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One Synth Challenge #192: Six Sines by BaconPaul

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All Sounds created with AudioNebula Aurora fm Synth for kvr's OSC155 challenge.

Prelude to Aurora - OSC 155

Made with 11 x Sinmad synth  [https://nusofting.com/plugins/sinmad-synth]

DAW: Ableton Live : Ableton FXs: Delays, Reverb, Compressor, Equalizers
+ BeatSkillz Max 1

OSC 155

Sinmad The Shamest

An unmastered, slightly-mixed, last-minute track for OSC 155.
All parts played live.

—Synth—
Behringer Model D (5 instances)

—Effects—
ReaEq
TDR Molotok
Voxengo Tempo Delay
Xfer Dimension Expander

Recorded in Reaper

You and Everything (OSC 155)

DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
19 instances of Synister
19 instances of Valhalla Supermassive
Some Cubase native AutoPan, EQ and Compression

Synister - Winter In Berlin

My submission for OSC156, the One Synth Challenge for Februrary 2022.
All of the sounds were created out of the Synister synth by QUL at the University of Berlin.

This track was made with Reaper on Linux.
There are 17 instances of the Synister.

Ritual [OSC156]

I have resurfaced. For the 176th edition of KVR's One Synth Challenge.

This month is Wavetable by Socalabs. All sounds made with Wavetable, in Ableton Live, with Live's effects - EQ8, Compressor, Glue Compressor, Drum Buss, Delay, Echo and Saturator for clipping. There's also a bit of Valhalla Supermassive on the pad.

Surf's up - Double Tap - OSC 176

A track about the creative process; sometimes ideas flow freely and you have great momentum; other times it is process driven and there is a lot of time searching for inspiration.

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Reaper as DAW. 35 x instances of Wavetable synth.

Other plugins used:
- ReaEq
- WaveBreaker
- YouLean Loudness Meter
- TB_Barricade
- TB_FIX4_v3
- TB_Reverb_v3
- TB_Evoke_v3
- Dragonfly Plate Reverb
- kHs Compressor
- kHs Delay
- kHs Reverb
- kHs Transient Shaper
- kHs Gate
- kHs Stereo
- Wider
- Baselane
- Flux Mini 2
- STFU
- OTT
- MConvolutionEZ
- MAutoPan
- ValhallaSupermassive
- Baby Comeback

New Ideas (OSC176 Wavetable)

All sounds made from scratch with Socalabs Wavetable Synth for OSC#176

Triggered - ElVicente

My entry for KVR OSC #177.

Professor Bertrand Snook loved playing with his band on a sunny Sunday in the bandstand.  But the mighty starship Argenti was waiting patiently in the distance.  This would be the band's last song, and he let them play their hearts out.  Soon he would be on his way out of the system and towards the mysterious object he had been working towards for his whole academic career.  
But for now - play on!  The sun is shining and the starship can wait!

DAW: Reaper

15 Instances of Synful
3 Instances of VSCO2

Dead Duck:
Filter, Limiter, Compressor, Flanger, Delay, Phaser, Chorus, TiltEQ, Overdrive, Autopan, BitCrusher.

Reaper JS:
Channel Time Delayer, Sweeping Resonant Filter, Event Horizon Limiter

Reaper: ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaCompX, ReaDelay

Boogex Amp Sim
OrilRiver Reverb
SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter, kHs Gain

Bertand's Last Band

My submission for the OSC187 competition using only the Extrabold synth

Johnkhf_Day and Night

My contribution to the OSC188
A bit 70's Pink Floyd

Johnkhf Time

Atmospheres from Tibet with an Ambient sounscapes and heavy percussion.
Created with Myth 1.5 synthesizer from Dawesome

Tibet OSC189

Track made for OSC190, in this challenge all sounds are created using the free version of Vital from Matt Tytel

OSC190_Hope

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6WDTQeHuXAJvvt0Uf8m6Fs

Submission for the @kvrosc #191. All the sounds using One Synth without much external processing. Just MIDI and no samples.

DAW: Waveform
Synth: Zebralette 2 (38 Instances)
FX (Free/built-in): Compressor, Gate, 8-band EQ, Khs Transient Shaper, Deelay, Orilriver, Supermassive, MIDI Arpeggiator, GClip, OTT, LoudMax
Mastering: Kotelnikov, CHOWTape, GClip, LoudMax
Metering: SPAN, YLM2

Image credits: cottonbro studio https://www.pexels.com/photo/shadow-of-a-person-on-gray-wall-6203497/

Superheroes

Superheroes (OSC 191 Zebralette 2)

My submission for OSC192 using Six Sines Synth by BaconPaul  Inspired by oriental music

Bedouin Dreams OSC192

One Synth Challenge entry #192 using Six Sine to create all sounds. About 26 instances. Created in Ableton Live 12 using native effects + OTT, Jacked Brat, TDR Nova, Brainworks Masterdesk Classic, Valhalla Supernova, Boba, Cambridge Bloatanizer, kHs Limiter.

