a list of instruments used in its production includes the E-Mu Emulator III. This detail is noted in the LP Cover Art blog on Wordpress, which provides insight into the gear employed by Jarre during the album's creation.

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Quote from album "Oxygene 7-13" by Jean-Michel Jarre (1997 release):

"Jean Michel Jarre played the following Instruments: 2600 ARP Synthesizer, VCS3 synthesizer, AKS, Eminent, Mellotron, Theremin, CS80, Quasimidi Raven, Digisequencer, Logic Audio, Akai MPC3000, Nordlead, JV 90, K2000, RMI, Prophecy, TR808, DJ70."

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Quote from Zoolook album (1984) booklets (cd and vinyl): "... Keyboard and electronic devices: Fairlight CMI, Emulator, Moog 55, ARP 2600, DX7, Prophet V, OBXA, AMS, Simmons SDS V, Matrisequencer, AKS, EMS Vocoder, Eminent, Doctor Click, Linn 1, Linn 2 ..."

More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoolook

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"I use Logic Pro a lot. Everything is integrated, there’s no external interface, it’s fantastic. I use it as a large sequencer, it’s like the nerve centre of the recording process. I also have it installed on my MacBook Pro. I’ll be going on tour soon and I’ll be able to continue working on my next album. I use GarageBand too, particularly as a notepad to write down all my musical ideas."

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