Getting inspired to maybe get ma classical on?

Bravo.  Great composition and sounds that do it justice IMHO.  Great work

Like this part. Huge effort to compose all this.

I really respect the ambition of this. A lot of nice work has gone into the composition.

Hard to get decent instrument sounds from this synth, but I reckon all up you two have made this a success.

these sounds are gold! You should release them as a preset library.

KVR One Synth Challenge  OSC

DAW: REAPER
14 Instances of VOPM - all sounds programmed from scratch.
Each track has Bootsy BootEQMkII
One reverb buss with Bootsy epicverb and TWest widen (to spread the reverb)
Master chain Bootsy EQ again, Classic Compressor and Limiter

This piece composed by my daughter.

All notes for all instruments scored and midi file exported.

1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, Horns 1 and 3, Horns 2 and 4, Violins 1 and 2, Viola and Contrabass

There were 5848 notes entered! OK, some copy/paste of some phrases kept the work down a bit.

Key sigs used (other than C/Amin)  Atrimus 1#, Apollo 4#, Hephastus 6#, Hades 4b ).

All the instruments except Clarinet and Contrabass were all doubled up with slightly altered sounds with detuning applied to get fatter and better sounds. The sounds from VOPM are really quite thin.

Very hard to get sounds which are not like Yamaha DX FM bell/boings. 

Each movement is for a different set of Greek Gods - see the timeline for these.

Because the overall track is long, you might like to dip into the different movements and listen to your favourites!

Hope you enjoy. The tempo varies from movement to movement. 115,98,108,52,108,76,72 bpms.

Photo by me of a Greek church in Santorini.



DoctorBob - The Greek Gods - (OSC 63 VOPM)

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)

All sounds made in u-He Hive2 for KVR's One Synth Challenge #198 (or maybe #200)

Mixture of factory presets, tweaked presets, and made from init.

Oppressively Humid Swamp Ambient

made for the mighty "OSC 200" AKA #198 
#12 Modelonia synth ("The Small Modelonia Orchestra")
-Ableton Live, Ableton Delay, Reverb, Compressor, Equalizers
- 1: ValhallaSuperMassive, 1:  Beat Skillz Max 1

A Tornado Upsets The Grass On The Plain

This Track was made for the kvr OSC challange. It was made using only NI MassiveX for every sound.

Plugins used with number of instances:  
NI MassiveX x30
Shaperbox x20 (cableguys (used only the volumeshaper for sidechaining))
Fabfilter ProQ3 x21
NI Raum x2
kHs Transient Shaper x1
Valhalla Delay x1
Mcompressor x1
SPAN x1
Izotope Ozone 9 (used the maximizer EQ and dynamic EQ modules) x1
4U Project Time x1

DAW: Reaper

Made for KVR One-Synth-Challenge 198
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-198-any-one-synth

bzz - Hydrop(h)onic Experiments

Endless journeys aboard The Restless Train, driven by soaring leads and beautiful guitars — a train that doesn’t just whistle, but sings along the way.

Synth: U-he ZebraHZ

DAW Studio One 7 (40 Instances)

Plugins:
Replika XT
Raum
Neutron 3 (Compressor and Equalizer)
DearVR pro 2
Ozone 9
Youlean Loudness Meter 2

Artwork by https://www.craiyon.com/

Eylumar - The Restless Train (OSC#198)

Here's my OSC for August 2025 made in Bitwig with all sounds coming from Serum 2 made from init.

using 29 instances of Serum 2 and the following vsts.

BX Masterdesk Pro
UADX Capitol Mastering Compressor
TDR Kotelnikov GE
UADX Hitsville Reverb chamber
UAD SSL G Bus Compressor
Kickstart 2
TDR Elliptical
TDR Arbiter
TDR Ultrasonic
TDR Infrasonic
Blackhole Immersive
UADX 175-b compressor
TDR Nova GE
QuantX
UAD 1176AE Compressor
UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ
Fresh Air
UAD 1176 FET Compressor
TDR Prism
TDR Limiter 6 GE
UAD Pultec MEQ-5 EQ
Khs Delay
UAD API 2500 buss compressor
UAD Studer A800 Tape Recorder

bitwig fx:
tool
note transpose
instrument layer
Humanize
Delay-2
instrument selector

A brief moment in time (when everyone had thought it had happened)

My entry for OSC198. All sounds made with the virtual synth Primer 2.

The Lure (by phankiejankie303)

This song has been sequenced Using my Synthstrom Audible Deluge groovebox for the OSC#198 challenge. Every sound has been made from init with the synth engine of this device. I then imported the stems and recorded additionnal deluge synth sounds using Bitwig. Hope you enjoy!

Black Wink (OSC#198 Deluge HW Synth)

20x Synthmaster One https://www.kv331audio.com/synthmasterone.aspx
& free plugins
krk go aux 3, hd 330

Overstimulation

UC - OVERSTIMULATION [KVROSC 198 200th Anniversary]

This track is composed with RipplerX a free modelling synth by Tilr for KVR OSC199, all sounds ar made from scratch
Instruments:
33x  VST3i: RipplerX (Tilr)

Effects:
JS: Delay (Floaty)
JS: Limiter 3 (Tukan)
VST3: MCCGenerator (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MCompressor (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MConvolutionEZ (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MEqualizer (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MTuner (MeldaProduction)
VST3: Raum (Native Instruments)
VST3: AtomicReverbFree (MolecularBytes)
VST3: SkyNet (Shift Line)
VST3: TAL Reverb 4 Plugin (TAL-Togu Audio Line)
VST3: kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)
Master: 
JS: RCInflator 2 (Oxford Edition)
VST3: BLENDEQ (AnalogObsession)
VST3: POORTEC (AnalogObsession)


DoctorBob - The Greek Gods - (OSC 63 VOPM)

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