Behringer Solina Ensemble - Equinoxe sounds

[@stuartsinclair6269]

1978, 8 months in his kitchen Jean Michel Jarre with all his keyboards piled up, Equinoxe has got to be my most favourite album,

[@Digiloog]

Equinoxe is from ‘78 indeed, but not made in his kitchen. The first track is from Oxygene, released in ‘76 and made in his kitchen.

[@oldfatbastad6053]

@@synthetic24 👍. The album was recorded from January to August 1978 in the makeshift recording studio set up in his apartment in Paris.

[@cykkm]

I grew up on classical music, and to me Equinoxe is the album where JMJ's classical roots shine. It may be easily lost in the (back then) experimental arrangements with arpeggiators and delay effects (on tape!!!), but when you transcribe it on and analyse sheet music, it could well have been a suite from the Romantic period. Oxygène is much more experimental. The transcriptions of Oxygène IV on MuseScore don't even agree on its key signature, B-flat major/G minor, or C minor: it's harmonically ambiguous, evades full cadences, and the bass line fools you by jumping a degree, usually down, on every last strong beat of the four in every measure, stronger pulling over the rest in the melody on every second one, while pads hesitate between the two. Weird stuff to parse. I'd say « Deserted Palace » to Oxygène is what the soundtrack of Les Granges Brûlées to Equinoxe. Do you folks perhaps know about the 1976 performance by Gérard Lenormand entitled « La Mort du cygne »? From the archives de l'INA: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpWalahog76Kjassi=SuGkrEfWgqYwTLRh. Hear, hear, a.k.a « 3ème Rendez-vous », written the same year as Oxygène. In the « Rendez-vous » JMJ the classic composer is hard to not notice, not at all as subtle as in Equinoxe.

[@Digiloog]

@@cykkm There are more links between Jarre and Gerard Lenorman. La Belle Et La Bête (1975) for instance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYPdnXlvls2fr7ssi=EC-btCGGZL_mhyym

[@cykkm]

@@DigiloogThanks, yeah, I know this one. I just choose an earlier, more traditional example with an orchestra and no electronic sounds at all.

[@liamcurtis7570]

I can never get tired of hearing these sounds - thanks for taking the time to recreate on the Behringer- well done!

[@fischek]

my pleasure - thank you!

[@dijabreu]

Ah Equinoxe 3! That music is so calming...

[@fischek]

one of my fav parts too, I plan on doing a full cover some time

[@dijabreu]

@@fischek Please do, Mate!

[@andyjordanmusic3129]

I've always loved the sound of the Solina String Ensemble it's just an amazing sound. Your demo has convinced me to get the Behringer....! Thank you.! 👍

[@fischek]

glad I could help :)

[@martinquadode4928]

Diese Klänge sind wie Medizin für meine Seele. Traumhaft schön. Danke für die Zusammenstellung der Sounds. Das Gerät will ich haben.

[@fischek]

Danke schön!!!

[@rodnee2340]

I'm definitely getting one! It sounds exactly right. I think beringer put the extra hours on this little box. It sounds like a 70s vision of the future! And that phaser sounds epic. Well done.

[@GabrielMartinezValois]

Amazing recreation of this iconic album from the true French genius Jean Michel Jarre! I'm really happy that this great sounds from one of my favorite artists, which inspired me so much while I was a teenager and still does right now, are available on this fine Behringer's piece of hardware! I hope to buy this synth around September next year! Congratulations you are a quite talented artist! Greetings from Mexico City.

[@fischek]

Many thanks! :)

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Holy shit man that takes me back to the 70s. Always loved the sweeping phased sounds and the strings are spot on fella.

[@fischek]

thanks, makes me happy too :)

Wow, nicely done! My fav JMJ album 😊

[@fischek]

Thanks 🙏. Mine too :😄 (closely followed by Oxygene)

[@X22GJP]

@@fischek Zoolook all the way, very creative!

