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One Synth Challenge #121: Any One Synth

One Synth Challenge 156 @ KVR. Sequenced using 12x instances of Synister.

DLA (Osc156 - Synister)

My entry for KVR One Synth Challenge #166.  This month it's Wave Manuel, a quirky but very flexible synth. Really surprised at the tones that came out of it.
Recorded in Reaper with 16 instances of Wave Manuell, and some free and native FX. All sounds produced with Wave Manuel.

OSC166 - Wave Manuel

One Drop Manuel

Tal Bassline submission for OSC 65

DAW: Reaper (yee haw)

Once the MIDIs had been created for each track ... the workflow was thus:
Each track was built by programming the synth for the sounds I needed, then the FX were added to the track chain, and the synths tweeked. Once I was happy I froze the tracks WITHOUT the fx chain. Then I used Reapers drag to pull over each fx from the synth track to the rendered audio track (thus keeping all the settings). I did this twice for each track (hence the "28" instances of TAL). Then the pairs of tracks were panned and fx tweeked to taste.

Tal Bassline  --- 28  (all tracks doubled up and layered with different pan, verb and comp - depending on which fx are on which track!)

FX used ...


Classic Reverb  ---20
Epicverb --- 6
ReaComp --- 11
BootEQ Mk 2 - 1
Classic Limiter - 1

Ok - what is here now is a re-visited version. Now with  more layers with different EQ/verb/comp.

If the opinion is that this is not as good a mix/performance - please let me know and I can revert ...



DoctorBob - The Grass is Blue - TAL BassLine (OSC 65)

Enjoy another happy retro sound with classic smooth solo from DoctorBob

[Now at version 3, small bits of volume automation done]

[Now at version 4, extra soloing added before and after the main solo to brighten the sound and lift it a little out from the very dense soundscape]

[Aw heck. Now at Version 5. Better dynamics now I think, wall of sound still there, but overlaid solos now thinned out and EQ'd as well]

V6, rimshots down in the mix and the end fade is longer.

V7, lots more surgical EQ ... maybe this one breathes a little more.

KVR OSC 66 ODsay

DAW: Reaper

27 * ODsay
3 * MidiPolyphony
5 * MidiForceToRange
18 * ReaEQ
11 * BootEQmkII
3 * ReaComp
5 * TwinDelay
1 * epicVerb
1 * Classic Compressor
1 * Classic Limiter





DoctorBob - Service Manual - (ODsay OSC 66)

Entry for KVR OSC 67 using Digits Synth


DAW: REAPER

24 instances of Digits
16 * BootEQMk2
13 * Classic Compresser
6 * Limiter No. 6 (yeah, I joined the club!)
3 * ReaGate
12 * epicVerb
1 * Classic Reverb


Notes on the sound design:

All sounds programmed from scratch as follows.

The lead organ has 4 layers. One is a tuned percussion sound to give that classic Hammond style jazzy attack.

The Bass has 3 layers, one for the string attack, another for the body sounds and another for the low resonance. 

The piano hits at 1.03 onwards are 3 layers. 

The Percussion is quite complex - the kick is 3 layers, the hats, ride and snare 2 layers each.  The tuned toms (hear them as the panned fills) are only 2 layers!

The easy one was the organ doing the chords - simple 2 layers one a basic organ sounds and another to add body.

and, oh yes, the wahwah voice is JUST one instance Digits, with verb and EQ!! Just so we are clear about modulation eh?

PLEASE DOWNLOAD FOR MAXIMUM PPPP-PUNCH

The download here is a 320 kbps MP3 ... you can also get a FLAC lossless encoded download if you visit the same track here:

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/drbobblues-2

for that real as rendered sound vs any MP3 artefacts, even at 320kbps.

Please remember to leave any comments on the track here though (not the FLAC version!)

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DoctorBob - Giving the Digit - (OSC 67 Digits)

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #177 - Synful Orchestra & VSCO Percussion.

