One Synth Challenge #164: Ghost (beta) by exacoustics

Frank Geppert

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

Reflections, Synthesizer Music made with a free open source synthesizer.

Reflections

DAW: StudioOne 5

32 x Surge XT
33 x PRO Eq
 3 x Compressor
 1 x Limiter
 1 x Surge XT Effect

Surge Again OSC #159

My submission for KVRs OSC#160, using ADLplug by jpcima as only sound source.

DAW: Ardour 6.9 on ArchLinux

31 instances of ADLplug, some of them multi-layered per Carla-Patchbay.

Plugins used:

Internal:
-ACE Compressor
-ACE Filter

LSP:
-Parametric EQ
-Slapback 
-Sidechain Compressor

airwindows:
-BitGlitter
-Galactic
-Texturize
-Cojones
-Air2
-ToTape5
-ToTape6 (no flutter, saturation only)

Calf:
-Compressor
-Envelope Filter
-Bass Enhancer
-Exciter
-Vintage GxDelay

B.Music:
-B.Schaffl (this is gold on hihats)
-B.Shapr (transients only, no pitch shifting)

Guitarix:
-GxDelay-Stereo
-GxCabinet
-GxDelay

TAP:
-TAP Scaling Limiter
-TAP Tubewarmth

X42:
-MIDI Strum
-Parametric EQ

and...
-ZaMultiCompX2
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-Foldover Distortion by Steve Harris
-Wolf Shaper

Master Chain:
-LSP Parametric EQ
-ToTape5
-LSP Multiband Compressor
-ReFine
-LSP Stereo Limiter
-x42-Digital Peak Limiter

MyLoFy - A Daily Lesson

This is my entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #163 May 2022.
All sounds are made with the "CardinalSynth" AU plugin by DISTRHO in Logic Pro X.

OSC Songs

Cardinal Sin (OSC#163 Sep 2022)

Trench has discovered that her combine harvester goes faster when she plays drum n bass. Who knows why? Perhaps there's some sort of spiritual connection between the clutch and the bass? The build is great - the cutter starts up and there's a steady stream of grain into the hopper. When you get to the drop, it seems to be racing through the fields. 

The only problem is the breakdown...

My entry for the 164th edition of KVR's One Synth Challenge. All sounds made using Ghost, a forthcoming synth by exacoustics. As of October 2022, it's still in beta.

No machines were harmed in the making of this track.

Machine in the Ghost - OSC 164 (2nd)

Check out the video as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu6djXNKKU

Entry for KVR's One Synth Challenge, October 2022

Featuring Exacoustic's Ghost (beta)!

Plug-ins used:
21 x Ghost (instrument)
9 x Stereo Delay
6 x Space Designer
6 x Channel EQ
3 x Compressor
1 x Limiter

Cape Canaveral

Made using GHOST 0.3.6 for the KVR One Synth Challenge. Everything is done via synth, no samples or external modulation used.

This was a lot of fun to make as I used to spend a lot of time trying to make rock tracks using very old MIDI gear (like, SC-55 old) by manipulating them as much as I could. I went with a similar approach here.

OSC164

Entrance of Torment - OSC#164 (ChristopherWD)

Track info Chasing Ghosts:

Used DAW: Bitwig Studio 4.4
Ghost instances: 17
Used DAW native devices: a couple of tools, eq+s, compressors, peak limiters and one reverb.
All other effects are from Ghost

Chasing Ghosts

Solidtrax - Chasing Ghosts

OSC entry for Oct 2022. All sounds made with 30+ instances Exacoustic's "Ghost" virtual synthesizer in Ableton Live.

Polygeist (OSC 164 Ghost)

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)

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

Polygeist (OSC 164 Ghost)

JXSXNSKX