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Title: Venetian Snares
Post by: brambo on July 05, 2013, 08:41:18 AM: Interview with Aaron Funk:

For the past few months, I’ve noticed Aaron Funk, aka Venetian Snares, reissuing rare, out of print, and older albums from his insanely vast discography through Bandcamp. This is exciting because I’ve never heard these older albums and am not surprised that they still hold up after more than a decade. And in his own words, Aaron Funk shares his Workspace & Environment…

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Background
I was born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. I have come and gone, but here I am again. I wouldn’t say I live in Winnipeg, I live in my home and when I venture out, I am in Winnipeg. I’m parked in a sense maybe. I’ve been making music all my life really, as far back as I can remember. I think I simply love music, that’s all there is really. It’s how I express myself best. No motivation other than that.

Favorite Hardware
Definitely my modular synth and 1176s. I rely on them. Most else I could get by without. These are probably my favorite sound shaping tools. The synth of course plays many roles.

My modular is mostly my own format. It’s multiple modules built onto panels with 1/8″ jacks. But it runs on +/-10v so it’s a bit more like Frac rather than Euro. I have a bit of Euro stuff + a rack of Modcan with banana jacks switched to 1/8″. Also have a rack of Blacet Mini-Waves in there which I love. Other than that it’s all this funny format unique to me. Built on 19″ panels with printed out stickers stuck on and holes hand drilled for pots and jacks. It looks super punk rock to me, I love it. I don’t give a shit what it looks like. It’s kinda like me, I look like a homeless guy most of the time but I’m lovely on the inside. Have a bunch of Oakley, CGS, Tellun, Ian Fritz, Jurgen Haible, MFOS, MOTM etc stuff as well as a bunch from my friend here in Winnipeg, Chris McDonald who builds it all for me. Tap Audio. He’s a wizard. He is one of my very closest friends. Maybe he would beat the shit out of you, but me and him are BFFs! He puts up with dumb shit from me like drilling out panels and labeling everything with stickers. I’ve got many of his own designs, they are some of my favorite modules. He’s also modded most other people’s designs when I bring them to him, improving upon them. He does nice shit, nice touches, he’ll build little mixers into modules for me so I can have multiple in and outs. Adds attenuators for absolutely everything! I love that. Who wants a bunch of attenuator modules?

A couple of my very fave modules are a sick Vactrol VCF of Chris’s which I rock all the time. He has a new filter based on that one which is 100x more mental now. His Ultra Seq sequencer design is one of my fave sequencers. It’s ridiculous. Neither of which I don’t think I’m supposed to talk about. I try to tell him he would do really well if he started manufacturing and selling this stuff but he doesn’t really give a shit. Just builds for friends. It’s like locally grown organic farming or something. Doepsanto. I get pretty into sequential switches, math modules, Interpolating Scanner is big fun. VCOs haha! Shit everything is so useful, all of it is my favorite. Guess I’ve had a few VCFs along the way I wasn’t too into but other than that, everything is so killer. Multiples. I love multiples!

I use the 1176s all the time to get things to sit back, sound forward. Fool around with the apparent loudness of a sound, all those fun little compression duties. They are magic. Simplest things but so useful. They add this kind of aroma I like as well. Transistors sweating perhaps. Really helps me to sculpt a mix with depth those things. Of course they are big fun to abuse as well, ramming the in or out to an extreme! Have a lot of fun with them making reverbs sound like they are swelling up in neat ways. I’ve never tried the UAD plug version but word is it’s nice as well. Also been pretty into this Valley People Dynamite. Heard there is a plug for that but haven’t tried it either.

Favorite Software
As far as software goes, all I really use is Renoise and Sony Sound Forge. I do all my tunes in Renoise but use Sound Forge almost as much to edit sounds, chop things. I’ve used that for years, since before Sony bought Sonic Foundry. So I’ve always been jumping back and forth to Sound Forge no matter what I was sequencing in over the years. I am also really into FM8 and was into FM7 before that. So dreamy FM synthesis, glass clouds and oceans of molten iron. Love that shit so much. Also been using the East/West Orchestra libraries forever, they’ve been super useful to me. Don’t really use fx plugs, just send things out these days.

