JMJ's Alfacam Oxygene concert in September 2007


Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:46 am
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And I want to correct sth I wrote : to the left of JMJ's Eminent, this is not an EKO but a Korg PS3300 ;)
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:53 am
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Thx a lot Nico !

OMG ! :shock: this is so nice ! Great photos ! :D
Thx Kanta for the site ! 8)
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:55 am
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You're much welcome Albert :robertdugenou:

And Christophe, I really hope you can have some infos about it, such as a release date, maybe ? :P
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:58 am
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/me wets myself

When do we get the recordings or DVD of this concert? Goddamn man, I can't wait for this...
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:00 am
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Nico_Noyau wrote:And Christophe, I really hope you can have some infos about it, such as a release date, maybe ? :P
I hope it too! :wink:

Greetzzz...
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Here is everything from that link in case anyone else has problems viewing it. :D

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Headin’ Out: Alfacam does 3D HDTV

Yes, you read that right.

Last night, Alfacam held a great event to celebrate a couple of things. First of all the company celebrated its 20th birthday a few weeks ago. Secondly, the culture channel EXQI will celebrate its first birthday on the first of October. It was also announced that EXQI will become available via Telenet Digital TV on that day (in standard definition, of course). And lastly, Alfacam had another first. The very first commercial recording of 3D HDTV images. But what to film?

Electronic music God, Jean-Michel Jarre, played a special gig for the occasion, although the music itself is not quite my taste, the concert was truly something special. Everything was played live on electronic instruments that were over thirty years old. Today all that would be squeezed out of a little laptop, but it just wouldn’t be the same. The sound was spectacular.

The set was recorded by the Alfacam crew and will be released on DVD in 3D. You can watch the show on your “regular” HDTV at home with some funky glasses on your nose. Or you can watch it on the new 3D television sets Philips had on display yesterday. More about those in a sec.

The concert took place in the very new, very big studios of the Alfacam complex. They already had four big studios in the main building (where the offices are), but now they have transformed their former warehouse into four more studios, a sports hall, a day care center and some classrooms.

After the concert, we headed back to the main building where dinner would take place. I was unable to attend because of time constraint, but thanks to Annemie, one of my former colleagues, I was able to sneek in and take some pictures. More importantly, I was able to check out the 3D technology from Philips up close.

The big thing with these new screens is that you don’t need any special glasses to see the images in three dimensions. The technology is based on those flipping cards things, you know, you tilt them left to right and the image changes. That principle is used in these screens.

The same demo was running on four HDTV’s that were set up around the room. Some rolling dices coming at you, hot air balloons, and last but not least… what does every showreel need? … Nature images!

I must say, I was somewhat underwhelmed by these images. You really had to sit still, in a straight line in front of the set to be able to get the full experience. I couldn’t really see this working in anyone’s living room, if you have more than two people watching. But the technology and the idea behind it, is pretty cool.

However, I don’t know if this can become a commercial success any time soon. You need a lot of processing done before your images are 3D, and you would need a new screen. Again. I’m not sure if there are any implications towards bandwidth, I forgot to ask, so if anyone knows, shoot me an email. It could be a cool feature for company lobbies, but I have my doubts for many other applications. Maybe in ten years, when we’re all buying new TV’s again.

They also showed images of the concert on a big screen, but you needed the geeky glasses for this. The problem with that is that it was innovative and exciting, maybe twenty years ago. We’ve been there, we’ve seen that. They were even unashamed to pull some classic 3D trickery. There were three cool lamps set up on each side of the stage (see picture) with only one purpose: standing in the way as the camera swoops behind them, so you get an emphasis on the 3D aspects of it all. Added value = zero.

I know this was the first time and all that, but why would you want to see a concert in three dimensions? I want to see explosions and junk flying at me, cars and rocket ships, laser beams and gigantic spiders from space… or something. Maybe I’m being a boy here, but you catch my drift.

I don’t want to be a Negative Nancy here, Alfacam hosted a great dinner event, I saw a excellent concert, 3D is always cool and the Alfacam crew can add another first to their resumé. You can invite me for the next premiere, thank you very much. ☺

Many thanks to Yves for keeping in touch and the invitation, and to Annemie for letting me in to take some shots…

Edit: Trusted reader Stijn was also at the event and took some shots of the material Jarre used for his set. Very cool stuff... Thanks for sending this in!

http://www.partyforum.be/viewtopic.php?t=54214

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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:05 am
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Nico_Noyau wrote:And I want to correct sth I wrote : to the left of JMJ's Eminent, this is not an EKO but a Korg PS3300 ;)
3200 ;)

There's also ARP Odyssey, RMI Harmonic Synth, a HUGE bunch of AKS's, a Jupiter 8...
I saw something coming, but not this. :smoke:


Oh, Jakob, didn't he sell all this stuff? :pwned:
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More pictures from jarreforum: http://www.partyforum.be/viewtopic.php?t=54214 :lol:
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:37 am
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GeeJee wrote:3200 ;)
Oops, my mistake :?
There's also ARP Odyssey, RMI Harmonic Synth, a HUGE bunch of AKS's, a Jupiter 8...
I saw something coming, but not this. :smoke:
Where, where ? :o I can't see them :o
But do you know what is this big synth close to JMJ with the panel like a MiniMoog ?
Oh, Jakob, didn't he sell all this stuff? :pwned:
Pwned :pwned:
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:40 am
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I'd be interested to watch that DVD !
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:46 am
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What synth is on the 6th picture (the white one, at the front)

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And there's also a very rare sequencer/synth called the FRIMBERT :mrgreen:

http://www.partyforum.be/viewtopic.php?t=54214

Nico, I think you mean the VCS3? :punch:
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:58 am
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jp8000 wrote:What synth is on the 6th picture (the white one, at the front)

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Moog Little Phatty. Even Tim Hufken (?) is visible behind JMJ in one of the pictures. I'm not 100% sure though... :roll:
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Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:01 am
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That Little Phatty looks huge !
On which photo can you see Tim ?


Damn, I guess JMJ damn fucked and pwned us all there, I was expecting something quite huge, but not that huge, it literally killed me !!
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Théâtre Marigny, Paris [France] - 15/12/2007
<2010> Marseille [France] - 20/03/2010
Monaco - 01/07/2011
Arènes de Nîmes – 14/07/2016
Post Posted Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:04 am
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LAST NEWS !!!


Tracks played were Oxygène 1-6
Dominique Perrier was there aswell !


:D
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