The genesis of the project
ABOUT THE DIGISEQUENCER
A mythical instrument
The DIGISEQUENCER is a unique instrument created for Jean Michel Jarre.
It incorporates the basic concepts of the MATRISEQUENCER 250 designed and built by Michel Geiss in 1978.
In 1991, Michel Geiss carried out a study for Jean Michel Jarre to revive the concept of the MATRISEQUENCER 250, based on a tactile matrix.
Development was entrusted to Jean Claude Dubois, who played a key role in the advent of MIDI software on the ATARI ST.
The DIGISEQUENCER was born with new functions including a multi-loop system and automatic transposition from chords.
A mythical instrument
The DIGISEQUENCER is a unique instrument created for Jean Michel Jarre.
It incorporates the basic concepts of the MATRISEQUENCER 250 designed and built by Michel Geiss in 1978.
In 1991, Michel Geiss carried out a study for Jean Michel Jarre to revive the concept of the MATRISEQUENCER 250, based on a tactile matrix.
Development was entrusted to Jean Claude Dubois, who played a key role in the advent of MIDI software on the ATARI ST.
The DIGISEQUENCER was born with new functions including a multi-loop system and automatic transposition from chords.
L'HERITAGE ...
The DMS (C) 2024
The DMS (Digital Midi Sequencer) is a matrix-based step sequencer combined with an arpeggiator for driving MIDI synthesizers and expanders in real time.
It's an entirely new concept devised by Jean Claude Dubois, the original developer of Jean Michel Jarre's DIGISEQUENCER.
It boasts a host of new and innovative functions, including automatic track content generation and a real-time system for intelligent musical transposition.
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The Digisequencer was created in 1992 by Michel Geiss.
It was used on the 1993 ‘Europe en concerts’ tour and on the ‘Chronologie’ album.
It's a digital evolution of the Matrisequencer 250 Analogique developed by Michel Geiss.
It is built around a modified Atari ST motherboard. Under the guidance of Michel Geiss, Jean Claude Dubois designed the plans and developed the software,
The printed circuit boards, wiring and assembly were created by Patrick Pelamourgues, and the soldering was carried out by Marie-Laure Leboucher.
ABOUT JEAN CLAUDE DUBOIS
He founded JCD MIDI SOFT in 1986, and together with his team of programmers, the company has developed a wide range of MIDI editing and music theory software.
This company was one of the pioneers in the MAO field.