How To Make The Synth Bass from "Da Funk" by Daft Punk

[@chrishahm9212]

Already one of the best synth channels on KZbin.

[@timg335]

As a young musician and synth nerd, these videos are invaluable! Much appreciated.

[@thejayce]

Man, this is one of the records that introduced me to electronic music. I think I was 11-12 when I heard this song for the first time on a burned cd. I had never heard anything like it and was instantly hooked. I'm 36 now and still chasing this shit

[@digicat247]

This has been the best explanation on how to make this sound!

[@jdogmusic]

"... a gentle distortion ..." What a perfect description! And, of course, nicely done video.

[@Corey-gb1rx]

This channel is a life saver

[@ThePit0007]

Science, feelings, art... what a combination, Maestro!

[@bubba3133]

This has channel has swiftly nested itself in my favorites list. Kudo's to Anthony breaking down iconic synth sounds in a highly educational way.

[@tonytooke76]

Brilliant, I love the way the Boss Overdrive adds grit to the envelope release tail, as the filter closes. You found the perfect sweet spots on everything and it’s an honour to watch you work. Almost sounds like the EDP Wasp synthesiser. Thanks for sharing.

[@AlexBallMusic]

Nicely done. I had a crack at this sound a few years back, such a classic. One funny thing, whilst (as you said), it sounds exactly like an MS-20, their gear list from that album has since emerged and there's no MS-20 or Yamaha CS-15/30 that seemed to be the most obvious choices. Much to my surprise reading their gear list, it may have been a Juno-106 into a Waldorf Miniworks 4-pole in bandpass mode! Unless they deliberately omitted gear from the list, of course, which they may have done.

[@jamesscozzari5008]

I know you hear this all the time, but I really appreciate how you simplify terms/procedure to get where you need to go sound-wise. When you said "what sound am I trying to make" a light bulb went on. I know that's obvious, but too often I sit behind my gear and twiddle knobs without direction. Yeah, I'm trying to build a bass line or lead, but having a destination is much better. This was a difficult concept for me (and an obvious one) to grasp. I'm a bass player; dialing a sound is as easy as moving my right hand around. Sound synthesis is a little more difficult for the moment until I build the knowledge base that you've so generously provided with your time and expertise. Thank you for explaining the "duh."

[@Sajxi]

This is one of my favorite synth bass lines ever! Thank you for covering it.

[@dave_s_vids]

These breakdowns are incredibly useful to fully understand how the different pieces of a synthesiser work together to produce sounds! Thank you

[@TheAndroidBishop]

You're an incredible teacher. These videos are a goldmine.

[@robertmariano]

Factoid: The foots (32', 16', 8', 4') come from organs like the Hammond B3 which are derived from pipe organs, emulating the size of the pipe. Great choice of songs, great content! Daft Punk Forever!

[@AutPen38]

When looking at old synths (or emulations of them) it always amuses me when the knobs had those indications in feet. Did the early synth makers not believe that their users would understand the concept of octaves (-1, -2 etc)? It seems crazy that they thought that referring to lengths of pipe (with an Imperial measurement, no less) made more sense!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

Anthony's the coolest! Thanks so much for these videos.

[@jason3898]

You make it seem so simple! That is an insanely accurate recreation of the sound. The way you show how things behave with and without the parameters you're changing is educational gold. I kind of know all these things but the way you present them makes them clear as day. This channel is priceless.

[@jeremy8936]

Dialectical ingenuity at its finest.. You have an amazing ability for expressing your ideas with such clarity. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

[@mattsephton]

Love the details, thanks for such cool videos. And remember: September 1985!

[@DX5]

Couldn't make it happen for the premiere, but watching right now. Excellent as always. Thanks for sharing your sound design and programming art!

[@kaitlyn__L]

Your wee summaries at the end are super handy, of course anyone can rewatch a longer tutorial technically but I actually make notes from your summaries!

[@robinwindsrygg9568]

Had this sound programmed on the original MicroKorg, and kept that patch slot memorized and part of the «do not overwrite»-sounds for years.

[@pmfont]

I really enjoy the content you're putting out, Anthony. After I watched one of your videos on creating bass patches on a 2600, I spent the next 4 hours recording a new song on my Odyssey. Keep doing what you do!

