Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by adamrezich on Saturday August 12, 2023 @04:34PM
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for the Robot Rock one, the author should've clarified that it's not referring to the actual `rock. robot rock` voice part, but the part where the guitar chords sound like that. skip to about 1:50 in the linked video to hear the robot voice, then listen to how similar just the guitar chords after 2:00 sound like the robot voice saying `rock. robot rock.`
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Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by ugurnot on Saturday August 12, 2023 @04:59PM
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You are right. That part seems a little bit vague, I will update it.
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by brookritz on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:02PM
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...and the author should have clarified that this Daft Punk song is copied from a 1980's single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0jWlPtP5o
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by spondylosaurus on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:07PM
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Isn't Daft Punk pretty famous for sampling/referencing other artists' songs?
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by rifty on Saturday August 12, 2023 @06:14PM
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Sure, but it’s worth mentioning that this isn’t just a Daft Punk thing. Electronic music and especially House music going back to its roots was shaped by sampling great moments or vocals of tracks into loops and mixing them together into new tracks on top of a 4/4 kick.
The funky/disco/french house era was particularly prolific with sampling though.
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by veave on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:25PM
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HN discovers sampling in electronic music.
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by glandium on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:17PM
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Also, in that particular example, I don't think they made the guitar emit the voice-sounding sounds, but rather generated it electronically. It's not even obvious that the voice comes from guitar sounds... it actually sounds like a plain voice with effects.
As opposed to, say, Mark Rober's talking piano.
Re:Auditory illusions with examples from Daft Punk
by squeaky-clean on Saturday August 12, 2023 @07:56PM
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I would bet money there's still a vocoded guitar in that section, but about 18db below the regular guitar. It also sounds like they're running it through a resonant filter, probably their MS-20, which is probably helping the formants sound like it's speaking compared to a regular guitar.