slices - tech talk - funktion one (full length)

[@wladwlad]

96kHz minimum?! why the fuck?! is he djing for bats?!

[@stealthis]

I love this guy! Old school, quality from the ground up. ~Almost~ no bullshit gets by him and very strong opinions where it counts... a breath of fresh air.

[@djaddictmusicaddict]

Tony Andrews!! This interview changed my life! ahhh "don't be so dramatic right?" The simple fact in knowing that There are humans/1 out there that have a Conceptually pure outlook & factual Philosophy of sound on this level honestly blew me away.I thought I would never Hear anything remotely close to What Tony has said so clearly mp3's + Wav..DJs...etc. Thank you for diving deep & wrapping it up.I am proud to say that his intrv was a absolute inspiration to me in all ways universally+soulfully

[@Elnufo]

A really cool man, telling the truth! I've heard those Speakers and i must say: they are outstanding!

[@LukeStanger]

we use funktion one by far the best sound system to play on and listen to love his passion for his product its what makes them what there are keep up the good work

[@andrewwowk]

As much as I love his passion, he doesn't realise that for many people, mp3 is used because of reasons outside of its quality: e.g., it takes up a shitload less space on your hard drive. In a perfect world, we'd all have multi-terrabyte hard drives in our computers and could use WAV files without having to constantly delete precious music to keep our hard drives from overfilling.

[@Kidturbo1]

Beta in Denver has this sound system and after hearing it and than going to the other clubs...hands down blows them away. These speakers are a beast!

[@DavidRoegiers]

Clear example of a technician and not a businessman. I understand the choice of most clubs/dj's/dancers that it is not worth redesigning all the materials in the room, buying all your tracks in wav, having an expensive audio-chain respecting the weakest-link principle, etc. in order to gain that little extra in audio quality!

[@danarmstrong82]

This guy is a legend. dont care what anyone says, ive met him @ Plasa London and he is the daddy of all loudspeakers. I dream to own one of his Pa's.. I am now!

[@alexzniff]

most times we have to listen to a lot of shit before knowing what is good music, most of the time we rocked back and forth between them, without being theoretical about it. This I learned from the words of Tony Andrews and my humble experience. Thanks industry.

[@FattMattVideos]

I listened to a funktion one system for the first time yesterday.... insane! they absolutely live up to their reputation!

[@poperock7]

I agree with marxman and fofofik. I was at Boom festival in the summer and every stage/tent had an F1 system running. In the main dance tent you could stand within a metre of a stack and hold a normal level conversation......the sound was clear and unforced. Even the soundstaging was exceptional....one example being that I thought I once heard someone singing behind me and realised it was coming from the F1 in front of me....this in an open tent!! (and I was straight at the time!)

[@lizichell2]

this is very true. Most DJ's do not care about sound quality but are rude and aggressive and are too busy inviting all the underage slags who go into the club on fake IDs into his booth.

[@omarfrancis]

I played on a funktion one system at a night in London Bridge a while back. That didn't stop the promoters having shocking gear to dj with. The guy on here does make some good points as the UK is absolutely shocking when it comes to sound systems. I wish someone could make a nightclub that sounded like a Mcintosh presentation room.

[@MrKeeponrolin]

What a fantastic voice!

[@thenayancat8802]

Same here, I've been to a lot of nights, with bands and djs of all genres through a F1 and they are f***ing lovely. My friend is studying speaker design at the moment, when he saw the website he thought "Hmmm, sounds like pseudoscience salesman talk" Then he heard them in person ;)

[@Roemming]

I just painted our Funktion one today

[@2ManyNoobs]

people might say that he's kind of talking elitist or even pretencious, but he's 100% percent right. People (most of em) care more about the money in the bank in stead of the actual art and the love, passion for what they do.. please, wake up from this! noise destroys your ears and only gives you a short rush! Open the eyes (or ears) and learn how you can perceive a lot more than you ever imagined you could!

[@JamesP69]

I can just imagine this guy driving round blasting everyone with 100 pure watts of sound laughing while he wears some head muffs

[@AB-80X]

Spoke with him back in 2006 in Frankfurt. He's a really cool and bright guy. But christ, what a hippie lol.

[@Master.Maverick]

Sound truths from a man who speaks it.

