How It Was Recorded

Daft Punk · Album, 2001

Discovery

This is an album-level record: the sources describe how the album as a whole was recorded, not one song. Where a detail belongs to a single song, the row says so.

Songs this record stands for: Aerodynamic, Digital Love, Face to Face, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, One More Time, Something About Us. We found nothing specific to these songs, so this album record is the closest account we have.

GuitarKeyboardsSamplers, processing and recordingVerified3Reported3Inferred6

What the sources do and do not say

One Mix interview (Bryan Reesman, 2001) with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo about the making of Discovery; it covers the duo’s gear in general and does not tie any unit to One More Time itself, so this is an album record. The Alesis 3630 and Revox/Logic rows do not state a stage precisely (compressor placed at mix, Revox at tracking by judgement). TR-909, TR-808, ARP Odyssey, E-mu 3, AMS Phasers and DP-4 are only listed with no stated role or maker and were left out. The album year is given as 2001 in the article; the song metadata says 2000.

Guitar

Daft Punk

Instrument

Fender Stratocaster

InferredUsual practice

The guitar the duo usually take and then process with effects to make it sound different.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. A guitar is the source of the sound, not a process applied to it. No plugin stands in for it.

Keyboards

Daft Punk

Instrument

Wurlitzer Electric piano (model not stated)

Verified

The original Wurlitzer electric piano associated with Supertramp, played on the bridge of Digital Love for a Supertramp feel instead of sampling the band.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Arturia Wurli V

instrument

Physical model of the Wurlitzer 200A electric piano. The source does not give the model used.

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Roland Juno-106

InferredUsual practice

Usual practice, not stated for this record: A vintage Juno the duo say they use, noting that distortion on it makes it unrecognisable as a Juno.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Roland Roland Cloud

instrument

Roland's own subscription, which includes its software Juno-106.

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Also worth a look: TAL Software TAL-U-NO-LX (Models the Juno-60, the Juno-106's close predecessor); Arturia Jun-6 V (Models the Juno-6, an earlier member of the same family).

Samplers, processing and recording

Daft Punk

Instrument

Roland S-760

InferredUsual practice

Usual practice, not stated for this record: One of the samplers the duo use, picked according to what it adds to a given track.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

TAL Software TAL-Sampler

instrument

A sampler plugin with vintage-style converters. It is not a model of this unit, and you load your own samples.

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Ensoniq ASR-X

InferredUsual practice

Usual practice, not stated for this record: One of the samplers the duo use, picked according to what it adds to a given track.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

TAL Software TAL-Sampler

instrument

A sampler plugin with vintage-style converters. It is not a model of this unit, and you load your own samples.

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Roland MPC

InferredUsual practice

Usual practice, not stated for this record: One of the samplers the duo use, picked according to what it adds to a given track.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. No Roland product called MPC could be identified, so no plugin is suggested.

E-mu SP1200

InferredUsual practice

Usual practice, not stated for this record: One of the samplers the duo use, picked according to what it adds to a given track.

A suggestion, not a documented fact: The source describes this as usual practice; it is not stated for this record.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Emulation of this unit

Inphonik RX1200

instrument

An emulation of the SP-1200. You load your own samples.

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Input chain

Mackie Console (model not stated)

Verified

A small 12-channel Mackie mixer at the heart of their studio setup, through which the artist says everything is done.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. The source does not name the model, so no specific plugin can be suggested.

Revox A77/B77

Reported

An analog recorder the duo record to as an alternative to going straight into the iMac, depending on the sound they want; the text gives A77/B77 without saying which.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Approximate

Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machines

tape

Models two Studer machines, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape.

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Also worth a look: Universal Audio Studer A800 Tape Recorder (Models a Studer A800, not this recorder. It gives the general behaviour of analogue multitrack tape).

Mix effects

Alesis 3630

Verified

A small, cheap compressor that the artist says was the duo’s main one on Homework and Discovery, and the one they used most.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Covers this kind of unit

Waves dbx 160 Compressor / Limiter

compressor

A VCA compressor from the dbx tradition whose gain chips the 3630 uses; it is not a model of this unit.

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Emagic Logic Audio

Reported

Software the duo use on an iMac DV.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

No plugin suggested. This is already software, so the stand-in is the thing itself. No product link has been added for it yet.

Eventide Ultra-Harmonizer

Reported

One of the effects units the duo used on Discovery.

Source: Mix, accessed 15 Nov 2026

Close match

Eventide H3000 Factory Mk II

multi-effect

Eventide's own plugin version of the H3000, the model this family is built on.

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Sources

  1. Daft Punk, Mix, 2001-10. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
Verified

Stated by the engineer, producer or artist, or by the manufacturer.

Reported

Stated by a reputable secondary source.

Inferred

An educated suggestion, not a documented fact.

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