Best use of Rytm ive seen so far... VSnares

husc · 2017-05-01T21:03:01.546Z

Wow, thanks for that!! Inspired… I really like those tiny desk concerts, the one with The Dirty Three was on repeat for months in the studio

JuanSOLO · 2017-05-01T23:01:01.542Z

This actually looks pretty simple on the RYTM side.
He only engages Mute mode briefly. No use of Perf or Scene modes in this video.
It looks as if it’s set to Rec Grid Mode and I never see any sequencer data on the selected pad.
He does attempt to use the Retrig mode and hit some pads but I cant tell if it’s actually doing anything.

At first I thought everything might be triggered from the modular, but I’m guessing he’s using the Impulse machines to trigger the modular, hence trying to use the re-trig feature.

stutech · 2017-05-02T14:47:45.959Z

hmm, using the ar only for outputting 8 gates could still be very exciting thanks to ractheting and cond.trigs…

NuffGong · 2017-05-02T19:00:31.179Z

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venetian snares

Relaxing with some @weareelektron #rytm beats in my underpants :)

Just to put some more rytm craziness in one place, not as refined but still interesting i think…

NuffGong · 2017-05-02T19:11:05.589Z

Yes there is a definite disconnect between what im seeing and what im hearing and i was anticipating something of this nature as an explanation, I just have no experience of eurorack in order to break it down.

It looks to me like what you would expect if it was getting sequenced and cc’d externally, thats how I normally use mine, but i dont see any indication of that happening, so it probably is the other way round as you describe.

303ish · 2017-05-11T01:27:57.784Z

Aaron is probably using MD to trigger the modular and other sequencers

Here is an interview where he talk about his setup: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/long-read/venetian-snares-lets-all-be-real/

orangehexagon · 2017-05-11T12:35:39.586Z

didnt look like the MD sequencer was even running tho

adnauseam · 2017-05-11T15:38:58.405Z

The tempo light is blinking… doesn’t that mean it’s running?

My thoughts were that it could have been in grid mode with one empty channel selected… but if that were the case we would see the steps light up from 1-16 over and over which we don’t.

It’s true that he often uses a broken MD just as a trigger sequencer. Perhaps it’s simply being used as a master clock.

orangehexagon · 2017-05-11T20:20:06.473Z

the tempo blinks even when the sequence is not running. just like all the other elektron machines.

elektrons cant send master clock when the sequence isnt running

hellcore · 2017-05-11T20:32:54.601Z

orangehexagon:

elektrons cant send master clock when the sequence isnt running

I’m looking at 3 that are doing that right now.

orangehexagon · 2017-05-11T20:36:04.246Z

hmm

W23 · 2017-07-24T16:05:58.428Z

Aaron Funk often uses an old, non-working (makes no sound but still sends midi) Machine Drum to sequence too, by the way. He mentioned it in an interview at one point, and I saw it in the bottom corner of a video he did to tease his Traditional Synthesizer Music album about a year ago. That may be it. Then again, Aaron makes it his personal mission to push any gear well beyond that of anything we “mere mortals” would come up with

W23 · 2017-07-24T16:42:43.948Z

Lanois and Funk are both Canadian. That must be the connection between the two

DoS · 2018-02-22T15:44:46.723Z

Seems like there’s an album from the duo coming soon: https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/venetian-snares-x-daniel-lanois

Edit: listening to the album now and it sounds both pleasant and fractured…

rotallytuined · 2018-02-22T16:07:12.072Z

Where are you listening to the album, I’ve only seen a single track for prelistening?

DoS · 2018-02-22T16:17:08.791Z

Advance promo

Edit: some live dates too:

Live Shows:

29/04/2018 donaufestival
Krems, AT

03/05/2018 Funkhaus
Berlin, DE

04/05/2018 Village Underground
London, UK

14/06/2018 (le) Poisson Rouge,
New York City US

digiwut · 2018-02-22T16:32:08.167Z

Always surprises me the difference in energy level between electronic music and those who perform it. This video is the first time I’ve seen VS perform. I’ve listened to a lot of his stuff on Spotify however. I just had this mental image of a frantic, mad scientist, high energy musician performing. So to see a chill dude is always confusing to my brain at first.

Kinda the same with electronic music in the 90s. I had lots of CDs but rarely ever saw the person or duo performing the music, so I assumed that it was like a huge party when they were making music. So to see them in a video kinda chill and turning knobs here and there just feels weird to me. I guess I expected them all to be high energy with lots of people performing, like Lords of Acid.

Not dissing any of them - they are incredibly talented - it’s just odd visually for my brain given what the music sounds like. I guess an analogy would be punk or heavy metal: high energy music but the musicians’ energy level is often the same as the music.

rotallytuined · 2018-02-22T16:46:39.322Z

Grrrrrrr!
I’ll have to wait until May then! I ordered the CD to get the bonus stuff too…

I must admit I only care for VS here, not heard anything I like from DL so hopefully it will be collaboration that I can stomach!

DoS · 2018-02-22T16:56:15.244Z

I’d say after a first listen through the whole thing that it’s an interesting collaboration, not far off the atmosphere found on the Rossz Csillag Alatt Született LP, which featured strings among the breakcore. It’s not an entirely obvious or smooth collaboration, but VS rarely does the expected.

rotallytuined · 2018-02-22T18:29:00.281Z

Well if it is up to the standard of RCAS then I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.
The track for streaming now has some classic VS moves and sounds, over what I presume to be the ambient textures of DL.

Anyways thanks for the info!