Daft Punk Gear Query - TX81Z or Otherwise?

the ex5r has its problems but its a beast of sound design and I should use it more, but it IS a time suck, I should see if there's a 3rd party pc editor for it

What you're saying makes sense now that I think back to my late teens. I just wasn't using DAT that way because while a jazz disc was HELLA expensive, alesis adat compatible VHS tapes were still kinda expensive to me! ANd they could degrade. So I wasn't thinking of daft punk as a trash godz type improvisational outfit with the technology of the day and they're limited budget at the time, but I guess that was the case. I like those records a lot but I never had the slightest desire to know how they ticked because they're so distinctive that the methodology woudn't benefit me in any way. I figured whatever they were doing like the commonly known sidechain stuff would just make me a daft punk clone and I already struggle with cloning other stuff I grew up with. I gotta stop doing that. Anyway, it makes sense now.