[@fischek]

@@X22GJP yes, I love Zoolook too...Ethnicolor is a materpiece in my book

[@marcooyarzun3303]

Al igual yo , Jean Michel Jarre ❤

[@macdaddybender]

Beautifully done. Music like this is just hypnotising, it's bordering on therapeutic.

[@fischek]

thanks, couldn't agree more

[@Vim-Wolf]

First thing I played when I got my Solina :)

[@r.koopman9307]

The Behringer Solina sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[@fischek]

my pleasure, thank you :)

[@albee8642]

Well done. Excellent job. Just the way I remember these sounds.

[@fischek]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@franciscoae9375]

Equinoxe es una obra maestra, Jarre es un genio

[@rolfdegen1806]

I love J.M.Jarre and Solina :)

[@fischek]

me too :)

[@lionelb7479]

Moi itou

[@levig5678]

Me too 😊

[@davidrobertson4301]

I don't remember catching this clip before but when I went to like it Google said I already had liked it So now I have to say I double like it

[@fischek]

thanks and thanks :)

[@Fed47]

vintage sounds was excellent...!

[@jumpstar9000]

Behringer did him proud. I bet he loves it. I know I do. ❤

[@wendywilkins6841]

Amazing sound

[@fischek]

Glad you think so!

[@lasu7712]

Your ending is brutal, I was flying through galaxies and you drop me back on earth! I want to continue my journey!!!

[@fischek]

thanks! :) (I may do another one with Oxygene sounds)

[@compfox]

Buy the album.

[@lasu7712]

@@compfox useless answer, I bought the CD more than 20 years ago, but new sound new cover are also new way to listen.... this is another dreaming... what I want here is a new cover new "cleaning" sound, not necessary the same as the original album. Anyway, the previous comment aimed to encourage fischek to continue though, rather than to say "no, I prefer the original" as your suggestion.

[@jlazaromorales4656]

solo por la buena musica no me quisiera morir nunca es de disfrutarla mas que nada en el mundo

[@matsewunderlich]

beautiful played 👍 - solina does a perfect job

[@fischek]

Thanks a lot!

[@futumama1]

Very authentic..very nice warm sound.

[@fischek]

Glad you like it!

[@antalpable284]

Superb! Thanks a lot!

[@fischek]

Glad you liked it!

[@Timetraveller2208]

Its the first time I've seen anybody play the beginning of part 1. You've done a fantastic job!!!! I bought a Korg pa600 last year with no musical experience after seeing Mareau Olavier play JMJ on a Korg PA50 16 years ago. He has kindly uploaded absolutely loads of midi files on his website. His videos are still on KZbin, plus links to his website too! Keep uploading, subbed 😉

[@fischek]

Thanks a lot :) Yeah, I don't remember seeing the 1st part either and I've always liked playing it. I know of Olavier's videos. He's been on YT forever :) Good of him to share the midi files. Thanks for the sub - see you soon :)

[@nicolaneeco]

Wow sounds phenomenal. Great job!

[@fischek]

thank you :)

[@Torrente70]

Equinox 4 is awesome

[@alejandrobojorquez6181]

That was magical just like the original. Very awsome work.

[@fischek]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jubarri]

Bien hecho. Recrea muy bien la base de los sonidos de Equinoxe.

[@fischek]

Thanks!

[@soniaellis163]

About time someone did equinox part 2 its a great soothing floating in space sound.😊❤

[@fischek]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🎉

[@wolfgangboettcher3126]

Magische Wellen

[@jamesketz6163]

Just awesome 😊

[@fischek]

Thank you! Cheers! 🎉

[@MysticFrequencies]

Oooo very nice! Well done :) I know all those sounds very well, spot on!

[@fischek]

Thanks a lot!

[@brosfab480]

Beautiful well done

[@fischek]

Thank you :)

[@sergemichoels3937]

It was friggin' brilliant, man!

[@fischek]

thanks :)

[@carstenwiesekoeln]

Amazingly well done!

[@fischek]

thanks a lot!