More Than Six

One Synth Challenge #192: SixSines by BaconPaul

https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-192-six-sines
https://github.com/baconpaul/six-sines

SiL3NC3_SWX - Mind Caves
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Here comes my very experimental track for OSC#192.
Hope you like it! (Best listen to it with head-phones on your bed)

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DAW: Bitwig 5.3
23 instances (tracks) of SixSines (Nightly)

FX:
- EQ+, EQ-5, Peak Limiter, Compressor+, Convolution, Delay-2, Reverb, Bit8, Blur, Tool
- Valhalla Supermassive
- TDR Nova
- Wider

Mastering:
- TDR Kotelnikov
- Peak Limiter (Bitwig)

Analysis:
- MAnalyzer
- YouLean Loudness Meter2

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CREDITS:

I want to honor BaconPaul's work to provide such a stunning audio plugin for free!
Thank you!

Big thanks to all guys, who posted their Presets on the Discord channel.
* z.prime
* EMP
* johnkhf
* Taron
* The Sound of Merlin
* all others...

That helped a lot!!
Discord OSC Channel | https://discord.gg/ZG4nMp4a

Special thanks goes to Taron for the excellent youtube tutorial on how to use this synth.
- Six Sines - First Steps | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP4wNFigUt4
- Six Sines - Part 2 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU1Yzfb5U_c
- Six Sines - Part 3 FM and AM | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7RTZz2G2ig
- Six Sines - Part 4 Making a Simple Drumset | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnpFRSw-QBc
- Six Sines - Noise | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7NH9wUW-TM


~ Copyright : SiL3NC3 - 2025 : All Rights Reserved.

SiL3NC3_SWX - Mind Caves [OSC192]

Made for One Synth Challenge #192. All sounds made with the Six Sines synth. Paul made Six Sines partly to get out of a coding slump, and I made this track partly to get out of a song-making slump! I enjoyed the process greatly, hopefully you'll like the results too. 

Andreya_Autumn - The Journey is the Process

Everything by Vospi
One synth only, free+stock plugins only. No samples.
Done with the nightliest build available to humanity at the time.

One Synth Challenge:
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9048687

Vospi - My Nightly Build (One Synth Challenge #192 - Six Sines)

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1jq80Sv2MztNAhprgvTCjl

DAW: Reaper
Synth: Thorn (47 single instance patches from INIT)
Mixing FX (Free): Orilriver (for bus), GClip (for bus), Loudmax
Mastering FX (Free): Nova, Kotelnikov, LoudMax
Metering FX (Free): Prism, YLM2
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The Awakening is a playful musical journey through the battle within—an exploration of self-doubt, fear, and the struggle to break free. It captures the voice inside that holds us back, the moments of uncertainty, and the eventual realization that the only true enemy is ourselves.

Narrative:
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Krit was a small boy, often feeling like he didn’t quite fit in.
Despite his achievements, there was always a quiet voice telling him, 
"You don’t belong". 
He told himself it was normal, part of growing up. But it never went away. 
Then one night, he had a dream.

🌅 Act 1: The Dream
He ran through wide, golden fields, feeling light and free. For the first time in a long time, he didn’t have to think, everything just felt right.

🌑 Act 2: The Nightmare
Suddenly, the world grew still. The fields shrank, and a shadow appeared in front of him.
"You don’t belong."
The air thickened. He couldn’t move, and the doubt that always lingered felt overwhelming.
"You are nothing."

⚔️ Act 3: The Ascent
A shift. Krit started to move. Slowly at first, then faster. The shadow loomed, but he kept going. The doubt didn’t disappear, but it no longer held him back.

🌟 Act 4: The Awakening
He pushed forward, the weight lifting with each step. The shadow faded, and with it, the doubt.
Krit didn’t stop. He had awakened, and nothing would hold him back again.
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I would like to thank Taron and The Sound Of Merlin for their valuable feedback and guidance in refining certain aspects of this song, truly grateful!

The Awakening (OSC 193 Thorn)

Loris - Wake Up
Reaper 7

108 instances of Monolit

FX Used: 
Gclip
frequency spectrum analyzer
VUMeter
Voxengo SPAN
Signilizer
KHz Distortion
ReaComp
ReaPhaseRotator - to try to get the sine wave in the kick phase aligned
MCompressor
KHz Clipper
ReaXComp
ReaEQ
Khz Reverb
KHz Filter
Ozone 8 Imager
MBandPass
Mequalizer
KHz Delay
MConvolutionEZ
KHz Formant Filter
Khz transientShaper
Ohmicide - not used to its full potential
ReaLimit
MCharmVerb
Khz gain
MComb - for light accentuation on percussion
Khz Stereo
KHz trance Gate

This song took several tries to get to where i want it. Once i fleshed out the idea, i started layering sounds to get a fuller feel for the track and to decorate the space. im particularly proud of the kick which is three active instances of the synth, i crafted the envelopes down to the milisecond and used an oscilliscope to precisely dial in the timing. I had several initial approaches for the kick none of which worked well. I worked a lot on the percussion to get metallic sounds using the FM function of the synth and also using a lot of EQ to peak frequencies. I woulnd say i went full 11/10 but i went 9/10 on EQ. I also used some distortion, to about 8/10. I accentuated sounds but did not completely distroy them. A lot of texture to certain percussion was obtained by layering different sounds at different pitches and also different FM ratios etc. Playing with envelopes goes a long way. 

