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Instruments • Re: Software Hoarding

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Not so much synths in these old photos. They take a lot of space but there is only 8 synths at the time of Equinoxe. But I agree with you Jarre is saying thnigs he doesn’t care about. He just wants to stay alive.
The liner notes for the album indicate that he had an ARP 2600, EMS VCS 3, EMS Synthi AKS, Yamaha CS-60, Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, ELKA 707, Korg Polyphonic Ensemble, Eminent 310 Unique, and Mellotron in his home studio in addition to several sequencers and a Korg KR 55 drum machine

That was in early 1978 and probably represented one of the largest hoards of Synths in any home studio anywhere on Earth at the time. In 1978 there were just not that many Synth Models available to choose from

What's interesting from that list is that he chose about as wide of a sonic pallet as you could get in a 1978 electronic/keyboard studio and had an emphasis on polyphony

In all of his albums from the 70s and 80s when you look at the synths he used his goal was clear, he wanted the ability to be able to make any sound he wanted and was able to pull off with the technology that was available to him at the time

That is my goal also

Statistics: Posted by IvyBirds — Sun Apr 06, 2025 2:11 pm



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