That Vache tune was actually made in 2004, was the first tune I did in Renoise. Dug it out and videoed it a couple years later. I can’t remember why. I used to use Cubase and OctaMed for the PC at one point, sort of going back and forth. Midi and VST was good in Cubase and MED was inspiring as a tracker. But Renoise had both so ended up ditching them. I liked them but I felt like I wanted to keep everything in one place, you know? No, I don’t get bored of Renoise or anything else. It’s just a blank canvas. Sometimes I use Renoise only as a master clock and recorder. It’s great and so tight even with the BPM jumping around. Great clock! Never tried Abelton or anything else but I hear it’s fun.

Read the rest: http://trashaudio.com/2013/06/workspace-environment-venetian-snares/ (http://trashaudio.com/2013/06/workspace-environment-venetian-snares/)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Neocortex on July 05, 2013, 08:56:27 AM: Tja, Renoise é.
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: sunnymuffins on July 05, 2013, 10:45:09 AM: voort eerst met die uad plugins gewerkt en idd wel zwaar nice, heb ze uiteindelijk bij elke track gebruikt van mn ep.
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ©®TM on September 09, 2013, 02:23:17 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8#)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on September 09, 2013, 09:16:03 AM: Quote from: ©®TM on September 09, 2013, 02:23:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8#)
Vet!

:D @ 10:25 - 11:00
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on September 09, 2013, 01:20:49 PM: Quote from: Slash on September 09, 2013, 09:16:03 AM
Quote from: ©®TM on September 09, 2013, 02:23:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0vYK2mjS8#)
Vet!

:D @ 10:25 - 11:00

damn vette set idd!

vrij gelijkaardig aan dien in de kreun als k et zo hoor
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on September 09, 2013, 02:06:44 PM: Is da eigenlijk een mixer met ingebouwde sampler/effecten?
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on September 10, 2013, 11:17:41 AM: Die set wordt blijkbaar binnenkort verwijderd van Youtube. Zie comment van uploader.

Voor de liefhebbers heb ik de originele video geript > wav > V0 MP3.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog (http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog)

Klinkt vrij goed bij momenten, te zien waar dat ie staat met zijn camera. :-)
Nie letten op de bestandsnaam. Da was het origineel. Tis effectief een MP3.

:ambiance:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on September 10, 2013, 11:21:28 AM: Quote from: Slash on September 10, 2013, 11:17:41 AM
Voor de liefhebbers heb ik de originele video geript > wav > V0 MP3.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog (http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog)

ik dank u zeer! :respect:

ging da gisteren thuis al doen ma geen tijd gevonden
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: superpsilo on September 13, 2013, 02:56:26 PM: Quote from: Slash on September 10, 2013, 11:17:41 AM
Die set wordt blijkbaar binnenkort verwijderd van Youtube. Zie comment van uploader.

Voor de liefhebbers heb ik de originele video geript > wav > V0 MP3.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog (http://www.sendspace.com/file/j93oog)

Klinkt vrij goed bij momenten, te zien waar dat ie staat met zijn camera. :-)
Nie letten op de bestandsnaam. Da was het origineel. Tis effectief een MP3.

:ambiance:

merci!
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dekloned.be on September 13, 2013, 03:15:23 PM: Quote from: Slash on September 09, 2013, 02:06:44 PM
Is da eigenlijk een mixer met ingebouwde sampler/effecten?

Jep, denk dat het een Pioneer DJM is.
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jotie on September 25, 2013, 01:25:35 AM: 2;3 gig voor da filmpke te downen, is da ni vree veel?
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ©®TM on September 25, 2013, 09:16:30 PM: Quote from: Jotie on September 25, 2013, 01:25:35 AM
2;3 gig voor da filmpke te downen, is da ni vree veel?
tis een dik uur in HQ dus ja da pakt wa plaats in he
ma sta precies nog online op youtube, dus kunt het zelf in lower Q (en dus kleinere size) rippen ;)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on October 10, 2013, 12:17:47 PM: de drumprogramming van zn last step dinge zijn eigenlijk ook wel geschift zeg :drool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTHOtaeqOUU# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTHOtaeqOUU#)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on October 21, 2013, 01:57:33 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaFIQNZmfB4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaFIQNZmfB4#)
Goeie set. Geluidskwaliteit is behoorlijk.

Behalve dan dit:
"Also, I further remastered the audio by (subtly, artfully) introducing some crowd sounds to make it sound more like an actual live concert as opposed to a lifeless, sterile board tape."

:doh:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on October 21, 2013, 02:08:43 PM: Quote from: Slash on October 21, 2013, 01:57:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaFIQNZmfB4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaFIQNZmfB4#)
Goeie set. Geluidskwaliteit is behoorlijk.