[@jumpstar9000]

Absolutely 💯

[@WendywilkinsWilkins-h3s]

Beautiful

[@fischek]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@KNHSynths]

Very well done. The problem is that the best sounds of the Solina make you think of JMJ, just as the best sounds of the CS 80 inevitably make you think of Vangelis. And apart from some kind of cover like in this good video, I find it very difficult to use these instruments today, because people hear JMJ (or Vangelis with the CS 80) and not really your music and they say "ah super cool this JMJ cover!". These machines are too typical and difficult to use in a new, creative way without awakening memories of someone else's music in listeners' ears.

[@fischek]

Thanks! I agree completely. I practically see it as Jarre strings machine, but I was after that specific sound anyway. Otherwise, you're absolutely right.

[@KNHSynths]

@@fischek I understand, myself I hesitated a long time to buy or not a Behringer Solina cause they nailed it! The sound is really almost the same as the original, at least for JMJ style strings. And this sound is cool. For someone who like to make JMJ covers or to compose in the style of JMJ it is certainly a bargain compare to an old real and working Solina. I wish you lot of pleasure with this machine!

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@m.i.andersen8167]

I don't think you're right. Personally, I think primarily of David Bowie's Berlin period. A friend of mine says it's Pink Floyd for him. So it all depends on the musical context in which the Stringer is used. Just bought a Solina and smile every time I use it. The fact that it gives associations to music I like only makes it better, and reinventing the wheel every time you try to make a piece of music is always a difficult ambition, no matter which Synth you use ;)

[@KNHSynths]

@@m.i.andersen8167 In all cases, it's just a matter of taste, of personal choice, of the kind of musical projet you're working on, and so on. So as it is a good machine, at least very close to the original one, and if you're happy to use it, it's great! There's nothing like wrong or right when it comes to use a musical instrument, only the final result is important (and the first one is the pleasure to use it).

[@jason83rs]

Very talented

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@circuitslave]

Spot on! Rock on! 👍🏽 🤟🏽

[@fischek]

thanks a lot :)

[@YasserAbdelmonsef]

Amazing ❤

[@fischek]

Thanks 😄

[@curtchase3730]

Amazing how close this rendition sounds compared to Jarre's originals. AND, how much less equipment is needed! Nice job.

[@fischek]

Thank you! 😁

[@macronencer]

Very nice! By the way, that opening piece from Part 1 is a nice exercise if you play whistle. I use it to practise precision of fingering changes and tonguing/breath control.

[@peterban4692]

I need one like this

[@subtension]

tres bon morceau et tres fidele!

[@fischek]

thank you!

[@TyroneEpps]

This is excellent😊😊😊😊

[@fischek]

Glad you think so! :)

[@TheSemtexCow]

Magnificent 👏👏👏👏👏

[@fischek]

Many thanks!

[@arasimonian]

Well done!

[@fischek]

thanks a lot!

[@davidm3569]

A feast for the ears 😀

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@InnerVisions68]

Very cool

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@burime13]

Это звучит как настоящее волшебство)

[@fischek]

thanks! :)

[@mikemeengs5720]

Pretty damned close! Good job!

[@fischek]

Thanks!

[@electronischesklangwerk]

Magic❤

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@dglcomputers1498]

and to think Jarre has helped out with the Behringer Solina, one recent studio video showed it in a passing shot. Lets hope he's a beta tester for the VCS3 clone!

[@fischek]

Yes, I saw it too :)

[@xinjoy6236]

is there a VCS3 clone on the way by Berhinger?

[@dglcomputers1498]

@@xinjoy6236 Yes, recently passed the life cycle test for the pin matrix and ready for beta testing.

[@derekbrown7303]

Fantastic thank you

[@fischek]

my pleasure and thank you! :)

[@PatternRecognitionMusic]

Man, I kinda want one. Yes, it's a one trick pony, but what a trick it is! So many classic tunes feature the Solina or samples and emulations of it...

[@fischek]

I totally understand what you mean, but i basically wanted a dedicated Jarre strings machine so I am happy :) I've also done some Pink Floyd and like you said so many other classic tunes can be done too.

