Jarre has used plenty of instruments throughout the years : Synthesizers, MIDI devices, rythm machines. He’s even made advertising for some of them. But what he likes best is what he calls himself the Stradivarius of electronic music : The Moogs, ARP and earlier instruments like the strange Theremin (or Thereminvox).
But what makes Jarre’s trademark since his first concerts, is his famous laser harp, engineered specially for him !
- ARP 2500
- ARP 2600
- CLAVIA Nordlead
- CLAVIA Nordlead 2
- ELKA Synthex
- EMINENT 310 Univers
- EMS Synti AKS
- EMS VCS3 “The Putney”
- E-MU Emulator II
- FAIRLIGHT CMI
- KORG 01
- KORG Prophecy
- KORG Z1
- KURZWEIL K2000
- MELLOTRON
- MOOG MiniMoog
- MOOG MemoryMoog
- MOOG System 55
- OBERHEIM 2 VOIX
- OBERHEIM OBX
- OBERHEIM OBX-A
- Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar
- QUASIMIDI The Raven
- QUASIMIDI Sirius
- RMI Harmonic Synthesizer
- ROLAND Jupiter 8
- ROLAND D50
- ROLAND JV90
- ROLAND JD 800
- ROLAND JV1080
- ROLAND JP8000
- ROLAND AX-1
- RSF Kobol
- SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS Prophet 5
- THEREMIN
- WALDORF Wave
- YAMAHA CS80
- YAMAHA DX7
- YAMAHA CS1 X
- YAMAHA AN1 X
Check out this page for further talking about these instruments plus dozen others.
During JMJ´s long career he has used so many synths/keyboard, so this list can be improved by adding which albums the individual instruments has been used. The used instruments are written in the record covers (LP´s at least) and many fans have search for the used patches/synthprogrammes on instruments in order to figure out what instruments are used for what sound. Very nerdish perhaps, but having a list of instruments at all is kind of nerdish too (for non fans
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Anyway, there are related information at this page:
http://www.perkristian.net/studio.shtml
Best regards
Mads
By: Mads on October 1, 2010
at 3:43 pm
i very very like JEAN MICHEL JARRE.WELCOME IN ROMANIE JMJ.RETUN IN ROUMANIE-BUCAREST.AMITIE.ELIAN.
By: ELIAN GHEORGHE BACILA URECHIATU on February 3, 2011
at 10:57 am
Hi. Can you tell me the name of the large circular light-up keyboard used on rendezvous 4 at the Houston concert in the 80′s and was the playing of it akin to lip syncing like some people are saying or is it an actual working instrument and actually played?
By: Andy on May 16, 2011
at 7:42 am
It is a fully functional keyboard and it works with MIDI compliant keyboard. It has been showed in Rouen, France a few years ago.
By: jmjarrefan on May 16, 2011
at 10:51 am