How Daft Punk's Alive 2007 tour worked (W/ Demo) 

I'm pretty sure you're right. For the deluxe edition for Alive 2007. It has a book full of photographs taken by DJ Falcon so I do think he denfinely attended numerous shows on the Alive tour and probably helped them out.

But daft punk started in 1993. How did they do it before ableton existed?

@@paulmark992 Because they didn't...? Im not saying they're magic time travelers. Im saying that from the early 2000s on, that Falcon & Bangalter would use Ableton live (and further on if you just re-read my main comment)

@@khuutznetsov Yes I understand. But did they have live performances before Ableton became public/even existed? And what did they use for live performances back then before Ableton if they did live performances?

@@paulmark992 They probably had presets on their hardware before it all went digital. If you ever watch any of their Alive 1997 sets, you can see there is a bunch of analog equipment. I personally do not know what they used specifically before Ableton though.

I'd love to, but I don't have the money or place for all the instruments. And neither do I really know they work

@@rct3isepic can you at least compile or send a link to the list of equipment they’d use in their live shows?

@@Sumbot177 it was essentially the same setup that they recorded homework with. Here's a link to a list of that gear mixmag.net/read/daft-punk-homework-tech-gear-equipment-news

That would make sense for tempo changes automation like what happens later in the show, but I have noticed certain parts of the show being slightly different in arrangement. For example an entire groove was removed between Coachella and the main tour

@@rct3isepic think they have changed that/improved that on each show and each show was different to the previous one

@Grayskull well if you're doing clip launch, you just set each scene and start them when you feel it. That's how I perform actually. Also if they're not doing any sort of clip launch then it kind of negates either the Lemur unless it was used to control the visuals

@@rct3isepichah. I’m responding a year later. Must have missed it. But in regards to the changes you’re referring to: What they did at Coachella, they did at all the other 2006 shows. For the 2007 shows, that’s when they had time to make the encore, and a few other bits and changes to the set (adding Burnin and replacing that groove you’re talking about…the F or part of Touch It, etc). But anyhow, they COULD do it the real way, but there’s no reason for them to have done anything but audio filters/effects to a pre-made track tbh. The lighting and videos on the screens are kind of dependent on this.

@futureproof84 the only moment that makes me think it's live sequenced is listen to Around the World/HBFS. If it was done in Ableton's arrangement mode, the vocal loop wouldn't cut off the way it does instead of finishing the phrase. It would do that in session mode though

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Definitely cut up the stems. The loops here were either looped from stems, or made to recreate them

If that's the case, then why are the drum patterns triggered differently in every version of the show? They play like clip launch and not fader play. Same with the vocals for around the world. If it was just a monitor and everything was in arrangement view, that vocal wouldn't cut off the way it does.

There's not really a way to teach it. It's just working with your own stems etc. And essentially building grooves and just transitioning through them

This style is known as live remixing and essentially revolves around you understanding the way gear, software, and music work. Get familiar with Ableton and it’s plugins, then learn the equipment that can control Ableton, then take apart the music.

Not gonna lie I'm pretty sure its all pre recorded live all daft punk did was play with effects during the live set but in all fairness they did create the live set so its not like they didn't do nothing they pretty much just enjoyed each night with work they done the night before

​@lukemccann2241 if you listen to any 2 performances from the tour, that debunks that pretty quickly. Each show had subtle to obvious differences. Like one night the synths would sound different or they'd switch rhythms in the drums in different spots

@@rct3isepic they had drum machines and synths on their racks but the set was pre recorded they even mention it in the daft punk documentary stating that they showed their manager what they had made for the Coachella show.

@@lukemccann2024 drum machines were only for the 1997 tour. All the drums in 2007 were in Ableton Live. I mean technically yes there's prerecorded elements since not everything being played is on stage, but they're still actually the ones triggering stuff. I've said in other comments I'm near certain they were using clip launch instead of a predone arrangement.

@@rct3isepic if that was the case though they wouldn’t have played the same set list every night which they did

generated by a mac pro in real time behind stage. daft punk did the same thing with their mayan performance in the 90s but instead they used a windows 95 machine with ARKAOS software and hardware

I don't know about the lights. This is just how they did the music. I would assume it was done by the offstage LD team like most shows, but I can't confirm that. I just know that all the gear in the pyramid was all music gear.

@@rct3isepic I remember seeing video back in 2013 that caught a moment that Guy was apparently screaming at the crew through the microphone he couldn't be heard but you could see the body language , that kinda confirms there's a crew doing the lighting

@@rct3isepic lol no. The performer never controls the lights on a show. Those are done by a team on the side of the stage.

@@Cargo_Bay Actually, they had controllers for the lights. Thomas himself stated they controlled part of the lights within their booth. They did have a team as well that controlled lights and animations too. You can see the controller they used in a picture with all their equipment.

I think it was the team behind the stage.

Listen to any 2 performances of the show and you’ll notice differences. They’re not just pushing play, and neither is Deadmau5 for that matter

@@rct3isepic ive been to a couple deadmau5 shows and have listened to the sets before goin to the shows they are prettymuch identical but he has effects like loops

They pretty much did. BUT, they were doing various filters and effects live with those knobs and such. Listen to different show audios. Nothing crazy, but they definitely did a few things there. Regardless, I’d pay to see the light show even if they weren’t standing there, hah. And I did. 3 times. Oh, to be young and reckless with a credit card, traveling to 3 states in the span of a week again.