As the sun sets on the horizon, casting long shadows across the alien landscape, a lone figure sits cross-legged, silhouetted against the fiery sky. In his hands he holds his trusty bass guitar, its strings gleaming in the fading light.

Lieutenant Spaceman D. Bassman had been stranded on this planet for 7 months, his crashed spaceship was damaged beyond repair, but he hadn't given up hope of being rescued. Every day he would refill his oxygen tank and walk into the poppy fields at sunset to jam on some dubby grooves, his music echoing across the vast expanse.

As he plays, he feels a sense of peace wash over him. The sounds emanating from his instruments are an ethereal mix of orchestral timbres and heavy dub, infused not only with the smells, sights and sounds of the alien planet and his hopes for the future, but also mixed with the melancholy of longing for his home-world. Music is his last connection to humanity, his way of staying sane in the face of loneliness.

One day, as Bassman was jamming on a particularly bad-assed groove, he heard a faint sound inside his helmet. His heart beat faster with excitement; At last, the Corp had located his damaged ship and had come to rescue him! Then, almost imperceptibly at first, he started to make out a strange melody, not entirely inharmonic to his tasty bass licks.

Bassman was stung violently on the forehead. He flinched and almost dropped his guitar. "Feck!", he howled. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a bee crawling on the inside of his visor, it's wings implausibly buzzing in a near perfect B Major. Desperate not to be stung again, he flailed his head around inside the helmet, attempting to squash the musical intruder against the side. After many attempts and with great effort, he struck one blow, then another, and with each strike the bee's buzzing became more and more erratic and atonal. Sensing victory, and with a final yank of his head, Bassman dealt a fatal blow, and the bee was silenced. 

As the sun continued it's slow descent below the horizon, Bassman composed himself, picked up his bass and continued jamming. Tomorrow he would seek out more of these alien musical bees, not only in the hope that one day they could forgive him for killing one of their own kind, but also that they might continue the collaboration between their two species on some more of those sweet-assed tunes.

Fin.

Reaper 7
Synful Orchestra (8)
VSCO Percussion (7)

A special guest appearance from an alien bee. RIP.

TrackFx : BC Chorus, CHOWTapeModel, db_Glitch1, IVGI2, MComb, MFlanger, MFreqShifter, MPhaser, Pro-C2 (7), Pro-Q3 (13), Ripple Phaser (Geraint Luff), Tape MELLO-FI, TEOTE, Kotelnikov GE.

MasterFx : Satin, TEOTE, Pro-Q3, Pro-L2, Loudness Meter (Cockos)

SendFx : Pro-R2, ValhallaDelay, ValhallaVintageVerb (2), Echobode, Ripple Phaser

OSC177 - Synful Orchestra

Dub Synfony

Made for OSC 68 - Synth1

The download is a FLAC. Even a 320kbs mp3 doesn't seem to have the "bite".

All patches made from a starting point from the 10,000 presets and tweaked!!! (More so now I have RTFM!)

DAW Reaper

Synth1                       32 instances
BootEQMkII               * 19
EpicVerb                    *  2
ReaEQ                        *  1 (essential to cut a hf ringing!!)
Classic Compressor   * 3
LFX-1310 (autopan only)  * 3
Twin Delay                           * 2
Limiter No6                          * 1

Most of the FX are native from Synth1, just a few EQ tweaks, a couple of verbs and delays extra.

DR 11

Enjoy!

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DoctorBob - Space Bubbles - (OSC 68 Synth1)

One Synth Challenge 179 @ KVR. Sequenced using 35x instances of Universal Audio PolyMAX Synth.

BIZ (Osc179 - UAD PolyMAX)

My entry for the OSC XJ Flexoid.

Daw: Reaper 4.75

24 instances of XJ Flexoid

Track FX Use:

24 ReaEQ
17 Classic Compressor
8 LFX-1310 (autopan only)
6 Twin Delay
5 EpicVerb

Master FX:

BootEQMKII
Limiter No 6.

DR: 7

Enjoy.

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DoctorBob - Sleep Philae - (XJ Flexoid OSC 69)

One Synth Challenge 181 @ KVR. Sequenced using 30x instances of SurgeXT.

