Analyzing DAFT PUNK's Beats - The Secrets of French House | Drum Patterns Explained

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Join us on a journey through Daft Punk's first two albums as we analyze the iconic French House duo's beats. And we're not simply taking the original samples - we're rebuilding the rhythms from scratch to understand what made them tick in the first place! We also do a short cover of each song so you can hear the drums in context :)
Extra special thanks to / @jaelights for your feedback on the mixes!
Featured drum patterns (transcriptions available on Patreon):
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Daft Punk - Around The World
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Daft Punk - One More Time
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Edwin Birdsong - Cola Bottle Baby
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Gear used:
Seaboard RISE 2 provided by ROLI
Squarp Hapax
Gamechanger Audio Plasma Pedal
Arturia DrumBrute Impact
Arturia MicroFreak
Arturia Keystep
Korg Monologue
8raw8
Vector Synthesizer
Roland TR-6S
Roland FP-30
Goldbaby Samples (Tape Drum Machine Collection & HotPot EP1)
D16 Drumazon 2
XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2
OXI One
AKAI MPK 249
Dübreq Stylophone
MXR M 222 Talkbox
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol M32
Behringer TD-3
French Baguette and assorted toppings
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#daftpunk #frenchhouse #beatmaking #edm #electronicmusic #dancemusic #beats #90s #2000s #rhythm #drumpattern #drummachine #909 #808 #synthesizer
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Homework
1:34 Da Funk
4:53 Around The World
8:20 Revolution 909
11:05 Discovery
11:50 One More Time
17:25 Aerodynamic
23:05 French House Kitchen
24:09 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
28:38 Digital Love
31:11 End Jam
Produced by Jean-Claude Dirckx and Sophie Hoppstädter

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Thank you so much :)

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If only your baker had put as much work into his baguette as you did in just one beat pattern... that bread looks pretty disgusting! Bisous from Paris!

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My father is a great daftpunk fan and he loves the first albuns. This video made us happy, so thanks man!

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Glad you two enjoyed it :)

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as a french producer i can confirm that the french house kitchen section is exactly what i do daily

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Hi Michael, we're really glad you liked it :) Daft Punk also has a very special place in my heart!

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Thanks Florian :)

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