I agree that the cal land response is great. The percussion does fit very well - it's sounds chaotic, but in reality isn't quite what it seems.

I love the groove through the whole track. Congrats !

Nice energy, and clean sounds! fun track :)

I loved the build-up, but was rather let down by the excessive comp pump.

A very interesting set of sounds and very groovy percussion. This entry sounds much louder compared to others. I can hear the compression pumping effect.

love the contrast in the sounds here, love the plucks and the bass. wish i can hear more play on those ideas

You get extra points just for being named Olsen... Ollie Olsen be praised!

this voice-like lead it great, the sounds later are not as good as that one. You could have use it again.

I found this entrancing. Very pleasing. I think the whole thing sounds very cohesive.

One Synth Challenge #159: Surge XT

This song is made with only one open-source synthesizer called "Surge XT" in the Digital Audio Software "Reaper" with only a few free effects (EQ, Compressor, Limiter).

OSC159 Frank Geppert Cyber Passion

In this track for the OSC # 159 I used 33 instances of the free Surge XT synthesizer.

DAW: Cubase 11 Pro (Frequency, GEQ-30,  Stereo Delay,  Revelation, Tube Compressor, AutoPan and Maximizer)

Free 3rd party plugs: Panagement 2 by Auburn, Baby Come Back by Baby Audio, MCharmverb by Melda Production, Wider by Polyverse Music and Supermassive by Valhalla.

All sounds are TSOM originals. Except: Flutish Organ and the 10CC Choir Pad are tweaks I did with some wonderful presets by Martijn Deluxe. The Alien Voice has been created using the Vowel/Speech wavetable in Surge's TWIST engine.

Surge XT - Utopian Mornings

For the One Synth Challenge

Uses One (1) (!) instance of Surge XT.
Uses MEqualizer, Reacomp and Realimit 

Fun fact: The sound you hear starting around the 03:50 mark, comes out of just a single _oscillator_. Surge is nuts man.

Rahodees -- A Hatchling (Remembers) || Single Instance Challenge

KVR Audio OSC #159 entry.
All sounds are made with Surge XT.

Synthetic Adventures

Aurora Consurgens

bandcamp

Dakkra - Nightmare Reaper (KVROSC 159)

Ableton Live11.1 Suite

27 instances of surge

plugins used:
OTT by x:fer
EQ, Reverb, Delay Compressor, AutoPan, Utility, Limiter, Spectrum: all Ableton stock

Kick1 - OTT, EQ Three
Kick2 - blank
OffHat1 - EQ eight, EQ eight
Cheap Hat - EQ eight
Snare1 - Surge XT effects
Lead1 Buss - blank
Lead1 left - blank
Lead1 right - blank
Riser1 - EQ eight, Utility
Lead Response - Utility
OffBass - EQ eight
ArpRiser - Utility
SawSound - EQ eight, Utility
Breakbeats Buss - EQ eight
16tel - EQ eight, EQ three
Breakbeats - blank
Claps -EQ eight
Kraftwerk Buss - Utility
Kraftwerk - blank
Kraftwerk2 - blank
Click - blank
StartArp - blank
Tension - Compressor, AutoPan
Dream Inbetween - blank
FX Rack - several Instances of Delay, AutoPan and Reverb

Send A - Drum Room - Reverb
Send B - Delay
Send C - BigRoomRev - Reverb

Master: EQ eight, Compressor, Utility, Limiter, Spectrum

Surgery Disaster

Julian Olsen - Surgery Disaster

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)

Track for the KVR One Synth Challenge #OSC164 using only Ghost  by Exacoustics
Video of the project: https://youtu.be/p1eVV2923Lk
No extra waveforms added
15 instances of Ghost, 
Effects used from the synth: Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Filter, EQ

DAW: Renoise
External Effects: JB Broadcast
Effects from Renoise: Stereo Expander and Digital Filter

One Synth Challenge 164

Ghost in the mirror (OSC 164)

28 instances of GHOST in Reaper - An unfinished track, just didnt have enough time to commit to this project. 

Probably one of my favorite plugins of all time. Endless possibilities here with synthesis. Glad finally someone pulled of an FM serum. 
The synth has bugs, like loading states, inability to assign modulation and some other rare glitches but for the most part worked well. Looking forward to the development of this beast. It was a ton of fun playing with it. 

ReaEQ
ReaLimit
ReaFIR
ReaComp
StereoEnhancer
LowPassFilter

Loris - Conqueror

Another entry for KVR's One Synth Challenge - finally an orchestral library (Spitfire's FREE BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover)!

Another Starry Night

schiing - Another Starry Night (with Spitfire's FREE BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover)

Here's something a bit different. The 'One synth challenge' this month was to use Spitfire Audio's free BBC symphony orchestra sample instrument to make a track. Gave it a shot. Full classical or film score or what ever.  What do you think?

Made in Ableton LIve 11 using Valhalla Vintage Verb, iZotrope's Neutron 3 and Ozone 9.

Fanfare I (OSC 165 BBC)

Made with one instance of Alchemy in Logic, played live for OSC 167. Tried to reproduce the sound i remember playing recitals as a kid in a large hall that was rented out at the time. I used a compressor to ensure no peaks and a channel eq with a gentle shelving cut to remove some low-end flutter I couldn't figure out how to tame with synthesis or Alchemy's built-in EQ. No other plugins. Fun synthesis challenge, combined with a compositional challenge.

Alchemist Waltz

Falling

Label: Stately Records
Artist: Joren Edwards
Format: Vinyl
Title: It Will Change For The Better EP
Cat Number: SWAX001
Release Date: 2025

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