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Posted by floyd741 on Jul-17-2009 15:19:

Daft Punk

I love Daft Punk. Without hearing "One More Time" I would never have gotten into electronic music. The only reason I looked them up is because they had punk in their name and that's what I liked at the time. Without Daft Punk I wouldn't have gotten into house, then acid, then goa, then trance which is where I am today.

I have a question though. On albums like Homework how do they make sounds? I've never been able to understand how they get these outrageous sounds, I know that sounds very noobish but I'm serious.

Can anyone explain this to me?

Posted by Eric J on Jul-17-2009 15:30:

Korg MS-20 was a big player on Homework.

Posted by Stef on Jul-17-2009 17:31:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...9&forumid=48&s=

Posted by Rawbert on Jul-17-2009 22:24:

TB303!!!

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-17-2009 23:45:

Well, daft punk have a few things in their arsenal of tricks but one of the biggest is they create their sounds then sample them to play and record the sequence live.

They use a shitload of analogue synths (both vintage and new) and Thomas is a fucking demi-god when it comes to playing keys (I'm am not joking). Even watching him fucking about by playing some keys on a synth over a track was a humbling experience.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Jul-18-2009 00:48:

sampling

Posted by thesuperfunk on Jul-18-2009 12:12:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
sampling

amen to that.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Jul-18-2009 16:23:

and that shit is so fun too, no wonder they can stay on top for more than a decade.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Jul-18-2009 16:48:

1) Get a sample
2) Sidechain the fuck out of it. Loop as many times as needed.
3) ???
4) Profit

Posted by sixofour.604 on Jul-18-2009 16:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
1) Get a sample
2) Sidechain the fuck out of it. Loop as many times as needed.
2.5)Compressor
3) ???
4) Profit

Fixed.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Jul-18-2009 17:21:

are u claiming that sidechaing has nothing to do with compression?
crono i assume?

Posted by Ry Thomas on Jul-19-2009 10:37:

They use an Alesis 3630 Compressor that you can get for under �50

Posted by flutlicht junky on Jul-19-2009 10:51:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
are u claiming that sidechaing has nothing to do with compression?
crono i assume?

Yeah but sidechaining in their music isn't quite compression in the traditional sense is it? It's use by them more for level ducking. They also prob run stuff through compression for dynamic range control. Their sound reeking of analogue / VA compression so no FET style compression/limiting or L2 uLtRaMaximi2er5