It can be hard to hear a signal 100 miles away—so what does it take to build a beacon loud enough to be heard 100,000 light years away? In this episode, we explore galactic beacons: powerful transmissions that may teach, warn, or outlast the minds that made them.

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Galactic Beacons
Episode 440b; April 1, 2024
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics: Darth Biomech, Jeremy Jozwik, Ken York YD Visual, Sergio Botero
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images 
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Galactic Beacons: Teaching Tools or Tombstones?

An old track I did in Novation Launchpad App.

RUNTHAPLACE

This is my submission to the #kvraudio #OneSynthChallenge #195 featuring the VST Synth Ragnaroek by FullBucket. 
All sounds are coming from the Synth acompanied by a number of moderate tone shaping, mixing and mastering fx. I Mix/Master with MeldaProduction EQ/Compressor, Auburn Lense, Loudmax Limiter. All fx free or built into the DAW. DAW is Bitwig 5.3.x. No Samples. No Postprocessing after the audio export.
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Ragnarök 2 by Full Bucket and Crimson Warlock

Last encountered in OSC70 this synth is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Ragnarök 2 is an update of this unique synth simulating a custom-built one-of-a-kind analog synthesizer from 1980. It is written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU consumption.

Ragnarök is the collaborative work of Hans Peter aka CrimsonWarlock aka TechnoGremlin (synth concept, GUI design, user manual, patch programming) and Björn aka Full Bucket (DSP+GUI+patch programming). Read more about the background of this project in the user manual and in the respective KVR thread! https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620481

░▒▓  ømph ▓▒░

Hope you like my music
support me & follow me 🖤 thank you

NEW ALBUM "OUTRUN" 
https://leeaav.bandcamp.com/album/outrun

leeaav.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/LEEAAV
www.instagram.com/leeaavmusic/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQvZicpqOCeDkWa8NUslJg

#pop #popmusic #music #indie #indiemusic #electronic #electro #electronicmusic #rock #rockmusic #dark #deep #sad #wave #new #foryou #youtube #alternative #experimental #song #synthwave #metal #edm #dance #idm #singer #scary #drama #emotional #ballad #triphop #dubstep #house #edm #rave #cyberpunk #glitch #darkobsession #rockmusic #viral #punk #postpunk #guitar #shoegaze #ambient #psychedelic #progressive #acid #soviet #rap #hiphop #rapping #rapper #emotional #drama #depechemode #indierock #folk #indiedance #dance #deephouse #ghost #of #you #viral

GHOST OF YOU

made for KVR "One Synth Challenge" with Full Bucket Ragnarok 2

ZioMau - jasf2 (not so stupid)

Hope you like my music
support me & follow me 🖤 thank you

NEW ALBUM "OUTRUN" 
https://leeaav.bandcamp.com/album/outrun

leeaav.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/LEEAAV
www.instagram.com/leeaavmusic/
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPQvZicpqOCeDkWa8NUslJg

#pop #popmusic #music #indie #indiemusic #electronic #electro #electronicmusic #rock #rockmusic #dark #deep #sad #wave #new #foryou #youtube #alternative #experimental #song #synthwave #metal #edm #dance #idm #singer #scary #drama #emotional #ballad #triphop #dubstep #house #edm #rave #cyberpunk #glitch #darkobsession #rockmusic #viral #punk #postpunk #guitar #shoegaze #ambient #psychedelic #progressive #acid #soviet #rap #hiphop #rapping #rapper #emotional #drama #depechemode #indierock #folk #indiedance #dance #deephouse #ghost #of #you #viral #bad #people #badpeople #2step #futuregarage 

BAD PEOPLE

Made all sounds from only Full Bucket Music's Ragnarok 2
https://www.fullbucket.de/music/ragnarok.html

Ragnarok 2 x 27
Bitwig 5.3.8
Bitwig FX: Delay+, EQ+, Compressor+, Dynamics, Tool
Other FX: vladg Limiter no6, TDR Nova, XFer OTT, Dragonfly Room, Valhalla Supermassive

z.prime - Boom Boom Tss

Created with  OSC 196 Primer 2 for all sounds.

Feedback of all kind welcomed including critical for improvement.

Daywalker

Created for the One Synth Challenge #197 with 32 Instances of Odin 2 by The Wavewarden in FL Studio 2024. Every sound is made from scratch with Odin 2

--- CHANGELOG 31.07.2025 - 21:59 ---
Changed a transition at 3:43
Changed weird repetition in the outro section, it felt a bit off
Played with the mix / mastering a bit, i'm still not completely happy with it but it's a bit better now
Fixed incorrectly placed space in the track-title inside the thumbnail

Link One Synth Challenge: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-197-odin-2
Link to current VST: https://thewavewarden.com/pages/odin-2

„Nichts Halbes und Nichts Ganzes“ is a german saying for something that is „half baked“ [Translation: „Nothing half, nothing complete“].

Technical Details:
Every sound is made from scratch (init Preset).

DAW: FL Studio 2024
Instances: 32
BPM: 179 and 159
Total Bars: 197

FX:
Fruity Limiter	 [3]
Fruity Maximus [1]
Youlean Loudness Meter2 [1]
Fruiyt Compressor	[2]
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [2]
Fruity Reeverb 2 [2]
Channel EQ [3]

Nichts Halbes und Nichts Ganzes (OSC #197 - Odin2)

Hold ALTO ONLY

One Synth Challenge Entry for Dec 2018 on www.kvraudio.com. All sounds made using TAL-software's Noisemaker synth.

82 instances of Noisemaker. 
Izotope Ozone 7, Trash 2. 
Fab Filter ProEQ2, Timeless. 
UHE Satin, Presswerk, Protoverb. 
XferRecords OTT, LFO Tool. 
Ableton EQ8, Compressor, Convolution Reverb, Pingpong EQ, Utility.

From Primordial Soup (OSC 118 Noisemaker)

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