[@morganmensa5129]

Welcome everyone to the echelon of synth tutorials. This is actually insane. Thank you sooooo much Anthony !!!!!

[@marissalipschutz4730]

Best teacher on KZbin truly. I appreciate how you go over what something would sound like without and then with the changes variable really drills into my mind what I will use in my future in devours!

[@andrewprieto1164]

I am learning so very much! Thank you. Just a master class in programming every time. All the nuances.

[@douggroulx1525]

I’m not really into EDM or synth’s but find your videos just fascinating and very educational, and I think you are a brilliant genius.

[@Agoraphobia2day333]

Absolutely invaluable information for me or anyone else blossoming as a musician in this "synth renaissance" we're currently in. Love the channel and I'm excited to hear more filthy bass lines being recreated!

[@TheCaioKyleBraga]

Are we in a synth renaissance?

[@ThomasPalmen]

You really nailed it and your explanations are superb. Thank you!

[@dqvid]

Masterclass! Thank you for such an informative breakdown. Also super cool to see the man having programmed seminal hits and grooves. Respect

[@cassettedisco6954]

Amigo eres genial, saludos desde México 🇲🇽❤️!!!

[@DavidsStockMusics]

Very cool your series. I learned a lot from your videos, thank you!

[@adrianoconnor3020]

Love your logical approach to analysing and recreating sounds, I've done this myself for years for my own music and covers.Excellent as always Anthony 👍

[@arryaxx263]

I'm getting better at hearing what's going on in synth sounds entirely thanks to these videos.

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

That’s what I like to hear 👂

[@samukmj]

@@anthonymarinellimusica friend wants to know lady in my life synth patches fro his uni finals, do you know what these are or can you ask?

[@JeffPalmer83]

Fantastic synthesis lesson, thank you!!

[@oliviermartyn]

Congrats. Great vids. Thanks for your tutorials. Much appreciated.

[@jts-jc8jk]

So fantastic!

[@iiiiiiiiiii9283]

Gracias por tan buena explicación en los detalles del sonido! 🎉 que buen video

[@richardleissler4333]

This man has knowledge that few on the planet have and HE’s JUST GIVING IT TO US!!!!! 🫡

[@Lucnus]

I love this! I'm learning so much from your videos - please keep it up!

[@Skepsissw]

Sounds about right. I aldo had a go at this sound once but I did it bit different. I used saws on both oscillators, but I tuned osc2 to the fifth to make a power chord, then I turned osc2 down to 16" and osc1 one at 8" so it played the fifth below the root. And I also overdrove the sound by running it back into it's ext sound port, great source of overdrive right there 😊

[@JBrm]

I'm a synth head, but only after stumbling across your videos I really got into PWM. Keep it up, love your channel!

[@DarrelMayhead]

How have you not got more subscribers yet?! Amazing channel, love the videos!

[@irauchimax]

thanks for the amazing music you've created that shaped my ears during all my childhood

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Wow, I see what you mean about the 'real' bass coming in later in the song. The switch is very effective, I have to agree.

[@PaulEubanks]

Sweet! I was able to recreate this perfectly using a Moog Grandmother. Great tutorial!

[@xSoNiCcRaCkErSx]

Damn this channel is a gold mine! One of my favorite songs of all time and here you are breaking down this amazing sound. I am speechless. This is the best breakdown I've seen of this yet as I'm sure like you are that this was what they actually used back in the 90s. This is hugely different from the many others I've seen using VSTs and DAWs.

[@torbenanschau6641]

I vaguely remember, when the reissues of the MS20 came out, youtubers showed a trick for the distorsion rather inside the MS20 instead of external effects. I think it was about modulating the resonant filter by a pretty fast LFO. I also love these videos I was watching all of yours here plus the Thriller documentaries on that other channel. Awesome source for musicians. On this video I would loved to see more of the actual knob positions - cause I can try to.listen with the ears and probably should. But since the two filters with their resonance and envelopes are not that easy to tweak as many on many other synths it's not to easy to copy. So either a sheet at the end or better lighting for the black panel of the MS20 would be handsome. The MS 20 also has some setting which would be interesting to determine. For instance you didn't really explain how you set the resonance or peak for both filters. And what I also did not understand was whether you use the same envelope for both filters and at which level or if you don't use any or even the second one for the high pass.

