Demo

Over 30 instances of Synthmaster CM used to create this "One Synth Challenge" contest entry. Produced in Ableton Live 9 using native effects: compression, autofilter, eq8, saturation, redux, and amp. Used Limiter6 for mastering.

Wither and Dither (OSC CM Special- Synthmaster)

Monthly OSC contest track using Synister to create all sounds in Ableton Live 11. 
A melancholic track for the times.

Techquiem (OSC 156 - Synister)

One Synth Challenge contest entry. Emulation of the classic Korg K8000 and 6000. All sounds made with using Full Bucket FB-799 synthesizer.

Butterfly Effect(OSC 157 FB 7999)

Entry for One Synth Challenge 158 using Surrealistic MG1 to generate all sounds.

Made in Live 11, 20 or so instances of MG1, Saturation, EQ8, Compressor, Delay, and 3rd party effects: DuckBuddy, Limiter 6, Valhalla Super Massive.

Did I wake up or am I dreaming (OSC 158 Surrealistic MG1)

**Dec 26 update: I adjusted the eq and compression on the bass to get it a bit more under control. I'm happier with the results.**

Submitted for the December 2013 OSC contest on KVRaudio.com.
Over 30 instances of Linplug's Spectral software synthesizer.
Track created in Ableton Live 9- due to Spectral being fairly buggy in it's current state (I experienced an extraordinary amount of crashes and frustration), this track is a combination of 4 projects with each midi track bounced to audio and then arranged and addition processing in the form of EQ, compression, and send effects.

The robot 'voice' was created using Live's drum rack grouping feature to assign individual instance of Spectral to separate keys of the keyboard. I programmed each instance to emulate a syllable. Then I played them in sequence to create 'words'.

Additional effects include Live's built-in EQ, Saturation, Autofilter, Compressor, and Reverb, Delay, and Limiter, and 3r-party Limiter 6 on the master track.

Robot Music (OSC58 Spectral)

It's a little longer but the journey required it. Sail into the sea of stars and find what waits.

ONE SYNTH CHALLENGE. All sounds made with KHs One soft synth using Ableton Live Suite. KHs free effects plugins, Ableton effects (eq, delay, compressors), Valhalla Super Massive, and Limiter 6.

A Sea of Stars(OSC 169 KHs One)

One Synth Challenge 63 submission. Using 35+ instances of SAM's "VOPM" FM synthesizer created in Ableton Live 9 using native effects including EQ8, Saturation, Compressor, Glue Compressor, Dynamic Tube, Pingpong Delay, Reverb, and Limiter.

Vel Ocity Party Monster (OSC63 VOPM)

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)

KVRAudio.com's OSC 185 July 2024. Using over 60 instances of only Cherry Audio's "Synth Expander" synthesizer to create all sounds in this track. 

Created in Ableton Live Suite 12 with Ableton effects (compressor, autofilter, eq 8, limiter, amp, cabinet, delay, hybrid reverb, saturation), Valhalla's Super Massive, and Limiter 6. 

Pull up a high G safety harness, and strap in for a cosmic voyage across the stars on your very own space whale.

Ride the Space Whale (185 Synth Expander)

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

All sounds created or processed through Dawesome's Myth synthesizer.

Using Ableton Live 12, built in effects, Valhalla Super Massive, TDR Nova, BX Masterdeck, and OTT.

Lyrics:

And your face like stone
So beautiful but always cold
Halo round your head
like butterflies they always lie

Tonight you won't go
To places they want you to go
You Shine like a star
They want to see you fall 

Soon your name will fade
Like chalk in rain but faces stay
And the times we had
Both good and bad grow sweet with age

Tonight you won't go
To places they want you to go
You Shine like a star
They want to see you fall 

Tonight you fall
a star will burn out before the dawn
Before this song is over
Tonight this song is over...

Lessons in Survival (OSC 189 Myth 2)

Vital, Live 11 + effects, Ozone, Nectar 3, Neutron 3, Sausage Fattener, FF Timeless2, OTT, 80+ instances.

This is an end of the year tribute to the OSC community. Thanks everyone for 10+ years of reasons to finish a track most months. See if you can spot an allusion to your handle. Sorry I couldn't get a reference to everyone. Some are more conducive to cheesy lyrics than others and I also ran out of room. If you weren't included doesn't mean I don't like you...
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Lyrics:
Calling the Doctor 
Have you seen the Goose?
Ghost's Never Been in a Riot
With a Madman on the loose
 
The E.M.P. is on the track
The E.M.P. is on the track

Merlin sounds like liquid
Elusive Milk romance
An I.V. full of silence
Taron up zee pants

The E.M.P. is on the track
The E.M.P. is on the track
On...

El Vicente's on the track
Emikaela's on the track
Hennessey is on the track
Z is on the track

The O.S.C.

The Virus has potential
to Rob you of your Brain
And Silver Trees Seep into your dreams
Exponential Negative pain

The E.M.P. is on the track
The E.M.P. is on the track
On the track
On...

The O.S.C.

E.M.P.  (OSC 190 Vital 2)

Drifting off the coast of an alien sea.
All sounds made with 46 instances of Zebralette 2 in Ableton Live 12

Effects include native Ableton eq, compression, limiter as well as
Valhalla SuperMassive, The Sound of Merlin Heart and Soul, TDR Nova, Slick EQ, BX Masterdesk Classic.

Hydrofluoric (OSC 191 Zebralette2)

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


How It All Falls To Pieces (OSC74 Dexed)

I love movie soundtracks so I decided to try something more cinematic this month.

Created in Ableton Live 9 with 47 instances of the soft synth PG8x. Processed with Live effects including EQ8, Compressor, Glue Compressor, Reverb, Ping Pong Delay, Saturation, Dynamic Tube, Multiband Dynamics, and free plugin: Limiter6.

Jasinski- Freeze Frame (OSC 75 PG8x)

Monthly track for One Synth Challenge at KVRaudio.com
The sounds in this track were made using Viking VK1 from Blamsoft
http://blamsoft.com/vst/vk-1-viking-synthesizer/

Wind Wishes It Were Stone (OSC107 Viking VK1)

All sounds made with the software synthesizer Wave Razor. A soundtrack to some movie never made.

Hard Won Battles (OSC 119 Wave Razor)

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

Truly Alive (OSC 142 Vital)

All sounds made with the incredible TAL J8 https://tal-software.com/products/tal-j-8. 

This is a recreation of the 1980s synth powerhouse the Roland Jupiter 8. For years I've salivated over owning one of these vintage beasts. Now at least I can harness the huge sound.

Created in Ableton Live 10. Using Ableton effects (EQ8, Compressor, Saturation, Reverb, Limiter) + TAL Filter, OTT, CamelCrusher, Valhalla Supermassive.

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