KIN (Osc181 - SurgeXT)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #91: Tyrell N6
kvraudio.com. The challenge, as the name implies, is to make a track with just one virtual synthesizer for all sounds, including percussion.

All sounds made from default preset

Track specs:

~42 Instances of Tyrell N6
DAW: FL Studio
DAW FX: Maximus, EQUO, Fruity Parametric EQ 2, Fruity Peak controller, Fruity Reverb 2, Fruity Filter, Fruity Compressor, Fruity Delay, Fruity Stereo Enhancher, Fruity effector(only "STEREO")
EXT FREE FX: A1 Stereo Control, OTT, OldSkoolVerb

Meakaale - Need A Rest? Dig! (OSC#91)

bh9090 - Maximize Metta [OSC92 Digits2 M]

Huyler's Landing Trail

Made for OSC104 :

"Zebralette It Be".

Made In FLStudio.

I used : 14 x Zebralette.

Track FX :
1 x CamelCrusher
1 x OrilRiver
1 x HY Delay3 free
1 x Tal Filter II.

Automation : Yes 1 x SendVolume to Channel.

Master FX :
1 x EQUO
1 x Soundgoodizer
1 x Fruity Limiter.

Official DR value: DR6.

Enjoy.

OSC104

Yeager - Zebralette It Be

DAw live 9 7
147 Zebralette instances
ableton fx : Eq 8, multiband comp, simple delay, reverb,gate,vocoder(without any carrier, just the band pass filter is used),utility, auto pan, auto filter,glue compressor.
xfer dimension expender and limiter 6.

Kokotte Get Up

Wacky hi-jinks created for the "One Synth Challenge".
All sounds generated using U-He Bazille:
https://u-he.com/products/bazille/

Bazille Polka - Osc 121

This is my submission for One Synth Challenge #121 by KVRAudio Forum. I have used 10 instances of Synth1 VST to create this track via FL Studio. Effects used for the track are a combination of DAW's native plugins and  free VSTs.

Intimacy EP

Intimacy

Here's my entry for the OSC 10 Year Anniversary! After initializing 5 or 6 projects with various commercial synths, Krakli Plugins' free synth YAVA4 was ultimately the one to inspire my muse. So thanks to Ian Webster for a fun synth that sounds brilliant! 

I can warmly recommend this synth for bird song, orchestral textures, electric guitars and synthwave. Probably for everything else you throw at it, too! :)

Flamingo Kid and the Movie Box

Flamingo Kid and the Movie Box (One Synth Challenge: YAVA4)

My entry for the KVR OSC 121 "Any Synth", done solely with the Stigma synthesizer plugin. Except for the drums sounds *cough, cough* I tried not to tweak the internal sound engine via Stigma's built-in Sound Manager. https://www.fullbucket.de/music/stigma.html
Stigma: 19 instances, LoudMax: 2 instances, some (non-modulating!) Reaper effects
Recorded with Reaper 64
Reaper project: https://www.fullbucket.de/music/demo/darkdrums.rpp

KVR OSC

Full Bucket - Dark Drums (KVR OSC 121)

Made for the KVR OSC 121. Synthesizer of choice - Synth1. DAW: Reaper. Detailed track info can be found on KVR forum.

Nightmare City (OSC 121)

This track made for the One Synth Challenge #121. All sounds made by the FREE synth Synth1. [Note commercial synths are allowed this round]. Only DAW and free 3rd party plugins used.

DAW: Reaper

Track details
32 * Synth1
30 * ReaEQ
3 * Bass Professor Mark II
2 * Limiter No. 6
9 * JS MIDI Note Filter
3 * Oril River
1 * TAL Reverb 4
3 * TDR Kotelnikov

Master
TDR VOS SlickEQ
Ferric TDS
Voxengo MSED
Loudmax 
Limiter No. 6

Metering
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2

Enjoy

DoctorBob - LindyHoppers - (OSC #121 Anysynth - Synth1)

DoctorBob