Daft Punk Vocoder Tutorial (Ableton Live) | from Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to make the Daft Punk Vocoder in Ableton. This particular one is the one from Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.
Note that this is just a remake with the Ableton Live vocoder. In their original song, they most likely used a talkbox (which is a different effect all together). However, the sound of this vocoder is still pretty similar.
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Download the Daft Punk Vocoder here: mattflanc.com/sounds/daft-pun...
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:13 What you need
0:23 The Synthesizer
1:56 The Vocoder
4:11 Post Processing
5:06 Outro
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[@woofelator]

ok that intro was EPIC

[@MattFlanc]

Thanks so much!

[@daannielism]

That intro was fantastic bro. Made me wanna sub!

[@MattFlanc]

That's awesome! Welcome to the community!😊

[@JXQU3]

FINALLY! I wasn't being able to get such an intelligible result until now, thank you so much!

[@CNTRRNDM]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@MattFlanc]

No worries, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@PoppinDan]

Sheesh dude that intro was so clean.

[@concen8777]

Best intro I have ever seen in on KZbin. And I've been here since late 1990's

[@CrossroadRose]

Great tutorial! just subscribed. keep up the good work, your channel deserves more attention

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you Erik, I really appreciate it!

[@FourthCo]

awesome simple explanation with this video!

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you!

[@marcosburgos3173]

I was getting tired of looking for plugging. Then this intro just gave me more motivation lmao. AWSOME!!

[@MattFlanc]

That's amazing to hear! I'm glad that I could motivate you 😁

[@Betoramoss]

Te amo, cheers from Mexico!

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you for the support, Humberto Ramos!

[@buenosaires7347]

Love it ❤️

[@MattFlanc]

So glad to hear that!

[@MattFlanc]

Download the presets here: mattflanc.com/sounds/daft-punk-vocoder/

[@ASMRnocturnal]

Amazing! Thanks

[@MattFlanc]

Happy to help!

[@baal5663]

You are so cool, really helpful

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you so much🙏

[@sirius___]

AWESOMEEE

[@MattFlanc]

Thanks so much!

[@davidcastillo3069]

10/10 intro

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you, David😁

[@ResearchLiveLab]

Epic

[@blearbenin]

subbed cuz of that intro alone 💯💯

[@MattFlanc]

Appreciate it, my man!

[@long_guy]

that intro was fire

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you so much!

[@bvrbvs]

Super good! Short and sweet. Have you tried other vocoders like Arturias? I found them very tricky to get a good tone. Spectral resonator i found to also produce good textures with voice

[@MattFlanc]

Maybe it's a shame but I actually haven't😅 I have read some good things about Reason's BV512. It should be very capable to get a Daft Punk ish sound. Interesting! I'll give the spectral resonator a shot too then!

[@wannabealauch]

This Intro goes hard af

[@MattFlanc]

Thanks Jakob!

[@eugenlaschko364]

thank U man!!!!!!

[@MattFlanc]

Ur welcome!

[@CaliCajun]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@djmarcelmiranda]

ahhaha... I loved the introooo

[@MattFlanc]

Thanks so much!

[@tobiasvanavelon9684]

I got an idea to prank my friend and googled to see if the bounty of the internet would provide my specific need: How to make the HBFS vocoder sound using Ableton. What a beast.

[@QDCC]

any chance you can do this live, as in not using pre recored audio?

[@KaptainKrillin]

Sheeesh

[@MattFlanc]

Sheeesh

[@antoniohaefeli6115]

Can you help me please: I did everything as described but still can hear the synth trough the vocoder (even though it's muted...) I don't get it :D

[@aliice_qt]

I'm not that familiar in using Ableton Live, but I am familiar with reaper. I wonder if there's a way to get the same vocoder effect for reaper.

[@MattFlanc]

There definitely is a way. If you know how a vocoder works you should be able to apply this technique to pretty much any vocoder

[@gorkskoal9315]

Yes their is. I haven't used reaper for ages. In fancy speak it's a side chain stunt. What that means for a vocoder? just making how you talk, or sing sound like a robot. (Daft punk, tpain, a lot of cRap). All you need to do is check if you can make a filter for Reaper.

[@Caiman-hj8zz]

Why my synthesizer does'nt make any sound?

[@nadiieblack]

Am I able to download this in studio one professional? I downloaded it and extracted the file but nothing is popping up in studio one. It doesn’t even recognize it as a VST plugin. How do you download it and install it?

[@MattFlanc]

Unfortunately not. It’s not a VST plugin, it is a preset for the Ableton stock vocoder (so it only works in Ableton)

[@downthedrain_82]

i tried to donwload the preset and did not work on ableton, then i tried recreate following the instruction and didn't work again. someone knows what I could possibly have done wrong?

[@MattFlanc]

Can you specify what didn't work

[@downthedrain_82]

@@MattFlanc it's hard to explain, but the sound is too low, doesn't sound like a robots but just a Whistling Kettle.

[@MattFlanc]

There's two things that come to mind: 1. You have the frequency range of the vocoder set incorrectly 2. The synth is not playing in the correct range. Have you tried the demo set that's included?

[@downthedrain_82]

@@MattFlanc I've tried the demo now and it has worked perfectly. Now I'll find out where is my mistake on my projects. Thanks a lot!

[@MattFlanc]

@@downthedrain_82 That's awesome! Please let me know what the issue was if you find it, in case anyone has the same issue in the future!

[@javiernaranjo2395]

holy macaroni

[@MattFlanc]

This made me smile 😁

[@RoboticFreeze]

I'm doing everything in the tutorial, I downloaded the preset and not only I don't sound anything like that, but it's really quiet, HELP!

[@MattFlanc]

What version of Ableton are you using? live 11?

[@RoboticFreeze]

@@MattFlanc yes

[@RoboticFreeze]

@@MattFlanc I assume you can't help me then.

[@mightymiracl8086]

what do i upload to the synth channel

[@MattFlanc]

I used operator with a saw wave!

[@mightymiracl8086]

@@MattFlanc yeah i followed all the steps but what do i play in it? im dumb sorry

[@needleinmyback]

mat is cute here

[@Caiman-hj8zz]

hello the link in website is broken

[@MattFlanc]

I updated the link! It should work now

[@bradyhiggins7582]

Did all this and downloaded the vocoder from your website both did not work

[@MattFlanc]

You can go to my website and send me an e-mail so I can help you!

[@tuvelout]

I don't even know how I connect my mic xD (edit. :/ hmm where the operator didn't came with the audio) (ehhhh.. I'm making progress but uhhhh.) My voice sounds like shi- (oh o-o ha! got the instrument, tokyo goul doe x) ok ok, got the voice but. When not playing the song, it sound so bad. And I need a louder audio from the synth I do belive x) ok, what I need now is a better sound and abut the configurations I need to work on. Ok, I see the problem. I really need to know how to upload a sound to my synth, I literally used recordings in the app till now

[@MattFlanc]

Hahaha thank you for documenting the process😁 Did you figure it out?

[@tuvelout]

​@@MattFlanc :/ nah I don't know what is the proper audio file to the synthesizer channel, either way I'll figure it out myself B)

[@mightymiracl8086]

@@tuvelout yeah i dont know can you help me too still figuring out what to do

[@rfish2]

Hahhaha that intro!!

[@MattFlanc]

Thank you, friend!

[@haibro2398]

very noice intro man :D

[@MattFlanc]

Hehe thank you😎