Sometimes I forget this subreddit isn't just a giant squad of music producers, and it's easy to drift into assumptions and vocabularies that lose everyone. I assume there are many Daft Punk fans that just want to know how it all works... Anyways, I'm going to explain what's going on in this recently discovered magazine scan where Thomas and Guy-Man explained their production technique. I'm talking about the bottom-left bubble labeled "Example of production".
#Equipment explained You'll see a lot of equipment listed in this scan, or even in photos of their home studio. You might not know what a single one of these things actually are, so I'll explain each starting with the simplest and most common things. (in the photo, we see a Roland TR-909 atop a Roland S-760 sampler and an unidentified piece of gear. In front of Thomas, we see a Juno synthesizer and a Mackie mixer. On the shelf, we see a Roland TB-303, which was used in Da Funk. Closest to the camera, we see an IOMEGA ZIP drive with a SCSI cable running to the S-760. It's assumed the figure to the left is Daniel Bangalter, Thomas's 70s music producing father, who is credited in the production of their album)
##Mixer This is just a standard mixer - probably a Mackie MS1202. Mixers are the lifeblood of any production. They allow you to control the volume, pan, stereo separation, solo, and mute for each instrument being ran through them. They combine all incoming signals into a single output signal.
##Sound Source This is very very broad. This could be a drum machine like a Roland 909 or LinnDrum, a guitar, a synthesizer like a Juno, a sampler, etc. These are the instruments that create the sounds - the second to the first piece of the chain.
##Control By Macintosh These days, computers can generate realtime 44.1kHz audio from dozens of virtual instruments without any problem. Back then, it was different. Computers were used, but they merely created MIDI signals. They didn't outright create any sound. Notes and patterns were pre-made on the Macintosh, and that triggered the instruments and samplers to play. That way, they could do many many repetitive takes and attempts without having to play it, by hand, perfectly. This was probably done mostly to free up their hands to control other things that the computer could not control, like effects units:
##Effects An effect unit is a box
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It's crazy that time passes quickly. For a few days, this album and I have the same age! Sometimes I wonder if it’s not destiny... Anyway, 20 years ago, electronic music experienced a big change when the release of this wonderful album. It embodies the success, the change, the new and the renewal (in the electronic musical field). He has changed the vision of the House and Techno concept tremendously. He has democratized these musical styles, feared by the general public, which today accepted it as such. This album became cult, and for good reason, it did not take a wrinkle, on the contrary. "Da Funk back to the punk come on ! » is always so exciting! Let us not forget the famous D.A.F.T. Charles and tomato recipe will remain the best video clips in the history of electronic music. This album is a condensed of the 90s. Musically, this album is hyper powerful and poetic. Daft Punk did well their homework. Happy Birthday HOMEWORK, and thank you Thomas and Guy-Man.
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SPECTACULAR. I don't know what to say. I'm definitely giving this a few more listens for sure! The only ones I knew before listening to this album was Get Lucky, and Lose Yourself to Dance. I used to listen to those songs all the time when I was a kid! But now, just WOW. This production was extremely thought out and executed really well too. Touch almost made me cry. I see why people always get teared up at that one. It is amazing. Instant Crush obviously became an instant favorite. Give Life Back to Music was a bombastic opener! Within...brilliant. I heavily related to the lyrics as it went on. Fragments of Time was great too! Beyond was such a vibe. Basically a favorite as well! What a way to close the album with Contact! The 70s to 80s disco/post-disco production was IMMACULATE in this. I just got to listen to it all over again! I've already listened to Discovery, and Human After All as well. Haven't listened to all of Homework yet. But I just thought that I'd share my opinion on this amazing album. Might delete this soon. Or not.
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For any Daft Punk fans that are looking for recommendations / similar music, I have compiled 800 albums across all eras, new & old, that you might enjoy. I have now included Apple Music playlists. I didn't add / remove any albums from v1.
- Starter Guide: If you don't know where to start, I've made this handy guide to get you started. A mix of "essentials" and personal favorites.
- Text Format: For anyone that wants to copy & paste the list
- Sampler: Spotify / Apple Music / Youtube | 800 albums is quite the endeavor. To make things easier, I took 1-8 tracks from each album and compiled them all in one playlist. Play it on shuffle if you'd like.
- Albums: The Albums are split into 14 sections based off of Sound & Style. The genres listed are simply reference points to get a good idea of what to expect. 700+ different artists, 1 Artist per section.
- Homework: Spotify / Apple Music / Youtube | French House / House / Deep House / Disco House / French Touch / Breakbeat
- Alive 1997: Spotify / Apple Music / Youtube | Techno / Detroit Techno / Electro / Club Music / Big Beats
- Discovery: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QdKxajmaLRHq5gXlPtXEz?si=zyza6jcwRdO-Qnge
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Deltas from OP /u/thecnoNSMB
- 1 delta from OP to /u/Nikolaki8 for "Taken from my post in the Daft Punk subreddit: The album is a classic, but that doesn't mean it's flawless. It's the most essential album when it comes to talking about the progression of the French h..."
- 1 delta from OP to /u/hacksoncode for "It's always very difficult to assess the early work of artists that actually create/popularize new genres like Daft Punk. This is because it sounds dated and cliched to our modern ear... which has be..."
- 1 delta from OP to /u/scratchedrecord_ for "Re: WDPK 83.7 FM and Funk Ad: they're not really meant to be songs. They're transitionary. WDPK is meant to serve as an interlude between Daftendirekt and Revolution 909, and Funk Ad is meant to quiet..."
- 1 delta from OP to /u/FloorEssence for "In the mid 90s house was dying, it wasn't innovating, trance took over among other big genres like jungle, happy hardcore etc Homework came along and completely revolutionised the sound of house, fina..."
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