Oxygene instruments explained

Jean Michel Jarre explains the instruments he used for his new version
of Oxygene

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Music

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• Instruments
• Jarre
• Oxygene

[alexsanto]

Jean Michel Jarre Museum

[piotrek0389]

9 Justin Bieber fans

[VisceralVoids]

ARP 2500 at 4:50... holy cow

[Kohntarkosz]

Interesting that he refers to the Synthi AKS as being packaged in a "James Bond" case, because that's exactly how I've always described the look.

[ranXerox09]

I'd be afraid of receibing an electric shock while playing one of those old synthesizers, full of cables, lol

[Mr12345678910trent]

thats were dubstep came from lol



[cyberfennek]

heaven on earth

[KiopGenJin]

@XN4KX Watch out for pigs ;-)

[KiopGenJin]

@elchafa Oxygene Live in Your Living Room DVD

[KiopGenJin]

@empiremonkey68 When he made Oxygene he had very little equipment. It's on the album notes. As he became successful after the album was released he could through the years start getting other stuff. He definitely didn't have all this back then. He needs it all though for a live concert performance, ie 4 times the amount of instruments.

[KiopGenJin]

@Bryan198026 You can make actually "music" with the AKS, yes, it can be used tonally as well. He used the AKS for the "theremin" sound on both Oxygene 1 and 3. Either the AKS or the ARP2600. All analog synths are capable of this "theremin" sound. Jarre's sound though is a very filtered saw or pulse wave, which are more harmonically rich than the pure sine wave of real theremins. He said he was trying to evoke an opera singer with that sound.