Daft Punk & Daft Punk – Alive 1997 album cover

Daft Punk & Daft Punk – Alive 1997

Album 2001

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2001 album Alive 1997.

Music from Alive 1997

Artists on Alive 1997

Gear Used On Alive 1997

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Daft Punk & Daft Punk – Alive 1997 (2001). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Studio Equipment used by Daft Punk on Alive 1997

Effects Processors

Alesis 3630 Dual-Channel Compressor/Limiter with Gate

Avg price: $85.00

From a 2001 interview with Daft Punk: "We have a really small compressor, the Alesis 3630, which is $300. That's the main one we used on Homework and Discovery. The one we used the most is one of the cheapest ones on the market."

Production & Groove

E-mu SP-1200

Avg price: $1,194.15

In this 2001 interview with Daft Punk about Discovery, they list some of their preferred samplers; the 1200 is listed.

Drum Machines

Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer

Avg price: $4,599.00

At 7:26, in this performance video by Daft Punk, one can see the TR-909.

Audio Samplers

Roland S-760

Avg price: $417.95

In this 2001 interview with Daft Punk about Discovery, they list some of their preferred samplers, the Roland S-760 being on the list.

Drum Machines

Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer

Avg price: $4,699.00

In this 2001 interview with Daft Punk about Discovery, their main synths are listed. The 808 and its cousin the 909 are both mentioned.

Drum Machines

Linn Electronics LinnDrum

Avg price: $4,550.00

Daft Punk has a LinnDrum in this image of one of their performances from the 90s.

Digital

Alesis MMT-8 Multi Track MIDI Recorder

Avg price: $99.00

Used for Homework, as listed in this excerpt from a 1999 interview and this excerpt from a late 1995 CODA interview.

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Daft Punk on Alive 1997

Synthesizers

Roland Juno-106

Avg price: $956.53

Daft Punk "...brought their own synths into the studio, with a modular synth and things like an Oberheim OB8 and a Juno 106 and quite a few old polyphonic analogue synths."

Synthesizers

Roland TB-303

Avg price: $2,239.00

This thread contains an old article from technorama that explains all the gear Daft Punk's old live setup, including the TB-303.

Software Plugins and VSTs used by Daft Punk on Alive 1997

DAW Software

Emagic MicroLogic

Per this screenshot from a late-'90s interview Daft Punk gave to a Japanese publication, Emagic MicroLogic was used during the recording of Homework. MicroLogic was Emagic's more-affordable, feature-reduced version of Logic in the '90s. MicroLogic was first reviewed by TheMix in 1994, and the earliest versions of this application (at the very least, through version 2.0, likely later) were MIDI-only, predating Logic's later ability to record and playback digital audio.

Modular Synthesizers used by Daft Punk on Alive 1997

Modular Synthesizers

Doepfer MAQ 16/3 MIDI Analogue Sequencer

Avg price: $2,799.00

At 8:07 in this video of Daft Punk performing live in L.A., they can be seen using a Doepfer MAQ 16/3 MIDI analogue sequencer.