I think you're right to like this. I do as well. You've composed really enjoyable melodies and arps, and performed them with the right sounds, I think.  It flows beautifully too, seemed to be over in no time at all.

This is of the best rhythms this round.  Really flowing, like a lazy locomotive.  As Elex says - you have every reason to be proud of this one.  It feels just right.  Full marks from me.

Dig this percussion and the track overall -- good job!

The chord rhythm is like "Let's dance"  -- I like the overall vibe -- and good sounding drums.

nice kind of "meandering piece"... Chill.

I like how those long notes flow from one to another

I enjoy how you've made that evolving loop. Full of events in a long run...

excellent track, enjoyed in listening, sounds so clean

This is lovely too.  So flowing and pleasing.  Should have done much better.

24x Octasine
https://www.octasine.com

Reaper stock plugins
http://reaper.fm

Unknown Challenger

Methylation Plague

UC - Methylation Plague [KVROSC 170]

This is my submission for the OSC 171 Apricot. It was made with 27 instances in Reaper.
Transient Shaper (Kiloheartz)12
TDR Kotelnikov 1
Bass Professor 2
ReaEQ 17
OTT 1
FRANK 1
master_me 1
A1StereoControl 1
Distortion (Kiloheartz) 11
epicPLATE 11
Spaceship Delay 2
Valhalla Supermassive 6
Compressor (Kiloheartz) 2
STUF (ZEEK) 3
ReEQ Parametric Graphic Equalizer 5
A1 TriggerGate 2
SPAN 1

Not as interested this time as much in critical feedback. (Edit: oh go ahead and be critical if you like). I realize it's a bit repetitive. Simplistic bassline. Not even any drum fills. But I really like it as is. A lot. The harmonica sounded like it was saying "down the river". From there I started thinking of a river on fire that was sort of like the infinite corridor in the castlevania tv series on netflix. I might try to find a more representative picture. (Originally uploaded on 5/7/23. On 5/9/23 I went back and changed the high pass on bass and kick from 50hz down to 25 hz or so. And made drums a bit more coherent in general.)

OSC171 Down Fire River (Apricot) 30/44 68%

Final Placement: 39/42 (top 93%)
Made for KVR Audio's "One Synth Challenge" #171

This month, it was nakst's "Apricot:" a hybrid subtractive synth/sampler in CLAP and FL formats. Only one instance of Apricot was used. Other usual rules apply (no samples and no commercial effects). 

DAW:
FL Studio 21

Plugins used:
Apricot x1
(FL) Frequency Splitter x1
Cymatics Origin ("movement" and "chorus" disabled) x1
Fruity Balance x1
Fruity Parametric EQ 2 x1
LoudMax	x1
Magic Dice x1
Ozone Imager 2 x3

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KVR One-Synth Challenge entries

Bath Salts (Apricot)

Neu KatalYst - 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓈 [KVR OSC #171: Apricot] [Vaporwave]

v5 master of my OSC 171 entry
12 instances of Apricot synth in Ableton Live via CLAP adapter (no automation)
Stock effects: eq-eight, compressor, delays, reverb
+ clean machine and Max 1 on master bus

Emergence Of Consciousness

All sounds made using Nakst's brilliant Apricot in Bitwig 5 for KVR OSC 171

amore de piñas

OSC 171 - All sounds developed in Apricot by Nakst including percussion. 19 tracks in Reaper with ReaComp, ReaDelay. TDR Nova EQ, Valhalla Supermassive, and Limiter 6.

bh9090 - Chapter 3

17 x Apricot
DAW: StudioOne6
Host plugins: ProEQ, Compressor, Gate, Limiter, De-Esser, OpenAir,  AnalogDelay
3rd-party plugin: TAL-Filter2

OSC #171 Apricot

Use YouTube version for better listening experience: https://youtu.be/hDqgPPzqh_Y

"Life in a futuristic mega-city turned out to be not so pleasant. Living in an over populated human hive, spending all of your spare time getting to your stupid day job, having to deal with bureaucracy and corrupt administration, being constantly stressed out. Not to mention a hot conflict zone nearby. Seeing military ships flying above your head became normal at some point. All of this, just like it was hundreds years ago. Nothing has changed. At least you can enjoy unearthly colors outside the window while having a mug of synthetic beer in the nearest barroom".

Submission for One Synth Challenge 171 featuring "Apricot" from Nakst.

Another synthwave track with my usual style. The synth itself is nice and seamlessly integrates with my FL Studio. The additions of internal samples and effects were handy for creating sounds. However there are some aspects that could be improved. The biggest disappointment to me was audio rate LFO modulation, especially with sample & hold mode. I cannot explain it correctly but it simply doesn't sound right. Other than that, this instrument would be useful for learning the basics of synthesis.

36 instances of Apricot used to create a track.

One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-171-apricot?authuser=0
Contest Thread: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=596466

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District 171

District 171 (OSC#171)

All sounds by ElVicente, using Apricot soft synth for KVR OSC challenge #171

Dont Wake The Monster

Between the middle of nowhere,
and the edge of nothing,
the Gnomes of Garden still dream.
Of worlds between root and leaves,
between focus and distraction,
between you and me.
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​An entry for One Synth Challenge 171 — Apricot. Made in REAPER, using on tracks:
NAKST Apricot (31 ; 23 patches ) ; TDR Nova ( 7, light cleanup EQ )  ; NastyDLA (1) ; ReaComp

on sends ( 3 reverb, 1 delay ): 
Protoverb (4) ; Oril River (8) ; HOFA System Delay (2) ; HOFA System Pan (12 ) ; TDR Nova (9) ; A1 Stereo Control (3) ; JS mixer (3) ; NastyDLA (1)

on master:
JS mid/side encoder (1) ; JS mid/side decoder (2) ; JS mixer ; Bittersweet (1) ; Limiter No6 (2) ; TDR Nova (3) ; Protoverb (1) ; A1 Stereo Control

OSC171 Down Fire River (Apricot) 30/44 68%

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