[@jordantistetube]

I agree man, I was just at Time Warp and it was fucking amazing. It was like listening to a 1440 kbps WAV file at 110 db. Incredible

[@meloveshalo]

love this guy, just says it the way it is.

[@vitanovision]

@SlicesMag aspect ratio, fixed :)

[@ShaynAlmeida]

Funktion One is IT!!! ~ Thank You Tony Andrews!!!

[@MrElitesense]

Funktion one speakers sound fucking INCREDIBLE as long as the audio chain is set up right. yet I disagree about his source quality requirements. As long as the audio is originally mastered in high quality and sourced out as WAV to a direct constant bit rate 320 mp3... its fucking FINE. Much respect to the speakers though, if you live in LA you probably know about funktion wednesdays dnb club funktion because of having the system. love.

[@mikotondria]

@Aofex Ah but there isn't an interface that the pressure wave travels across from metal to air. It's the air that vibrates from the lips, round the exponential curve of the instrument which flattens the wave front and projects it from the mouth. It's never travelling from inside the metal only into the air and becoming backed up and distorting itself. HTH

[@sassangorillaz]

hey man, no need for the hate, i love you too :)

[@SentioSilvano]

I understand what he is saying here, however when i go to clubs and i have herd a funktion one system, how ever in a hyperclub that all use high end systems such as funktion one opus ect ect its hard to tell the difference between the systems.

[@harigeharing]

it was on a big yearly party. just saying that it was the best i ever heard.

[@wladwlad]

It IS enough, it's MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN it is enough.

[@SNP5000]

holy crap this guy takes sound seriously

[@doofer80]

The fact this interview is only available in 360p is pretty embarrassing. Fantastic work in all other areas, but seriously, anything music related should be available in all quality levels.

[@danielhull8850]

I love this interview, Tony is such a great guy and hits the nail on the head every time! Spot on!

[@GavinMcCloy]

Okay I want a set living room size? Would love to buy a set for the home?!!

[@DogBoots77]

Everything was better in the old days...gawd, I hate that sentiment. Ever since I heard the Resolution 1 box, I've learned to take Tony's rantings with a grain of salt. How anyone can present that box and say "Look, we don't need regular HF-drivers!" is beyond me. Sounds like a speaker with a built-in blanket. Also, it seems Tony hasn't heard of Danley Sound Labs. They also produce speakers that don't require any processing. And Tom has figured it out - Synergy Horn is just the RIGHT way.

[@martijnbos9873]

I would love the track ID of the first track and the track before the ending tune

[@thenayancat8802]

There's lots of great music played in clubs too though! I suspect this was his passion a long time ago when he was into some scene or other, and he's just stuck with it ever since

[@7mpest]

Thanks for the info Anthony Bourdain

[@CENHproductions]

@vitanovision i dont think so. its some remix of that though. any help on finding that? lol stupid shazam wont work.

[@LIGGYMUSIC]

Do you know anything about digital conversion and sampling ? 96khz can sample much more frequencies , but do you know why we sample 44khz and not 40khz as we should (by your knowledge and Nyquist sample theory that states we need 2xrange we wanna capture) ? It is due anti aliasing filter that kills some harmonics in very high range which effects the sound in some fucked up way.96khz sampling is used for capturing complex waves which are high frequencies.

[@thenayancat8802]

I can appreciate a good soundsystem when I'm barely able to stand. I can never appreciate a bad soundsystem

[@DirtyDiezel]

and the audio in this clip was hideous too..lol

[@harigeharing]

lol you're right if you put it that way. but i been to a party with a big function one sound system. belive me it was amazing! the bass was so loud you could feel it true your entire body. but you were still able to talk to your neighbour with 1 meter distance! function 1 sound systems a big +1

[@frizm1543]

id be interested to know his opinion on rotary mixers

[@BreakBomb]

and THAT is how you have "fun at someone else's expense" =)

[@AB-80X]

That's an interesting and very true comment. Nice. Take care:-)

[@WillyJunior]

this is all very well and good, but it doesn't explain why poorly made dub sound systems are still extremely enjoyable to listen to. also, punk. punk as a musical ideology was never about musicality, sensitivity or sound quality, but it still changed the world.