[@milutinstamenkovic6137]

BRAVO GENIJE SAVRSENO

[@fischek]

hvala kralju :)

[@buzzbee5478]

Amazing

[@fischek]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Korellar]

❤❤❤ AMAZING!! ❤❤❤

[@fischek]

thank you 😊

[@jesusloracastaneda3464]

Espectacular

[@fischek]

thanks! :)

[@NicolasMelis]

well done!

[@fischek]

thanks :)

[@MATEUSGENTE]

Sim, você acertou muito bem!! Uma coisa que sempre me intrigou: a capa desse álbum é um estereograma. Já percebeu? Tem efeito tridimensional. Nunca vi ninguém falando a respeito, nem o Jarre.

[@fischek]

Thanks a lot for your comment. This blew my mind - you're right, it's a stereogram. I took the LP cover and tried it. Not sure why it doesn't say anything anywhere about it.

[@joestone3030]

Great Work!!! 💖

[@fischek]

Thank you! 😄

[@robertduszczakowski6813]

Genialne!!!

[@fischek]

thank you! :)

[@Ashfaq1999]

Brilliant.

[@fischek]

thanks a lot!

[@Ashfaq1999]

@@fischek Welcome 👍

[@LysetteLeePopTilUDrop]

Nice analog flanger swells!

[@luisrios1140]

Equinoxe 7 hermoso 🇨🇱🎙️📻🎶👂🎧🦖🦕👋🏻

[@fischek]

thanks :)

[@drKrollspell]

Perfection 😀🌹

[@fischek]

Thank you! Cheers! :)

[@СветланаРодионова-ь7ч]

Просто летаю не хочу возвращаться. ❤

[@manticore101]

Amazing…

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@JMPSynth]

Nice... good job.

[@fischek]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@BarryMcleod-b3r]

Part 2-sound of its own.

[@sandrojosesilvett]

Bravo !

[@fischek]

thanks, cheers :)

[@nipponhouseplayer]

Go for it! 🇫🇷Excellent✨👍

[@fischek]

Thank you! 😃

[@mikemlw]

Fantastic well done. How comes you missed part 5 6 and 8?

[@fischek]

Thanks! That’s a good question :) Honestly, I put this vid together the next day after I got Solina. I was very eager to record something with it and put some demo of Jarre sounds out as I wasn’t able to find any when I was considering the purchase. For Eq. 5, I could’ve easily done it, as I had the sequences ready just like for Eq, 4 - not sure what happened there :) Eq. 6 - I am not sure it has any Solina sounds in it. As for point 8, I am sure Solina was used (probably in the background) and maybe even for the main sound, but it’s a bit processed/muted and used in combination with other sounds, so not so obvious (to me at least).

[@imiyake0724]

It's a very nostalgic sound. Also, Phaser is comfortable. I admired SOLINA, and 50 years ago I made strings similar to SOLINA using 3 BBD elements (1024 stages), an operational amplifier, a 49-key keyboard, and 10 printed circuit boards. I had a hard time with the 3-phase chorus part of BBD. I phase-modulated it with two types of LFOs (about 0.2Hz and 5-7Hz), but the BBD produced a huge noise, so I needed a noise gate. Since I made it myself, I was able to create phase circuits in 120° increments, and there were no patents involved. After that, I connected KORG's Digital Chorus SDD-3300 to KORG's PolySix to obtain a 3-phase chorus tone. Currently, I'm using Arturia's Solina V2 software synthesizer on Cubase 13.

[@Cuzma8000-ul1dr]

Молодец! Очень достойное исполнение!

[@fischek]

hvala lepo :)

[@davidwheeler254]

Thank you so much.

[@fischek]

ok then, try this: 1. turn on: contrabass, cello, viola, trumpet, and horn (violin off) 2. turn on modulation 3. phaser off 4. volume bass up to 65-70% 5. crescendo: 10% ? 6. sustain: 5-10% and add some reverb and delay (I've added ping pong) hope that helps :)

[@fischek]

@davidwheeler254 did it work?

