Music from 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.
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Studio Equipment used by Daft Punk on Alive 1997
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."
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.
Avg price: $4,599.00
At 7:26, in this performance video by Daft Punk, one can see the TR-909.
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.
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.
Avg price: $4,550.00
Daft Punk has a LinnDrum in this image of one of their performances from the 90s.
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
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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."
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
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
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.