[@vitanovision]

I have heard these kind of stories too.

[@phatjbl]

Great explanation of the whole degredation of sonic standards in the live nightclub world and the hi-fi world. These speakers would sound simply incredible(the 5 way dance stack). I have heard the 2 way Funktion One speakers coupled with their 12 inch subs and it was super clean without the sting and harshness of similar products. What is the house/trance track on the intro-I cannot get it out of my head? I have directed others to this as it is very informative.Thanks Tony.

[@ned900]

does anyone know what the intro track is? for that matter both the intro tracks

[@thephaseshifter]

Why people always talk so easy about getting quallity stuff.. :S .. I mean, its hard to give a party these days.Nobody makes enough money to pay a guy like this for some good sound. These days its hard to be a artist. .I can say about the artist from now, BIG UP.. Because i wonder how many artist from the past complaining now because it dont make money annymore..

[@losteden]

when funktion one release homme systems or pc like 2.1

[@wladwlad]

"and you really think only 2x sampling will capture every details of it ? " - yes, it's fucking MATHEMATICALLY PROVEN. And were you actually able to read you would have noticed, I am not disputing using high sampling rates for digital processing.

[@SNP5000]

works well for me , no stutters at all maybe its a computer issue

[@MECHO09]

nice video... some of the music is a bit cheesy for that level of sound system. would be cool to know which mixers are acceptable.

[@TimMer1981]

Funny fact: watch the bit from 6:29 and then look at the bitrate of this movie. ;)

[@shamuscoghlan]

But the question remains what do we do to the people who have their heads up their ass who do not want to hear, even when it is noticeable. The reason (807) Recordings presses to vinyl, with much of the sources coming directly off analog tape and cut to vinyl with no limiters or compression is because of these types of systems. Any surprise even at clubs like the Berghain when our records are played they sound vastly fuller, richer, and hit the person in a full physical presence.

[@jblsound13]

The only like to like system I know of that was powerful and earned a good reputation like funktion one was the Phazon Sound System by Steve Dash!

[@a2dds]

@DogBoots77 thats odd because i found the res 1 was a really impressive cabinet. But each to their own i guess.

[@M3TOXI]

Tracklist please

[@vitanovision]

@CENHproductions speedy j-something for your mind

[@Djtonydraper]

Genius...

[@Djtonydraper]

I can listen to him talk all day/night.. Brilliant!!

[@jordantistetube]

The interviewers specifically asked him for information about his product..

[@DJoppiesaus]

is this the Richard Stallman of sound systems?

[@DavidRoegiers]

Yeah, I wonder what Nyquist has to say about this. Or maybe it concerns some kind of aliasing in the chain... Strange.

[@EUC_Quebec]

Do you know which version ? I can't seem to locate this one any where

[@yungpepe]

Cool ass old guy.

[@303bij]

I agree 100% with Tony!

[@poperock7]

@fofofik sorry didn't mean to thumbs down......that was for the muppet below!

[@ramzesczakon9719]

Hej man! Did you found it? I'm in the same problem. I would be glad to hear after to years, someone finnaly found it. :D

[@michaelwiggler511]

If you ever heard more than 88khz sampled sound on real systems (not some mambo jumbo speakers) you will see what quality and clarity you get in reproduction.And plus i compared it with different sampled frequenices and if you have good ear , you will hear the difference.Like i said , that clarity appears because of detailed sampled high range .Plus if you go to audio engineering school , it is something which is learned frst from digital theory and ofcourse tested.

[@Josh94001]

He's talking about some deep shit.

[@dkleitsch]

If the HF is flat without EQ, then it has no pattern control. Film is only 24 frames per second.

[@AB-80X]

@tjhookerdj One is L'acoustics and the other is Meyer Sound. They are as nerdy as him.

[@FattMattVideos]

@FattMattVideos ... and everything this guy says in the video! so powerful and clean but effortless to listen to :-)

[@Rios1389]

what makes a speaker/monitor flat?

[@Aofex]

Not "most" classical instruments are made of wood. The strings on a Piano are made of metal. And he forgot that there is a whole section of a classical orchestra that features brass instruments. Also, I don't understand what has the material of classical instruments have anything to do with loudspeaker material. French Horns are made from metal and sound great.