Behalve dan dit:
"Also, I further remastered the audio by (subtly, artfully) introducing some crowd sounds to make it sound more like an actual live concert as opposed to a lifeless, sterile board tape."

:doh:

Merci!

Also, what a stupid move :lol:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jotie on October 26, 2013, 08:57:03 PM: Als autist die zulk achtergrond laweit sowieso er al moeilijk uitfiltert is dat zeker niet aangenaam, nee.
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on March 24, 2014, 04:17:33 PM: ZIQ350 :hungry:

https://www.facebook.com/vsnares/posts/10152348064078394?stream_ref=10

Also: https://soundcloud.com/venetian-snares/sugarbush

Edit: die set op youtube hierbovenaan is toch wel de max :cheer:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on March 24, 2014, 09:00:24 PM: he's back :hungry:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Neocortex on March 24, 2014, 09:49:07 PM: This better be good! :wanking:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on March 26, 2014, 01:26:30 PM: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry: :hungry:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ©®TM on March 26, 2014, 10:23:06 PM: en achtereen weer in BENE
https://www.facebook.com/events/625365867534796/
en mss nog wel ergens anders ook :whistle:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Neocortex on March 26, 2014, 11:06:25 PM: Quote from: ©®TM on March 26, 2014, 10:23:06 PM
en mss nog wel ergens anders ook :whistle:

Weet gij iets? Spreek, en u zal gehoord worden!
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on March 27, 2014, 10:19:40 AM: Quote from: Neocortex on March 26, 2014, 11:06:25 PM
Quote from: ©®TM on March 26, 2014, 10:23:06 PM
en mss nog wel ergens anders ook :whistle:

Weet gij iets? Spreek, en u zal gehoord worden!

Er is een bliip party 2 dagen nadat ie in Amsterdam staat, tzal wel daar zijn zeker? :)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on March 27, 2014, 01:09:59 PM: 'k wou eigenlijk al naar amsterdam gaan maar ben nu wel benieuwd naar een eventueel BE event ook

liefst ook met Bong-Ra dan :pray: :pray: :pray: :pray:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: joene on April 04, 2014, 09:36:24 AM: just posted on facebook by venetian snares

Quote
venetian snares

Some upcoming gigs, Europe + Japan!
22.5 Belgium, Antwerp @ Kissinger Club

klopt dit, kvind er lik verder geen info over?
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on April 04, 2014, 09:40:03 AM: :cheer: there

en ie zal er wel nie over liegen zeker? :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ©®TM on April 04, 2014, 07:10:30 PM: Quote from: joene on April 04, 2014, 09:36:24 AM
just posted on facebook by venetian snares

Quote
venetian snares

Some upcoming gigs, Europe + Japan!
22.5 Belgium, Antwerp @ Kissinger Club

klopt dit, kvind er lik verder geen info over?
Quote from: ©®TM on March 26, 2014, 10:23:06 PM
en mss nog wel ergens anders ook :whistle:
:bigsmurf:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ©®TM on April 07, 2014, 07:56:13 PM: https://www.facebook.com/events/1422969594619516/
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: ndrk on April 07, 2014, 08:05:24 PM: Quote from: ©®TM on April 07, 2014, 07:56:13 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/1422969594619516/
schone prijs :up: :cheer:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jizzzle on April 07, 2014, 09:49:18 PM: Samen met Ed Cox :cheer: :yarrr:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on April 07, 2014, 11:50:02 PM: WANT! :hyper:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: brambo on April 08, 2014, 07:52:11 AM: Ed cox :hand:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jizzzle on April 08, 2014, 08:36:26 AM: Quote from: brambo on April 08, 2014, 07:52:11 AM
Ed cox :hand:
Te vrolijk voor u zeker? :P
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: brambo on April 08, 2014, 08:47:44 AM: vrolijk is nog een understatement :P
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on July 08, 2015, 04:10:01 PM: Venetian Snares venetian snares YOUR FACE, Vinyl and digital out 24th July 2015 on Planet Mu (OFFICIAL).