[@davidsimons5944]

Will be soon getting one of these. It sounds so much like the Eminent 310 that I don't really see the advantage of the latter, which as well as being extremely rare takes up a huge space - the complete opposite of the Berry. Pity they didn't include the EHX electric mistress flanger too with its own in / out sockets, though it's a great bonus being able to process external sounds through the small stone phaser. I'm hoping they'll make an RMI harmonic synth, ideally including a desktop version, though it may have to be bigger than the current series. I know you can get some things now in software, but hardware if you can make room is always going to be nicer.

[@petersamiutenki]

Great !

[@fischek]

thank you :)

[@AnalogFlava]

Very nice remakes. Is the solina good only for these kinds of string pad sounds? It seems to me its a very limited sound palette it can do no?

[@fischek]

thanks, it's limited but it's great if you are after these types of sounds (you can only turn the sounds on and off, there's no synthesis, but there's a great phaser onboard)

[@jameshicks7125]

I really want to get one, much smaller than an Eminent 310...

[@synthebo]

Wow!!! 🤩🤩

[@fischek]

thanks :)

[@maikkaune]

PHASER FX: is this a build in Solina option? Just curious, because many people mention that JMJ has used a STONE pedal phaser. Seemed to have a special sound and slowness. Do you know more about it?

[@fischek]

yes, it's a Small Stone phaser replica that's built in Solina

[@maikkaune]

@@fischek Oh, really!? Didn't know about it. Explains the final sound. I am impressed.

[@sebonmac]

Merci c'est trop bon 😂

[@fischek]

I am glad you like it :)

[@MrCrrispy]

Great

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@manuelparker5132]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Prem_Cocus]

При отсутствии компьютеров был создан шедевр!

[@Puppetnation71]

wow

[@skummelkatt]

The Solina is a nice piece of gear. But I wish that they would have made it with a stereo out.

[@thesearethesuns]

Add an EHX Polyphase on the way out, and you’ve got this all.

[@PWMaarten]

Wait, they didn’t? My Eminint SSE serie 8 has a stereo output! Sounds like a must have modification.

[@renek2050]

Wie geil ist das denn. Du hast es geschafft. Ich bin zu Tränen gerührt. Wie lange ist das her? Jetzt dieser geile Sound in der Gegenwart. Wo bekomme ich das ? Danke für dieses tolle Video. 🥹👍✌️

[@fischek]

Thanks a lot for your wonderful comment :)

[@ThinkingFishNY]

Sounds amaze-balls! Is there a stereo delay after the Solina?

[@fischek]

thanks! yes, I am using Korg KP3 ping pong delay.

[@Jobotubular]

Wasn't it nice how the thumbnail was overhead, so you could see the settings being used? This video doesn't actually do that: all side-shot. Go ahead, guess! It's fun!

[@KarlMoorDj]

Suono perfetto!

[@fischek]

thanks! :)

[@-thetapestream-channel1808]

in equinoxe part 7 is the bass part also solina? thank u in advance.

[@fischek]

hi, no it's Nord Lead 2X

[@-thetapestream-channel1808]

@ thank u😉

[@RenePedersen-kz5xj]

Hej musikalske ven. Du Er , rigtig god. Mvh Rene' Pedersen.alias Dr.Synthe.

[@fischek]

thanks!

[@silord70]

Complimenti Anch'io son 1 fan di JARRE e VANGELIS

[@fischek]

thanks a lot! both are great artists

[@davidwheeler254]

What settings did you use for the Equinoxe 1 sound please? Sounds perfect.

[@fischek]

thanks, I don't have it set up currently and I don't remember what I've done - let me try it out tomorrow and let you know

[@davidwheeler254]

@@fischek will try this - thank you. It''s such a beautiful sound!

[@sergo-c7w]

what arpegio bass equinoxe4 you use?

[@Esperluet]

Nice rendition,👍 What is the instrument used for the arpeggio in Equinox 4 please?

[@fischek]

thanks - Korg Wavestate, you mean which keyboard?

[@Esperluet]

​​​​@@fischek The keyboard used by JMJ in the recording for the brassy arpeggio when the drums play 3:40

[@fischek]

unfortunately, I don't know