[@anders69curt]

i'm an architect so better heed tony's advice on this one

[@Wahnsinnsr1nd]

someone tell me the SONGNAME please at 0:09 ! ! !

[@TimMer1981]

I'd really like to sit down with this guy some time and have a beer; he's totally right about everything and he seems to be a nice, relaxed type. :)

[@DJMEGATECH]

@thefishdog: to be fair though, some formats are still better / worse than others. Even with a poor original, a high-res. digital file won't sound as bad as a low-res. file like an mp3, in which the (already low-fi) original file is further degraded when it is compressed as per the (lossy) mp3 format. Your points about club systems sounding like shit / bad mastering are well taken. But that doesn't necessarily justify using a low-quality format like mp3. two wrongs don't make a right.

[@LIGGYMUSIC]

Imagine let's say 50hz wave which is 50 cycles per second and with 44khz sampling it is easy to capture it.But imagine some really fucked up wave like 13000hz or anything higher than 10k ? It has 10 000 cycles per second and you really think only 2x sampling will capture every details of it ? No.And if you did not know , high freq are those we label as quality frequencies or in other words , clarity is in high range (even tho , mid range is for us humans most sensitive one)

[@HORSEFORCEGOBOOM]

i like how this video is like 96kbps mp3...

[@EUC_Quebec]

What's the track at 2:45 ?

[@sassangorillaz]

I'd hate to have to DJ in front of this guy

[@andrewwowk]

Playing music off an external hard drive through Traktor Scratch doesn't work very well, believe me, I've tried. I have an external HD to store extra music, but in terms of playing out I need to play directly off the laptop's hard drive otherwise it just stutters a whole lot. So my point still stands, in terms of performance, there is a space limitation.

[@funkolog]

Pioneer kills...

[@marleymusic217]

If you want to irritate this guy give him beats headphones for his birthday.

[@christopherkennedy314]

Quality.

[@thenayancat8802]

It is a big issue now though, even labels are releasing unmastered (or self-mastered, which essentially means maximised haha) on itunes beatport etc. I entered a remix comp recently and the winning track was to be put out for sale, mastered by me on my 5' KRKs...? This is great for the producers and the scene, but we need curation (a la Ektoplazm for psychedelic music) to restore a bit of trust! Or just a blacklist of untrustworthy labels...

[@carcomp101]

Its like listening to Steve Jobs talk about his products

[@SWATPhantom]

He's bashing every DJ on the planet and where do you see these speakers the most in? In clubs!

[@thenayancat8802]

Or people could use good d/a converters and lossless files... rather than trying to restore fidelity to sound after it's been taken away?

[@voocasa]

i wonder if he'd be pissed off at this 240p video. how ironic, lol.

[@ripmusikuk]

genius

[@MultiXero123]

one thing he hasn't said and is the reason why its rare to see a function one system at any gig or whatever is that they are extremely expensive!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chrisclose7793]

its because they arent really that good they can be problematic in festivals glastonbury was a classic case in point ive used them in outdoor festivals a couple of times and they got very leary it sounded ok in the field but outside it was insanely loud outside the field

[@christopheroldfiable]

chris close load of crap, glastonbury main stage was a disaster because of noise noise abatement order and bad focus.. touring engineers don't love f1 because they are unforgiving (accurate)

[@chrisclose7793]

i always use martin audio for my pa as is it so accurate and it sounds great and its so forgiving as a system

[@chrisclose7793]

sorry guys being a sound engineer myself for over 10 years now i find most PA systems alot more forgiving so i do know what im talking about and if someone asked me to operate a F1 system i would say no way i rather use something better and more forgiving . and to get the best out of Funktion one speaker system u would need to eq the crap out of it

[@pjetrs]

I've experienced the Funktions at Fusion, where they were used at two main stages (techno and house) and the sound quality was the best I've ever witnessed on any outdoor festival. Even from the camping site a few hundred meters away I could clearly hear everything like it was supposed to be. So I guess it depends a lot on the sound engineering at site

[@sassangorillaz]

yeah man

[@fofofik]

Funktion one sounds like a big hi-fi system.At the moment its nothing close to it.

[@CENHproductions]

what song at 2:44?! plz help!