Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

Adiescar is my "muse" since Bratislava.

rinogurr wrote: Sat Nov 01, 2025 11:24 am Laser Harp

At least we get that (if everything going smoothly)...

Yeah, but this is not just post-processing. You can't hear those sounds in the broadcast. It looks like they were mixed in afterwards. So... why not mix in the prerecorded tracks in better quality if they were willing to actually work on the audio material by adding the fx?


Yes, exactly my ...

Jote wrote: Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:20 pm Why focus on this particularly instead of improving the overall quality?

I had disgusted by this, when I first analyzed the spectrum of the (overcompressed) stereo master. I suspect (pointless) dadwater post-processing because of the "unlistenable" lossy source.

Richard-Eastham wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:55 pm My post earlier about the context being stripped out of the Bratislava release, begs a question about what the strategy is behind the recent JMJ releases, if indeed there is a strategy.

- Welcome To The Other Side (2021)
- Versailles 400 (2024)
- Live In Bratislava (2025)

Money, money, money...

Robi83 wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 7:16 pm However, the '25 version of Oxy 2 intro with Hydrasynth was Way better than violin and flute version.

Yes, at least my only favorite/live moment in this dj sets.

Anytime would be pleased by an awkward didgeridoo (or guitar, or violin) blast from Adiescar.

Mastering wise the usual "Dadwater algorithm" treatment:


File Name | LUFSi | Max. M | Max. S | PLR | RMS LEFT | RMS RIGHT |

01. The Opening Bratislava (live) | -9.95 | -6.36 | -8.47 | 9.80 | -8.47 | -8.49 |
02. Epica Oxygene (live) | -10.71 | -7.09 | -8.85 | 10.71 | -9.29 | -9.62 |
03 ...

MarnixB wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 9:36 am What is wrong with the audio quality? I don’t hear anything strange. In my opinion it sounds like a decent recording.

(Almost) all tracks sourced from a lossy encode (according to spectrum) as we know since the Stardust "single".

shadow wrote: Sat Aug 09, 2025 8:01 am Surely this won't actually sound like this on the release, now will it? Will it?!

Sadly we all know it will.

It is unbelievable, sounds like a hasty, FOH, measurement microphone recording. With all those Digico equipment and mixing by genial sound engineers...

Looking at the spectrum (Deezer 16/44 lossless), low-pass filtered at 16 kHz (as we hear it), really must be lossy source.

Xyxophas wrote: Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:55 pm Another great interpretation of MF2 is the one from the Oxygene Tour 97, which was the first I heard live in Katowice. I call it the "oxygenized version."

My favorite too (from a favorite period and sadly without any original source).

O7-13 is indeed a masterpiece. Why for me? Because JMJ took his "roots" and reinvented it in a creative way.

Xyxophas wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:45 pm I wonder where is the best place to stand to get a good view of the whole show and all the visuals. This distance from the stage seems ideal. I don't want to be too close because there's nothing happening on stage.

Just in front of the technicians area.