The French House Secret Sauce

Jonas Steur aka Estuera is back with another video - and this time, instead of remaking classic dance genres, he's here to give some insight into the secret sauce behind the heralded French House sound: the Alesis 3630 Compressor. In the video he goes over using the 3630 with the TR-909, a PolySix Chord and using it as a Audio Gate. Here's what he has to say: 

The Alesis 3630, the 90s budget compressor that put the pump into pumping French House. Lets look at its history and how it was (ab)used to create that sound we all know.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro and history
2:10 Squashing the TR-909
4:11 Pumping a sustained PolySix chord
5:47 Allez rouler: French Filter House
7:22 Gate keeping: Chop it up
8:35 Everybody needs a 3630?
9:21 The Dirty Six Thirty

If you want more French House, here's a tutorial on making the Daft Punk classic, Revolution 909: 

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