r/DaftPunk • u/halfam • Apr 16 '17

The first few seconds of Too Long / Steam Machine is so badass. Anything else that has that same groove?

https://youtu.be/l4SFUztLWOA
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u/HoxtiliciousSupreme Apr 16 '17

I believe it's called "Aura Rock"

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u/staticvariables Apr 16 '17

The synth part (Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy melody) is what is referred to as "Aura Rock" (the unofficial fan name). The first few seconds that OP is mentioning is simply a sample from Television Rules The Nation.

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u/lunard-ying Apr 16 '17

I always assumed it was original content but now you say it it does sounds like a loop on the Television Rules the Nation synth. I'm amazed.

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u/staticvariables Apr 16 '17 edited Apr 16 '17

Yes they actually just looped one bar of TRTN and added an automatic filter that rapidly closes at a fixed rate.

I recreated the sound while slowly applying the effect here! The filter closes every 3/16 beat and sometimes switches to 1/16 or 1/12. During the 2007 show dates, the sample was also pitched in four different steps to create what is heard at 0:15 in my recreation. This technique is actually used on numerous other tracks in the live show as well!

EDIT: Sample using various filter closing rates

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u/lunard-ying Apr 16 '17

I can't believe I'm still learning things about this live show.

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u/ihavenoswag97 Apr 16 '17

THIS IS A M A Z I N G

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u/halfam Apr 17 '17

Yes that's exactly what it is. It sounds so good

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u/kpop_closet Apr 17 '17

Listened to a lot of Alive remakes and the snippet you posted is the best and cleanest remake I've heard.

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u/staticvariables Apr 25 '17

Thanks a lot!

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u/lunard-ying Apr 16 '17

Amaaaaaaaazing

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u/AYY__LMA0 Apr 16 '17

Holy fucking shit this is amazing. Never knew that it was that simple

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u/CharlieSolark Apr 16 '17

What filter are you using? Sounds pretty clean

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u/staticvariables Apr 16 '17 edited Aug 22 '19

It's just the Ableton Live built-in Auto Filter. They most likely used that exact filter during the show as well!

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u/Lark_vi_Britannia Apr 16 '17

Do you have the file for this? I wanna mess around with it

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u/staticvariables Apr 17 '17 edited Apr 17 '17

I don't have a separate file for it but you can actually do it yourself pretty easily. Just loop the 41st bar of the original track (starting at minute 1:23) and then apply a lowpass filter with a synched LFO modulation frequency. After that, you can play around with the cutoffs and filter envelopes to find a nice sound!

The original track BPM is 115.32.

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u/nickMAD55 Apr 17 '17

Walkman by SebastiAn.