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Apple France has a look at Jean-Michel Jarre and his use of Macs and Logic Pro.
Here’s a short excerpt, through Google automatic translation:
Jean-Michel Jarre says his passion for the Mac
You are using Apple products for a long time. De quels matériels disposez-vous ? What materials do you have?
I am a big fan of Apple since the very beginning! I have a Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 in my recording studio, a Mac Pro to my home and I’m separated from my MacBook Pro 15 “. In addition, I have two iPhone and several iPod, I even kept the older models. At the moment, the MacBook Air tent me a lot. When I tell you that it is a passion…
What do you do in everyday?
Macs are an integral part of my life. In the studio, the Mac Pro I use for records. My MacBook Pro with me everywhere. Even more so, I came to compose and produce songs on it, on a plane between Paris and Beijing, especially for my album “Aero”. I love iPhone is a true handheld. I use to read my mail, video, audio, call for course and I look forward to future developments.
As a musician, how you run Pro Logic and GarageBand?
I use a lot Logic Pro. Everything is integrated, there is no external interface is fantastic. I operates as a wholesale sequencer is the brain of registration. It is also installed on my MacBook Pro. I will soon go on tour and I’ll be able to continue to work on my next album. I also GarageBand, especially as a notepad to mark all my musical ideas.
What attracts you most about Apple solutions and you can not find elsewhere?
I think that there is unity in access to software. This consistency is the same in all areas: image, word processing, audio, editing… The familiarization with a new Apple software is so easily. Any iLife apply this idea of simplification. This is an important specificity of Apple. I am also very sensitive to the aesthetic approach and consistency between the content and container. As a musician, I developed a rapport with my emotional instrument. And I think that Apple leads this reflection for all of its solutions and offers its users the opportunity to respond so emotional. There is a trend away from the keyboard and mouse to find the sense of touch that existed in the analogue technology. I find this idea in the iPhone which is for me a real revolution.
How do you use Apple hardware at your recordings?
The Mac has a function within the heart of all my projects, audio or visual. The Power Mac G5 serves me specifically for the studio work at all stages of registration: mixing, mastering production to final… You can compare it to an airport is the place where everything converges and ” where everything starts
What is your way of working in the studio?
First, I have my work habits. I love the trackpad, I am left handed and I think that is more convenient than the mouse. I have two screens, even at home, and put all my machines network, it is possible to work together more on the same project. I really appreciate the mindset Apple and I hope they continue to do what they are…
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