Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Daft Punk's Vocoder

Been listening to Daft Punk's stuff, and boy is it vocoder heavy. In this song specifically, they use the vocoder to play the melody as opposed to building harmonies, such that of Imogen Heap and Laurie Anderson. What can be most speculated about their production process concerning the vocoder is that they laid down the verbage and the spoken words and looped it throughout the song while changing the vocoder's melodic input.

In their newer form, Daft Punk teamed up with highly acclaimed hip-hop producer Pharrel Williams to bust out a summer album. Pharrel's natural harmonies play a strong counterpart to Daft Punk's vocoded/arpeggiated sound in lose yourself to dance. Daft's "C'mon"s are a great filler that allows the listener to extend their listening experience from a traditional funk sound to a revamped, renovated funk sound that has a higher emphasis on Daft's electro history.

Keeping with the theme, I found an interesting video on vocoding drums, something I wouldn't have thought to try out.

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