One Synth Challenge #140: Pendulate

OSC My Favs

KVR One Synth Challenge  OSC

Made for the KVR One Synth Challenge 155:
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2022/osc-155-any-one-synth
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=575714

All sounds made entirely from scratch with the Roland System-8 hardware synthesizer on the System-8 Model.
DAW: FL-Studio 20.9
Instances / Recordings: 40 Audio Tracks

DAW Plugins:
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [22], Fruity Limiter [3], Fruity Stereo Enhancer [14], Fruity Delay 2 [4], Fruity Delay 3 [4], Fruity Reeverb 2 [3], Fruity Convolver [1]

3rd Party Free:
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 [1], Melda MCompressor [2], Analog Obsession LOVEND [2], Xfer OTT [8], TAL Reverb 2 [3]

3rd Party Commercial:
Waves H-Reverb [II]

3rd Party I got it for free but it´s actually Commercial:
Izotope Ozone 8 Elements [1]

No wolves were harmed during the production of this track.
Mixed and Mastered by a Neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystal.

Impedance Music - DPSS (OSC#155 - Roland System-8)

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

DLA (Osc156 - Synister)

The servant robots have sensed that an attack is eminent.

OSC156 Down Everybody (Synister) 22/25 88%

Monthly OSC contest track using Synister to create all sounds in Ableton Live 11. 
A melancholic track for the times.

Techquiem (OSC 156 - Synister)

My submission for the One Synth Challenge, using Synister https://the-synister.github.io/ as only sound source.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ3wYgS0TIM

DAW: Ardour 6.9 on Archlinux
38x Synister instances via yabridge/wine

Audio Effects:
-LSP Parametric Stereo EQ
-Calf Vintage Delay
-ZaMultiCompx2
-ACE Compressor
-airwindows Reverb
-TAP Tubewarmth
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-Wolf Shaper

MIDI effects:
-B.Schaffl
-x42 MIDI Strum

Masterbus:
-Luftikus EQ
-LSP Parametric EQ (Stereo and MidSide)
-LSP Stereo Compressor
-airwindows ToTape5
-Refine
-x42 DPL Limiter

MyLoFy - Shattered

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)

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)

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)

not dance but...

29 Pedulate synths in Ableton Live
+ Abeton Reverbs, Delays, Compressors, EQs

Desktop

World Mechanics

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge #140 using only sounds made by the VSTi Pendulate, DAW FX, and free 3rd party non-modulating FX.

DAW: Reaper 5.99

Track Details:
22 * Pendulate
21 * ReaEQ
2 * Bass Professor Mark 2
2 * LFX-1310
2 * JS MIDI Note Filter
3 * PizMidiPolyphony
3 * Oril River
2 * Pecheneg Tremolo
9 * OTT

Master:
TDR VOS SlickEQ
Ferric TDS
Voxengo MSED
LoudMax 64-bit

Metering:
SPAN
YouLean Loudness Meter 2 (free)

Stats:
LUFS: -12.6
DR: 9

DoctorBob -Progressive Pendulums -OSC #140 Pendulate

Tried to make a cinematic soundtrack that is unsettling, yet emotional and hopefully provides some closure.

As always, everything is synthesized and MIDI; no samples were used.

DAW: Reaper 6
Pendulate : 23 instances
Native FX: ReaComp, ReaEQ, ReEQ, ReaGate, ReaControlMIDI
3rd Party Free FX: RandArp, Leveling Tool, SN03-G Tape Recorder, OrilRiver, SuperMassive, Cocoa Delay, GClip, LoudMax, W1 Limiter,  OTT, MAutopan, A1StereoControl
Mastering: JS: DC Filter, TDR SlickEQ, TDR Nova, TDR Kotelnikov, GClip, LoudMax
Metering: SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter 2

Tempest

Tempest (OSC 140 Pendulate)

Music made for the OSC Challenge 140, using only Pendulate to create all the sounds.

DAW: FL Studio 20.6
Pendulate: 55 instances

FL Effects: 
Fruity Parametric EQ2, Fruity Compressor, Fruity Limiter, Fruity Balance, Fruity Reeverb 2, Fruity Delay 3, Stereo Enhancer, Fruity Send, Fruity Delay Bank

3rd Party effect: OTT

Three Movements Of A Complex Pendulum

Leo Amaral - Three Movements Of A Complex Pendulum

"Watch... as a young ambitious camel, dreaming of getting both very rich AND entering the Kingdom of Heaven, sets off on an epic journey in search of the Big Giant Needle. A tale of dusty plains, dazzling cities and, of course, genies and bottles. Will The Eye remain shut...or open to reveal it's wonders ?"

Entry for the One Synth Challenge 140 ( Pendulate by Newfangled Audio ) at kvraudio.com

EQ was not used for sounddesign purposes.
No transient processing was used to create percussion. 
All 100% Pendulate.

The main players are:
12 instruments  (  flute-ish, reed-ish, 3 plucks , mallet, brassy, brassy-stringy, bass - sustained, bass - pluck )
7 SFX  ( buzz, creaky, metallic, noisy trickle, not-noisy trickle, bubbly laser sweep )  
10 percussives ( kick, snare (2i), clap, cymbal, hat, crackly boom, hand drum, short tom ) 

The support caravan:
ReaControlMIDI ( transposing to get noise )
BlueARP (4)  ( on SFX and briefly on Mallet )
TAL Dub II as bus effect for some instruments and SFX )
Valhalla Supermassive ( insert for Brassy  ) 
ReaQ (5)  ( light EQ'ing, light HP-filtering ) 
TDR Nova 12 ( light EQ'ing, light HP-filtering and sidechaining of kick to bass, also on master bus)
Blue Cat's triple EQ 4  (2) ( stereo control for Sustained Bass )
Oril River (14) ( seven pairs of mono instances )
ReaVerb ( very, very  lightly on master bus ) 
Chebyshev LP  ( on master bus ) 
Ozone Imager 2 ( on master bus )
Limiter No6 ( on master  bus )
Signalizer
Voxengo SPAN
Voxengo Correlometer
Youlean Loudness Meter 2