Da Funk is still on of the best Daft Punk tracks and I heard to on TOTP2 (late 1996 - early 1997). The simplicity of the track and the video had me hooked in seconds.
Haha! So the story behind this video was that I made it months before I ever thought about doing a UA-cam channel. Then when I started the channel on 19 March (can’t believe it’s only been three months) I was looking for something to upload just to kick things off because, apparently, it’s a good idea to get over the fear of uploading. Or something. So I stuck a thumbnail on it and uploaded it. The first views it got felt very weird. But really the first ‘proper’ video I make for the channel was ‘PLUCK’. This has all happened quite fast. Another video will arrive this evening… :)
You’re absolutely correct! I apologise for the poor quality of this video - it was actually something I had lying around that I uploaded. At some stage I might do it again together with a proper explainer about how oscillator sync works from a wave form point of view, and why it adds harmonics. I don’t have a K2, but really I should! Thanks for watching - really appreciate it.
Those early Duran albums are so old that Colin Thurston who produced the first 2 albums is no longer with us, and Alex Sadkin who produced the third album died in a car crash .
I’d forgotten that Colin Thustin had died. There’s a documentary about the making of Rio but for various reasons I am slightly sceptical about some of Rhodes’s explanations. I’ll see if I can find other sources…
The main synth for da funk is a Korg MS20 that has it’s output routed back into it’s filter. The sync lead patch you’re showing is used in Robot Rock and was sampled from Release the Beast by Breakwater. They used a prophet 5 to get their sync patch. I don’t think the patch used in Da funk was a sync patch.
Oh that's interesting -- you're probably right. To be honest this was the first video that I ever uploaded and I had it lying around because I'd made it only to remind myself (and a friend) how to make sync patches on the Pro-1. I obviously knew it was an MS20 but hadn't checked that it was sync rather than loopback distortion! Really appreciate you watching, and sorry for the rather poor quality of this video. At some stage I'll make a better one about sync and explain really clearly how the science works and why it makes the sound it does. Totally appreciate your comment!
I know on their latest single Nick is still using the Jupiter 8 and the A6 Andromeda. My favourite synth is the Access Virus ti2, Nick doesn't seem to use German synths
So there is a lot of Jupiter 8 in that album including some stuff that Rhodes swears up and down was the J4… I’m making a video about the arps at the beginning of Rio and once you watch that you can make your mind up about either Rhodes’s own explanation is (1) true but he got lucky again and again (2) is a misremembering, or (3) is him fibbing because he doesn’t want to reveal the technique.
The thing is he also says Save a Prayer was the Jupiter 4. Plausible apart from the fact that it’s sounds an awful lot like a certain Jupiter 8 preset ;)
Colin also produced the Kajagoogoo first album I listened to it just the other day and what struck me was how high in the mix the drums are compared to modern music
Yes. He did that with Nick Rhodes (who was probably Exec Producing from style point of view). I listened to it the other day too, in particular Ooh To Be Ah. The mix is very 80s, but it’s all very clear, transparent, and present. All a bit of a pity it didn’t work out.
@DistortThePreamp That, Oh To Be Ah , the bass and synth intro work particularly well together. They sacked Limahl because they said he made them look like a teenybop band, that's gratitude for you, he got them the record contact and co-wrote their biggest hit .
@DistortThePreamp I expect you have the first Duran Duran album, do you know which synth Nick Rhodes used to create the clicking type sound that can be heard on the intros to Planet Earth, Careless Memories and again on Sound Of Thunder ? Thanks
I know that album very well and am a huge fan. Those album tracks are somehow a little underrated IMO. As far as I'm aware, he Rhodes had a relatively limited set of synths for those recordings, and the most likely is the Prophet V or JP4. He's often reported as using a phaser but I think it was an MXR rack flanger. I'm on a mission to get this channel big enough that I can get interviews with the relevant producers, so cross your fingers ;-) Meanwhile I'm prepping a video all about the opening arps in Rio which I think is a 'classic sound of 1982' (let me know if you disagree). I know Rhodes claims it was 'just a Jupiter 4 on random' but having transcribed the actual notes I think there was a little more to it than that. I can certainly replicate the effect pretty much identically. Again, def let me know if this sounds like a boring, tedious subject. ;)
Really good! Can you provide a patch sheet?
A braille patch sheet, right?
Da Funk is still on of the best Daft Punk tracks and I heard to on TOTP2 (late 1996 - early 1997). The simplicity of the track and the video had me hooked in seconds.
Great video, a really useful explanation and demo. Thanks
Very much appreciated! This was in fact a video I made pre-UA-cam, so I’m especially grateful that anyone likes it!
Self-reminder videos… what a great idea!
