Pumpin "daft punk" effect

[Rune L-H]

You might want to try out otiumFX Compadre Beatpuncher.
It does this sort of expressive compression effect quite well I think.

More info here: http://www.otiumfx.com/compadre.php

Regards,
Rune

[tuz]

you wanna pump daft punk?

[Tonmann]

Oh well... If you really want that shitty effect on your mixes, try this here: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2054.html
It's free and works well...

cheers,
Chris

[deastman]

Which software compressor gives good results with alesis style pumping sidechain compression?

I don't have an answer for you, but are you saying that Daft Punk used an Alesis 3630 compressor on One More Time? That has got to be the worst sounding compressor ever made! And I should know, I have one sitting right here... although I'm almost ashamed to admit it!

I've heard in quite a few places that they used the 3630. I've seen a few in some studios I visited with a friend and thought it was kind of strange that someone would have gear that cost 3 to 5k next to a 99.00 alesis compressor.

Then I was reading TapeOp, and I found this:

http://www.blacklionaudio.com/alesis_3630_mod.html

Everyone I talked to said that it really made a difference, so I took a shot and tried it. It kicks ass.

Thank you for that link! My friend told me about that mod, at which point I signed up for TapeOp, but I still missed the issue with that mod in it. Finally!