The bass sounds are all very simple actually and most are a few layers deep with different waveforms FMing at different ratios and pitches. I was gonna go ballistic on the basses and use EQ, clipping and even convolution to obliterated the sound. But to avoid being DQ i opted for the PG 13 version. 

the amount of automation in this project with greater than 100 instances of the synth has made it a chore to navigate. Some midi clips have 6 or 7 layers of automation and other have only one but heavily adjusted everywhere. the automation i used the most is volume. Cutting sounds so they dont interfere with other sounds and to cut reverb tails, and also to shape sounds since i did not like the way the envelopes in the synth itself worked at times. Working with audio clips would have made this much more easy. I do not think i will go this hard for OSC ever again. But then again...it was kinda fun...

The song is clipped and compressed severely. I could have pushed it harder but i did NOT!! in order to preserve that last gasp of dynamic range that was slowly waiting to die. This is not a ballad, or classical, its dubstep - or something like it. 

The song got its name from the distinct digital alarm sound that we're all so familiar with. I used it in the buildup, in the drop, everywhere...

Nothing on the master except Gclip and ReaLimiter. 

Thats all i got

Loris - Wake Up!

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6mSKcze7qnV0bQKOpDLn42

DAW: Reaper

Synth: Monolit (35 Instances)

Mixing FX (Free): ReaComp (Only Sidechain), ReaGate(Gating Snare Reverb), ReEQ (HP/LP), Flux Mini 2(Sidechain),  Orilriver, Supermassive, Deelay, DD AutoPan, Panagement 2, Wider, Lil Tube (Subtle Bus Saturation), GClip, Loudmax, ReaLimit

Mastering: Nova, Lil Tube, Kotelnikov, LoudMax

Metering: Prism

Calling the Monolith

Call the Monolith (OSC 194 Monolit)

This is my OSC for May 2025 made from the sounds of Ragnarok2
made with 58 instances of Ragnarok2 and the following free vsts:


TDR Kotelnikov
BX Masterdesk Classic
Airwindows Monitoring 3
KHS Delay
DevilSpring
Deelay
TDR Nova
DearVr Pro2
Raum
Valhalla Supermassive
KHs Dual Delay
Saturation Knob
AirWindows DubSub2
Spacer
KHs Transient Shaper
ExoVerb
FreshAir
Limiter No6
KHs Haas
Pancz
STFU
TensJr
IronOxide Classic2
BusterSe
TDR Molotok
GClip
Ozone Imager 2
BussColors 4
KHs Clipper

Bitwig:
Sculpt
Focus
EQ2
Convolution
Tool
FX Layer
Key Filter
Note Transpose
Multiband fx2
Mid-Side Split
Instrument Layer
Delay-1
Filter+
Delay-2
Multinote
Fx Layer

Kiltarlity

OSC#195 - FullBucket's Ragnarök 

DAW: MuLab
Instances: 40
FX: DearVR Pro 2, Deelay, Supermassive, FrankCS, OTT, LoudMax, Magic Carpet, KSHMER EssentialKick, TDR Nova, TENSjr, IVGI2, Plateau2

Taron - Stealing the Ragnarök

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

ZioMau - jasf2 (not so stupid)

Hi everyone, I created a similar piece to the previous one from OSC 194, but in a different sound version.
I used 31 instances (Ragnarök 2)

All effects from Studio One 6.6 + free Dreverb2
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DAW: Studio One 6.6
31 instances - Ragnarök 2 / basic sounds from bank 1 and 2

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FX:
- built-in plugins from Srudio One 6.6
"Compressor, Binaural Pan, mixverb, Pro Eq, splitter, mixtool, limiter, analog Delay
+ free Dreverb2"

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Mastering:
Mastering using built-in Studio One 6.6 effects

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The joyful 90's Hard ver. (OSC #196 - All instruments in the song are from VST Ragnarök Mk2)

OSC#196: Primer 2 

Instances: 20
DAW: Reaper
FX: DearVR Pro 2, Panagement 2 (free), TENSjr, Deelay, FrankCS, LoudMax, ZL Equalizer


Taron - A Rat's Tale

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

Bedouin Dreams OSC192

JohnvanderLugt