Prelistening & preorder @ http://www.planet.mu/discography/ZIQ367

Edit: en eerste nummer te beluisteren @ https://soundcloud.com/venetian-snares/your-face-when-i-finally
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Neocortex on July 08, 2015, 04:46:20 PM: 't Klinkt echt megazalig! Ik ben zo blij dat hij de stijl van MLIAB en MSCL achterwege laat :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :masturbating: :masturbating: :masturbating: :masturbating: :masturbating: :masturbating:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on July 08, 2015, 06:46:21 PM: YESSSSS :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :cheer: :slayer: :slayer: :slayer:
da nummer klinkt echt vet gestoord!!
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on July 08, 2015, 08:09:57 PM: :cheer: :hungry: :yeah:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jizzzle on July 09, 2015, 10:36:36 AM: ik vind het eigenlijk niet zo goed... :shifty:
Het is te random voor mij, er zit niets van flow in. De geluidjes klinken wel extreem goed, maar qua compositie is het echt precies gewoon random bij elkaar gesprokkeld...
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on July 09, 2015, 01:56:07 PM: Daar volg ik je wel in. Kvind het ook wa te bleepy. Maar toch benieuwd naar de rest van de plaat. De previews klinken niet allemaal zoals da eerste nummer
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: joene on July 09, 2015, 08:13:06 PM: kmoet den jizzle volledig volgen, kwas ook wa teleurgesteld na het horen van dien track
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Jotie on July 10, 2015, 12:29:21 AM: De vocal :raver:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on August 26, 2015, 09:30:37 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/FmFseIl.png)
https://www.facebook.com/vsnares/posts/10153697774373394
https://t.co/w5Ic9Bs8sv

Ie wil gaan rentenieren zeker? :mrgreen:
Cfr dit interview: http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/13/interview-venetian-snares-hates-the-music-industry/
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Neocortex on August 26, 2015, 02:18:42 PM: Meh, toch Fuck Canada // Fuck America gekocht :lol:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on August 26, 2015, 06:47:43 PM: hij heeft toch hopen tracks liggen, beter die online smijten en ie krijgt geld van me :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: brambo on August 27, 2015, 08:21:32 AM: ah vroeger genoeg zijn tracks "gepirated" dus keer mijn legit collectie uitgebreid nu :cool:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on August 27, 2015, 10:05:08 AM: (http://i.imgur.com/qIyW3n9.png)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: brambo on August 27, 2015, 10:44:30 AM: 't is geern gedoan :up:

uitgaven gecompenseerd door crl studio hun hele discography te leechen daar die nu toch voor nieten is!

http://crlstudios.bandcamp.com/ :up:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Mental Geller on August 28, 2015, 09:40:12 PM: Quote from: Neocortex on August 26, 2015, 02:18:42 PM
Meh, toch Fuck Canada // Fuck America gekocht :lol:

Goei keuze wel! :D
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: joene on August 30, 2015, 09:40:14 AM: tock ook z'n lost sleep, affectionate en clearance bin gekocht

:ambiance:
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on September 08, 2015, 03:55:47 PM: https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-for-your-consideration

Bedankingsalbum. Zonet gekocht, maar ook gratis te downloaden.
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on September 08, 2015, 03:58:35 PM: Quote from: Slash on September 08, 2015, 03:55:47 PM
https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/thank-you-for-your-consideration

Bedankingsalbum. Zonet gekocht, maar ook gratis te downloaden.

ah had er net ook nen topic voor gemaakt in links to music, ook net gekocht, klinkt wel fijn eigenlijk so far :)
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on December 17, 2015, 05:01:48 PM: Nog een nieuw album. De preorder track is alvast een aardig stukje muziek. :cool:

Quote
Traditional Synthesizer Music is a collection of songs created and performed live exclusively on the modular synthesizer by Aaron Funk. Each sound contained within was created purely with the modular synthesizer. No overdubbing or editing techniques were utilized in the recordings on Traditional Synthesizer Music. Each song was approached from the ground up and dismantled upon the completion of it's recording. The goal was to develop songs with interchangeable structures and sub structures, yet musically pleasing motifs. Many techniques were incorporated to "humanize" or vary the rhythmic results within these sub structures. An exercise in constructing surprises, patches interrupting each other to create unforeseen progressions. Multiple takes were recorded for each song resulting in vastly different versions of each piece.

https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/traditional-synthesizer-music
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on December 17, 2015, 05:22:13 PM: yes, hoop al een tijdje dat ie met zoiets gaat afkomen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbLt0S0W5jE
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Slash on January 13, 2016, 12:06:50 AM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toZDhQzImyw
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: Bungholio on February 17, 2016, 04:50:00 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBaKOcuNTYs
Title: Re: Venetian Snares
Post by: dark_ikkeuh on February 18, 2016, 06:52:41 AM: plaat eergisteren toegekomen
bonus cd al paar keer geluisterd in de auto, dik in orde :)