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Not sure what this is doing here, presumably because of the electronic devices on his stage? Sure, he was an early adopter of sampling technology, but he probab
by lazyjones 10y ago
Not sure what this is doing here, presumably because of the electronic devices on his stage? Sure, he was an early adopter of sampling technology, but he probably also invented the "turning knobs on the DJ equipment just for show" malpractice and most certainly built up huge fake device installations on stage.
- reitanqild 10y agoNot sure either but greatly appreciated. So please don't flag.
- hk__2 10y agoHN Guidelines: > What to Submit > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- reitanqild 10y agoExactly my point, - I find it interesting. Can't point out exactly why though.
- coldtea 10y ago>but he probably also invented the "turning knobs on the DJ equipment just for show" malpractice and most certainly built up huge fake device installations on stage. Those are modular synths. And there's nothing "for show" about them, this is not DJing. He tweaks filters, and other such things.
- agumonkey 10y agoThat's part of what contemporary mainstrea DJ do too. And it's not always gimmicky; a low pass filter as a bridge-cut to slowly restore the full sound (such as the intro of Armand Van Helden - You don't know me) is a very common idiom and has a clear musical emotional impact on people.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoWhat he's turning knobs on are modular synths. The knob is how you make sound. [1] A lot of the background loops are of course already sequenced, but Jarre and his team definitely played the music live. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBEZF2pAbMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBEZF2pAbMg