This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge with all sounds created by the VSTi Thorn.

DAW: Reaper

Track Details:
6 * Thorn
1 * VEQ4 Mono (Waves)
5 * VEQ4 Stereo (Waves)
3 * TDR NOVA GE
1 * Oril River

Master :
Voxengo MSED
TDR VOS SlickEQ
TDR Limiter No 6 GE

Meter:
SPAN
YouLean Loudness Meter

Stats:
LUFS: -17.6
DR: 12

Enjoy

Relaxing in the Sunset - OSC #193 - Thorn

Made for One Synth Challenge #193

22 instances of Thorn synth
Plugins used:
Equal (TR6)
One (TR6)
Stereo Savage
kHs Haas
Opto Comp (TR6)

for all other effects, internal Thorn FXs were used.

Effect at the end (pitch shift like effect) was made using Thorn automation and internal Thorn effects.

PeterBPL - Thorny Issues

It's my submission to KVR's One Synth Challenge #193, featuring the Thorn synth by DS Audio

Placed 6th.

Thorn

johnkhf - Short Circuit Shuffle OSC194

Loris - Wake Up
Reaper 7

108 instances of Monolit

FX Used: 
Gclip
frequency spectrum analyzer
VUMeter
Voxengo SPAN
Signilizer
KHz Distortion
ReaComp
ReaPhaseRotator - to try to get the sine wave in the kick phase aligned
MCompressor
KHz Clipper
ReaXComp
ReaEQ
Khz Reverb
KHz Filter
Ozone 8 Imager
MBandPass
Mequalizer
KHz Delay
MConvolutionEZ
KHz Formant Filter
Khz transientShaper
Ohmicide - not used to its full potential
ReaLimit
MCharmVerb
Khz gain
MComb - for light accentuation on percussion
Khz Stereo
KHz trance Gate

This song took several tries to get to where i want it. Once i fleshed out the idea, i started layering sounds to get a fuller feel for the track and to decorate the space. im particularly proud of the kick which is three active instances of the synth, i crafted the envelopes down to the milisecond and used an oscilliscope to precisely dial in the timing. I had several initial approaches for the kick none of which worked well. I worked a lot on the percussion to get metallic sounds using the FM function of the synth and also using a lot of EQ to peak frequencies. I woulnd say i went full 11/10 but i went 9/10 on EQ. I also used some distortion, to about 8/10. I accentuated sounds but did not completely distroy them. A lot of texture to certain percussion was obtained by layering different sounds at different pitches and also different FM ratios etc. Playing with envelopes goes a long way. 

The bass sounds are all very simple actually and most are a few layers deep with different waveforms FMing at different ratios and pitches. I was gonna go ballistic on the basses and use EQ, clipping and even convolution to obliterated the sound. But to avoid being DQ i opted for the PG 13 version. 

the amount of automation in this project with greater than 100 instances of the synth has made it a chore to navigate. Some midi clips have 6 or 7 layers of automation and other have only one but heavily adjusted everywhere. the automation i used the most is volume. Cutting sounds so they dont interfere with other sounds and to cut reverb tails, and also to shape sounds since i did not like the way the envelopes in the synth itself worked at times. Working with audio clips would have made this much more easy. I do not think i will go this hard for OSC ever again. But then again...it was kinda fun...

The song is clipped and compressed severely. I could have pushed it harder but i did NOT!! in order to preserve that last gasp of dynamic range that was slowly waiting to die. This is not a ballad, or classical, its dubstep - or something like it. 

The song got its name from the distinct digital alarm sound that we're all so familiar with. I used it in the buildup, in the drop, everywhere...

Nothing on the master except Gclip and ReaLimiter. 

Thats all i got

Loris - Wake Up!

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge with all sounds created by the VSTi Monolit.

Thanks to Taron for letting me use a refined version of his bass patch.

DAW: Reaper

Track details:
15 * Monolit, Bass Professor, Piz midiPolyphony, Oril River, OTT, ReaEQ
Master Details:
TDR VOS SlickEQ, Voxengo MSED, Limiter No 6.
Meter:
SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter
Stats:
LUFS: -13.0, DR: 9

Enjoy

A Trio awaits us - OSC #194 - Monolit

Made for KVR One-Synth-Challenge 194
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-194-monolit

bzz - Silicon Dreaming

Check out YouTube version: https://youtu.be/CiEgYpJuoZQ

Submission for One Synth Challenge #194 - "Monolit".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-194-monolit

More music:

VVasabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHc3NVnn4s
Spicestorm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMZWzKNYczA 
Hope Remains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XBo9-Mqyg
Dystopia Today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrO-ymAqCAc
Danger Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb0av_71N38

This time I focused on rough analog tones and glitchy sound effects this synth is really capable of. Sometimes limited instruments like this can bring new ideas more effectively than a feature packed commercial product. It makes you want to tweak it rather than constantly switching through hundreds of presets. Though, I had to multitrack it sometimes to get thicker sounds and polyphonic patches, but since OSC188 I'm not afraid of that.

The idea of the song came after watching a new T*** movie trailer.

48 instances used to create a track.

Trailblazer

Trailblazer (OSC#194)

STREAM: linktr.ee/neukatalyst

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Final Placement: 5/40 (top 5!)
Made for KVR Audio's "One Synth Challenge" #196

This month, it was "Primer 2" by Audible Genius. Primer 2 was the only synth used across multiple instances, including all drums. Only stock-effects and perpetually-free effects were used to process them and the master. Other usual rules apply: no samples, paid effects, or self-modulating effects.

-DAW:
FL Studio 2024

-Instances used:
20	Primer 2

-Effects, excluding FL controllers/modulators:
1	Burier
5	DC1A3
2	EQUO
2	Exoverb
1	Filtron
15	Flux Mini 2
1	FP Hype (Patcher)
5	Fruity Balance
1	Fruity PanOMatic
9	Fruity Parametric EQ 2
1	kHs Bitcrush
2	kHs Clipper
1	kHs Distortion
4	kHs Dynamics
1	kHs Gain
1	kHs Gate
1	kHs Haas
1	kHs Nonlinear Filter
2	kHs Ring Mod
1	kHs Stereo
3	kHs Transient Shaper
1	Knock Off (Patcher)
2	LePhonk
1	LoudMax
3	Magic Dice
1	MONSTR
1	OTT
1	peakeater
1	Soundgoodizer
1	Sphere
3	TB_EZQ_v3
1	Trash Lite
1	TugSpect
1	UltimUtility
1	Valhalla Supermassive
2	Vapor
1	Wider

Neu KatalYst - 1437 [KVR OSC #196: Primer 2] [DnB]

My Submission for August 2025 OSC. 7 Tracks, powered by FLStudio and Quilcomm's Trout. Maximus for loudness.

Based on various incarnations of the Trautonium - a Synth Design originating in the 1930's. I chose Trout because I've wanted to try my hand as something very old and very strange with the plugin. And oh my - it's strange.

Cover is AI generated this time - Colors and some things fixed/added afterwards. My blender skills aren't THAT good. 

Early synths defined some of the sounds and vibes that powered Science Fiction, so I went with something that evoked a dangerous and strange job in space. Enjoy!



Relaxing in the Sunset - OSC #193 - Thorn

DoctorBob