One Synth Challenge #186: Any Two Synths Challenge (second edition)

KVR One Synth Challenge  OSC

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)

This track made for the One Synth Challenge #186. All sounds made made either Synth1 or Triple Cheese VSTi's. Only DAW and free 3rd party FX used.

DAW: Reaper

Track Details:
12 * Synth1
8 * Triple Cheese
20 * ReaEQ
1 * Bass Professor
4 * Oril River
3 * TDR Nova
8 * OTT
1 * Twin Delay

Master:
SlickEQ
MSED
Limiter No. 6

Meter:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter

Stats:
LUFS: -14.3 dB
DR: 11

Jazz on the Beach - OSC #186 - Synth1 and Triple Cheese

James Mullen had his first day, or rather his first night in the London police force on that foggy 31 August 1888. He was excited and proud at the same time and he was scared... He shouldn't be afraid, he was a policeman after all! Nevertheless, an uneasy feeling crept over him that simply could not be suppressed. He didn't like being out at night and yet he tried not to let on that he would rather be at home in his bed than prowling through the darkest streets of London in the middle of the night... 

He turned into Buck's Row and suddenly stopped... ‘What's that...?’ He walked slowly towards the small pile in the alley. It was dark and he couldn't see his hand in front of his eyes. Only now did he realise that he had not yet lit his lamp, even though his instructor had told him to do so again and again. 

He lit his lamp and shone it in the direction of the heap on the road and immediately wished he hadn't. Staring in fear and horror, he couldn't believe what he was seeing and without realising it, he cried like he had never cried before in his life... 

‘You'll never forget your first day at the police station’ said his mum with a smile as he said goodbye to her. She was right...

Made for KVR OSC 186 with Apricot and MinimogueVA

Whitechapel

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #186 : Any Two Synths Challenge (Second Edition).

All sounds created with Vital and TAL NoizeMak3r.

In a disturbing turn of events, Spaceman D. Bassman flirts dangerously with major scales, gets sassy with a saxophonist, plays Arkanoid on his Grandpa's Amiga, does some cleaning round the house, and brings it all to a climax while totally amped up to the max on Tequila, Pimms and Irn Bru.

Reaper 7
Vital (17)
TAL NoizeMak3r (2)

Track FX : DAW Native
ReaComp (8)
ReaMIDIControl (1)
ReaEQ (12)
ReaDelay (1)
ReaVerb (2)

Track FX : 3rd Party
ChowTapeModel (2)
Distorque Rangebastard (1)
MAutopan (2)
TAL Reverb 4 (1)
Toneboosters Reverb 3 (1)
TDR Kotelnikov (1)
TDR Nova (1)
Sixth Sense Deelay (2)

2 BUS FX
TDR Kotelnikov (1)
TDR Nova (2)
TB Barricade 3 (1)
Cockos Loudness Meter (1)

OSC186 - Any Two Synths Challenge (Second Edition)

Skull Nugget

Realizing There's Nothing More I Can Do (OSC186 Vital+Deelay)

My entry in the so-called "One Synth Challenge" on KVR, round #186: "Any Two Synths". Brutal feedback please!

DAW: Reaper
FX counts (excluding monitoring plugins):
- Odin2 x17
- WhispAir x5
- Stereo Width x3
- OrilRiver x1
- TDR Nova x1
- ReaComp x1
- ReaDelay x1
- ReaEQ x7
- ReaLimit x4

Seven Years Have I Been Waiting

in 31edo. for OSC 186.
Made with Saike Partials and Noise Engineering Ruina, in Reaper.