[@googlingthevoid]

Yep totally. You can drive it with some patching

[@SZbooyaka]

I’m a middle aged dude about to buy my first “real” synth (Arturia Minifreak most likely) Just found this video and instantly subscribed. This is the info I’m hungry for!!!

[@benworrell4428]

Great video! I love my MS-20 mini!

[@Timbrrrdoodle]

You are smart. I enjoyed this video. Thank you

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Anthony, you have bionic ears! Brilliant breakdown, thanks. 😁

[@EdgyNumber1]

Korg ❤ MS20 😍

[@olivehillstudios]

This is so awesome!

[@basmatine]

What? You are a maniac! This is my jam!

[@Zonkar430]

This was great! I've always been curious how they achieved that sound. I would love more Daft Punk synth breakdowns if you were interested in doing more, specifically the base tone on their song Voyager (But really, any song/sound breakdown those robots have made would get my click!) Thanks for what you do and have done for music!

[@ciatangallaghe2485]

We can all learn from Anthony!

[@romualddecaussin4325]

Hey Anthony ! For the saturation just patch the phone jack to the Ext In and tweak, you’ll have the exact sound 😉 You can just put the signal out into the ext in too. You’ll need to listen thru the OUT just after the « SIGNAL IN » 😊

[@bernyboss]

Can’t believe that you own a MKII MS-20! 😳😳😳

[@Journeemars]

Amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥

[@MrBatraaf]

Awesome!

[@thefullyautomaticmodel6210]

great - thanks!

[@Spiffier]

I’m excited for this

[@Subtronik]

Nice breakdown. Subbed.

[@Andronicus2007]

While you can make a similar sound on many synths, yeah I think the MS20 sounds closer to the original than other synths I've seen used, such as a Juno 106. One of the best synth sounds of all time too, IMO.

[@unclemick-synths]

Great video 👍

[@mudi2000a]

Very good! Small nitpick: I think there is glide applied in the original which is missing in your demo.

[@chenguefer156]

Many thanks master.

[@EtherkinSyliah]

It literally reminds me of the lead "guitar" synth from Lady Gaga - Paparazzi, the one that's panned from left to right in the verses.

[@merchannel7762]

Need a video on how to run synths through pedals properly. Line level, instrument level, DI box? I don’t know all that impedance stuff yet

[@doktorarslanagic]

loving these videos, the sound you got is very very close to the legendary hook why do you call it a bass sound though? i'd call it a lead sound, as you said, the bass sound comes in afterwards

[@markaprill6501]

It’s a bass sound used as a lead.

[@doktorarslanagic]

makes sense@@markaprill6501

[@hygro9625]

I have always wondered

[@beinghappy1312]

I don't know why I never thought of it using an overdrive

[@xa1a]

Amazing man as usual! I have a MKII MS20, so cant get that filth that you can get out of the filter (My MS10 can do it though), so it was a bit more complicated to do, but in the end, I got the result! Cheers mate! Also, what are you using to hold all your MS stuff up stand wise?

[@joolm4976]

Thank you. Just my 2 cents, the second VCO is tuned 2 octaves above the first one. I do it on my Minibrute 2

[@rikkshow]

Hey Tony, I've seen some patch it through the External Signal Processor and just driving it hard that way. But my guess is they used a pedal after all as that was just how thing often were done back then. I used the Boss Bass drive on the TB303, best acid sound (ODB-3 I think it was) The benefit was wet/dry + EQ knobs.. More pedals! 😂

[@AutPen38]

Note that Daft Punk was formed from the ashes of an indie-punk band (it's how they got their name) so they definitely had some guitar pedals lying around the studio.

[@styeontheeye3777]

if you haven't already I suggest reaching to a youtuber by name of Andrew Huang. He's also an analog/ digital synth kind of guy. Such an interesting musician. He also loves using WEIRD sounds and tones.

[@neolyth]

man, you are killin' it. you'll be too big on here to read all the comments one day so i'm saying hello while i can. appreciate you!

