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A collection of tracks I made for the "One Synth Challenge" is a contest on KVRaudio.com. Each month a free software synthesizer is chosen. Participants then use only that instrument to make all sounds for a complete track.

OSC archive

One Synth Challenge #127: Any One u-he Synth

Inspired by the classic scifi novel of the same name.
Conceptual tech-house narrative: space launch, first contact, communications break down where in battle ensues.

All made using U-He's beta version of the Hive synthesizer (48 instances if you care about those things). All patches created by me. Programmed and mixed in Live 9 using native effects and TDR Kotelnikov, Nova67P and Limiter6. 

Mote in Gods Eye (OSC71 Hive)

All sound derived from the Tortured Piano Free Sounds library by Tim Prebble. Contest found here: http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/tortured-piano-remix-competition

I wanted to do something clockworky, crunchy and clunky. It turned into sort of an industrial dubstep monster.

Weaponized Piano

Ableton Live 9
45 or more tracks. Camel Crush and built in Live effects.


How It All Falls To Pieces (OSC74 Dexed)

All sounds produced with the Mac version of 20 or so instances of 
Audjoo Helix synth. 

V2, added a bit more melodic structure and dynamics. Fine-tuned the mix a bit.

Only effects used were built-in Ableton live plugins as follows: 
EQ8, Saturation, Dynamic Tube, Reverb, Ping-Pong Delay, Compressor, Utility. 

In addition, TAL Tube and Yohng's W1 limiter were used on the master bus as seen in the image.

BPM: 108
About 30 Helixes were used.

The Locusts Approach v2.0 (OSC37 Helix Beta)

Track  done for KVR One Synth Challenge

All sounds are from U-HE Zebralette 
30x Zebralette

besh - Zebrastreifen

Entry for the March KVR One Synth Challenge contest. All sounds made with many tracks of Schwa's Olga synthesizer using Ableton Live. Effects used: Ableton EQ, Tube, Saturation; Voxengo Tube Amp, Overtone GEQ; Molot, W1

Motes and Beams (OSC38 Olga)

All sounds in this track were created using over 30 instances of Arturia Mini V virtual synthesizer. Programmed and mixed in Ableton Live 8. 

Additional processing with Ableton Live's built in EQ, Saturation, Compressor, Reverb, Ping Pong Delay, Fxpansion's Free Compressor, Limiter 6, and Voxengo's free parametric EQ.

Sound design by me.

Feeling Free (OSC 42 Minimoog-V)

First entry for OSC contest for Dune. Something quite a bit different. Wanted to see how realistic I could get Dune to sound.

About 30 tracks using Dune BE, Ableton Live effects: Compressors, Reverb, Amp, Cabinet, EQ, Ping Pong Delay; Limiter 6, FXpansion DCAM compressor.

Sumer Night Drive Time (OSC43 Dune BE)

*Aug 21, updated with better mastering.

All sounds made using Synapse-Audio's free synth "Dune BE" in Ableton Live. 

Orchestral Dubstep if that's a genre.

Tracks:
41 instances of Dune BE
Effects:
Ableton EQ Eight, Saturation, Dynamic Tube, Compressor, Reverb, Utility
TAL Reverb, Dub
Fxpansion DCAM Free Compressor
DDMF ColourEQ
Camel Audio Camel Crusher
Voxengo Overtone GEQ
Vladg Limiter 6

Arrakis Revisited (OSC 43 Dune BE)

Made for KVR OSC #127
FL Studio 20.0.5
1 instances of Triple Cheese by u-he

DAW FX's:
1x Fruity parametric EQ 2
1x Maximus

Statistics:
Max momentary loudness -8,4 LUFS
Max short term loudness -10,8 LUFS
Integrated loudness -14,0 LUFS
Loudness range  9,7 LU
True peak L -1,22db
True peak R -1,25db
DC offset L +0%
DC offset R +0%

The Chosen One (Triple Cheese)

This track was made using u-he's Tyrell N6 VST as my submission for this month's One Synth Challenge organized at KVRAudio forum. I have used 6 instances of Tyrell N6 to create this track in FL Studio as DAW. FX used (all are freeware VSTs) are Dragon Reverb x1, NastyDLA x3, Engineer's Filter x1, Reviber x1, FerricTDS x1, TDR Nova x1, LoudMax x1.

Nostalgia EP

To The Void

"World of Percussions"

Download the MP3, the streaming is muffled!

12x TripleCheese U-He synth to fill the spectrum for 2:57

DAW: Ableton Live 9
Ableton Effects: eq x track, compressor x track, delay, reverb, limiter, ulitilty, spectrum
Non Ableton: Max1 Limiter

OSC  #127

world of percussions

Bazille CM in Bitwig Studio 3

15 Tracks
26 Instances of Bazille CM

Bitwig Effects:
EQ-5
Compressor
Delay-1
Delay-2
Delay-4
Chorus
Reverb
Tool
Dynamics
MultibandFX-2
MultibandFX-3

3rd Party Effects
TDR Nova
Limiter No6
iZotope Ozone Imager
OTT
Melda MLoudnessAnalyzer

Mastering Chain:
Multiband FX-3 and FX-2 to split into 4 bands, iZotope Ozone Imager to control stereo field.
TDR Nova for EQ
TDR Nova for Dynamic EQ
Limiter No6 Compressor -> Soft Limiter -> Brickwall Limiter
MLoudnessAnalyzer to -14 LUFS

One Synth Challenge #127 (Any U-he Synth) - Wayward and Forsaken

OSC challenge track using only 63 instances of U-He's Hive synth.

Made in Live 10 suite. Using EQ, Compression, Gate, Limiter, Convolution Reverb, U-he Satin, and Presswerk, and OTT.

AIs Internalize Their Problems (OSC 127 Hive2)

KVR One Synth Challenge using Tal Uno LX1.1 virtual synth to create all the sounds you hear.  About 22 instances of the synth. Made in Live 9 using built in plug-ins, EQ, Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Amp, and Saturation.

Rain or Tears (OSC50 Tal U-No)

KVRaudio.com's One Synth Challenge. All sounds created and programmed with Matt Tytel's amazing Vital synthesizer. That's right no singer was harmed in the production of this track. Vocals were programmed too.

IN "Truly Alive" I wanted to channel the Cyberpunk ethos. The scene, a rainy dystopian city scape. An emotional AI pining for a love that can never return. 

Lyrics:
The night is young, inside i wait alone
Looking out upon the city and everything we sold
Take the glory take the pain take it all if we're together
if you could come back to me cuz one thing lasts for ever

Will this last for ever?

Time plays in revers
I'm falling in love with the memory of you
Shadows fill my dreams and when they leave
all they leave is a memory of you

You put your hand on my heart 
feel it beat in time with you
the first time i feel truly alive
magic all around comes true
You put your hand on my heart 
feel it beat in time with you
floating weightless through the stars
magic all around comes true

It's One A.M. outside I hear the rain
Beating on the concrete beating on my heart again
All i have are memories of when we were together
We were dancing on the rainy streets one thing lasts for ever.

You put your hand on my heart 
feel it beat in time with you
the first time i feel truly alive
magic all around comes true
You put your hand on my heart 
feel it beat in time with you
floating weightless through the stars
magic all around comes true

AIs Internalize Their Problems (OSC 127 Hive2)

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