Haha! So the story behind this video was that I made it months before I ever thought about doing a UA-cam channel. Then when I started the channel on 19 March (can’t believe it’s only been three months) I was looking for something to upload just to kick things off because, apparently, it’s a good idea to get over the fear of uploading. Or something. So I stuck a thumbnail on it and uploaded it. The first views it got felt very weird. But really the first ‘proper’ video I make for the channel was ‘PLUCK’. This has all happened quite fast. Another video will arrive this evening… :)
Much easier to get the sound on the K2 . Great content BTW
You’re absolutely correct! I apologise for the poor quality of this video - it was actually something I had lying around that I uploaded. At some stage I might do it again together with a proper explainer about how oscillator sync works from a wave form point of view, and why it adds harmonics. I don’t have a K2, but really I should! Thanks for watching - really appreciate it.
Those early Duran albums are so old that Colin Thurston who produced the first 2 albums is no longer with us, and Alex Sadkin who produced the third album died in a car crash .
I’d forgotten that Colin Thustin had died. There’s a documentary about the making of Rio but for various reasons I am slightly sceptical about some of Rhodes’s explanations. I’ll see if I can find other sources…
The main synth for da funk is a Korg MS20 that has it’s output routed back into it’s filter. The sync lead patch you’re showing is used in Robot Rock and was sampled from Release the Beast by Breakwater. They used a prophet 5 to get their sync patch. I don’t think the patch used in Da funk was a sync patch.
Oh that's interesting -- you're probably right. To be honest this was the first video that I ever uploaded and I had it lying around because I'd made it only to remind myself (and a friend) how to make sync patches on the Pro-1. I obviously knew it was an MS20 but hadn't checked that it was sync rather than loopback distortion! Really appreciate you watching, and sorry for the rather poor quality of this video. At some stage I'll make a better one about sync and explain really clearly how the science works and why it makes the sound it does. Totally appreciate your comment!
@@DistortThePreamp It's still an awesome video! Hope to see more.
Really appreciate that!
The first Duran album is my favourite. As for the arp on Rio I know he used the Jupiter 8 for the arp on Hungrey Like The Wolf
He did use the Jupiter 4 Prophet 5 and a Crumar string synth on the early albums
I have always been fascinated by the synths on Shadows Are On Your Side, he had the Fairlight by then , I wounder which sounds came ftom that synth ?
I know on their latest single Nick is still using the Jupiter 8 and the A6 Andromeda.
My favourite synth is the Access Virus ti2, Nick doesn't seem to use German synths
So there is a lot of Jupiter 8 in that album including some stuff that Rhodes swears up and down was the J4… I’m making a video about the arps at the beginning of Rio and once you watch that you can make your mind up about either Rhodes’s own explanation is (1) true but he got lucky again and again (2) is a misremembering, or (3) is him fibbing because he doesn’t want to reveal the technique.
@DistortThePreamp I have read that he did use the Jupiter 4 for the Rio arp , I will look forward to your video on the subject 👍
I have just googled it and Roland Synths have an article about the Rio arp, they say it is the Jupiter 4
Yeah, on random mode right? I think this comes from Nick Rhodes.
The thing is he also says Save a Prayer was the Jupiter 4. Plausible apart from the fact that it’s sounds an awful lot like a certain Jupiter 8 preset ;)
Colin also produced the Kajagoogoo first album I listened to it just the other day and what struck me was how high in the mix the drums are compared to modern music
Yes. He did that with Nick Rhodes (who was probably Exec Producing from style point of view). I listened to it the other day too, in particular Ooh To Be Ah. The mix is very 80s, but it’s all very clear, transparent, and present. All a bit of a pity it didn’t work out.
@DistortThePreamp That, Oh To Be Ah , the bass and synth intro work particularly well together. They sacked Limahl because they said he made them look like a teenybop band, that's gratitude for you, he got them the record contact and co-wrote their biggest hit .
Exactly. It didn’t go terribly well for them after he left. Although it didn’t go terribly well for him either.
Pro 1 Sequential Circuits ? Vince Clarkes favourite synth
Exactly. Well, his favourite mono anyway ;) All over the early albums.
@DistortThePreamp I expect you have the first Duran Duran album, do you know which synth Nick Rhodes used to create the clicking type sound that can be heard on the intros to Planet Earth, Careless Memories and again on Sound Of Thunder ? Thanks
I know that album very well and am a huge fan. Those album tracks are somehow a little underrated IMO. As far as I'm aware, he Rhodes had a relatively limited set of synths for those recordings, and the most likely is the Prophet V or JP4. He's often reported as using a phaser but I think it was an MXR rack flanger. I'm on a mission to get this channel big enough that I can get interviews with the relevant producers, so cross your fingers ;-) Meanwhile I'm prepping a video all about the opening arps in Rio which I think is a 'classic sound of 1982' (let me know if you disagree). I know Rhodes claims it was 'just a Jupiter 4 on random' but having transcribed the actual notes I think there was a little more to it than that. I can certainly replicate the effect pretty much identically. Again, def let me know if this sounds like a boring, tedious subject. ;)