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

Hahah thankyou

[@pintuvijayan2724]

👌👍from God's own country. Kerala

[@marco-fh8ps]

Thankyou for this tutorial Mr. Marinelli! I would like to ask you a question, do you think it is possible with MS20 to modulate the pitch of a single Oscillator with ENV GEN? Thank you 😊 🫶🏻🙏

[@hustelhustel2535]

Could you please do more videos about Daft Punk?

[@mathumphreys]

Awesome, so accurate. Thanks for breaking it down so well. Any chance you could break down The Cars - Let's Go? Might make a good sync episode?

[@Dartagnan65]

The Pro3 has a great 'Cars sync' thing as a default patch! (U1-P4) - I love playing that! (It's actually pretty simple. -- Beowwwhh! [Envelope!])

[@shonuffLA]

It sounds better than the original 😳

[@swanofnutella4734]

"wow"

[@MG53v8]

❤❤ can you do Zapp Rodgers ' more bounce ' bass? 🎉

[@elianmusic7452]

Anthony! God dammnit! I can't believe this you're seriously a god amongst men... Thank you SO MUCH for making this videos. Genuinely this is the power of the internet, im so psyched you're just sharing these experiences. I would also be interested in the other side of music, the life lessons, they day to day, the sessions you've sat in on. Super super interesting stuff. Lots of love from Cairo

[@big-calles6673]

El mejor de los mejores señor Marinelli, sin duda un gran trabajo. Felicitaciones y muchos más éxitos para usted.

[@RaquelFoster]

Everybody loves the MS-20 filter they just don't know it. If that's the original MS-20 you can make it distort by just turning the resonance all the way up on the filters. At least that's how Alex Ball recreated Da Funk 🙂

[@dafunkycanuck]

I like to play this on my sub phatty, your version sounds more authentic to the original though. Do you have an Access Virus? I'd love to see you design some sounds on it. I bet they'd be amazing Great hoodie too.

[@tlg9824]

D.P. are fans of yours

[@KingMJForeverAndEver]

🌷🌷🌷

[@MDMC313]

I believe they used the Roland Metal Pedal for distortion, give it a try and thanks for the video.

[@faneflip]

Yes metalzone 2 on a tb 303

[@rorymackenzie7698]

The tb303 line is a different part of the song

[@chicagotalkshowhost]

LONG LIVE THE S Y N T H H H

[@EdEditz]

Anthony, can you do a breakdown of Ultravox's Vienna and explain how they made the bass stabs at the beginning. You know, what the song is known for. Would love to see that.

[@AutPen38]

Kick drum from the Roland CR-78, thunderclaps from the Synare 3 drum synth (the one that looked like a flying saucer).

[@EdEditz]

@@AutPen38 Cheers!

[@AutPen38]

@@EdEditz There's an old video of someone recreating 'Vienna' with old drum pads here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJPXg2drZ8SYotk. As I understand it, the "thunderclap" sound uses the noise filter (which was one of the presets that was often used for making snares and hats) on the Synare, so it's basically white noise filtered and pitched way down. It's incredible what you can do with a hissing sound and envelopes for filters and pitch!

[@EdEditz]

@@AutPen38 Cool! Thanks for that. I want to try and replicate that sound on my B2600 synth. :)

[@AutPen38]

@@EdEditz Nice. Good luck!

[@marmite9020]

Can you do a video for the 2nd bass on this song?

[@neonblack211]

wait so, would you say one of the important aspects of this sound the continuous lowpass to highpass? you had a word for that....... how would you emulate that on something like a 2600 which doesn't have that (even though I think it has the ability to high pass with some secret techniques?)

[@marknhopgood]

I have a VST of MS-20 - is there a similar patch?

[@Dartagnan65]

There's a patch I'd love to find. Tangerine Dream, "Tangram" at 6:55 of "Set 2" (second side). - It might be a guitar thru a synth? Can you find that? (I've only got a Pro3 for mono)

[@Dartagnan65]

And, hell, find any of those tones on TD's Tangram? Some of my favorite tones ever. (Often Moog?) (Though a couple are definitely guitar.)

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

Yeah I too programmed synths from Michael Jackson Thriller wanna be friends?

[@ethanengland6186]

Would love to see you create the other bass sound on this song!