![]() It wasn't just a matter of trying to find the sounds of the past, but also of trying to achieve the best sound possible today. It's a cool journey to understand what analog does. We liked how tape changed the shape of a sound. We wanted to see what the different combinations did what and how tape could get us certain sounds.One of our conclusions was that we liked the sound we got when we went straight to tape and then to Pro Tools. We then compared this with recording the same material directly to tape and transferring that to Pro Tools. We did things like record into Pro Tools and then transfer the material to tape, at various different levels, and then bring it back into Pro Tools. "We were doing lots of tests with analog tape. ![]() Peter Franco who was part of the recording and mixing team recalled: it tends to - and we don’t know why - grab a magic moment that is emotional.” T.Bangalter “In the same way that sometimes a film camera seems to grab a moment in raw emotion than with a digital camera, that’s what analog tape usually is. Their first big question was if it was worth it to do all the album on tape. Life is a collection of unrepeatable moments one after another." The Analog Dilemmaĭaft Punk wanted to relive big-budget productions of the 60s, the 70s and the 80s. Albums of this scale are not really made anymore, and the fact that they can't really be repeated makes this a special moment. We felt there were some things from the past that were about to disappear. "The whole point of this record was not to go back to the past rather, it was to try and bring the timeless quality of the past into the present. ![]() So why was it such a worldwide success? Of course, it's a mixture of factors from the actual composition to the great musicians involved with the album.īut from a sonic standpoint, it's the attention to details who played a huge part. The lead single "Get Lucky" also won the awards for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The album received critical acclaim and won in several categories at the 2014 Grammy Awards: Album of the Year, Best Dance/Electronica Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. RAM came out on after eight years of silence if we exclude the Tron's Legacy soundtrack. ![]() The care behind the production, the marketing campaign, and the overall project were astonishing. Daft Punk's Random Access Memories was easily one of the best-produced albums of the last 20 years. ![]()
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