One Synth Challenge #153: K1v by Nils Schneider

My entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #153.  This month it's Nil's Kawai K1v - an emulation of arguably one of the worst synths in history (the VST is a great emulation though, great work Nils!)

12 instances of the Kawai K1v were used, Reaper DAW, and a truck-load of effects...

OSC153 - Nils' K1v

Cooper's Dream

Track for OSC 153 + 11 K1v synths used

I stayed true to the lo-fi sampler sound of this synth, no resonant filter effects used, neither chorus or similar.
Vocal effects made using K1 koto sample and pitchBend.

Transphoria

All sounds produced using Nils Schneider's K1V emulation of the Kawai K1 in Bitwig 4.0

Photo by Garion Hutchings

8 Byte Magic

This track was made for the One Synth Challenge 153 using the free virtual synth K1v and Ableton 10.  All instruments and sounds were made using 30 instances of K1v.

I used the effects mostly to subtly change the stock instruments sounds, plus I made a couple of special effects at the beginning and end of the track.

Ableton Effects used: Convolution Reverb; Glue Compressor; Vocoder; Saturator; Phaser; Erosion; Auto Filter; EQ8; Reverb; Utility; Corpus; Limiter; Chorus; Grain Delay; Echo; Frequency Shifter; Autopan; Amp; Spacious Wah; Overdrive; Filter Delay, Max For Live Envelope Follower and Max for live LFO.

Maltoné - Savanna Nights - OSC 153

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge #153 using sounds made by the VSTi K1v synth. DAW and free 3rd party FX.

In part inspired by my youthful days listening to Cream and bands of the time!

DAW : Reaper

21 * K1v

Track FX:
Bass Professor
AradazAmp2_Green
Boogex
Classic Phaser
JS Distortion
FuzzPlus3
Leslie
Mr Donald
WOK Leslie
Oril River
OTT
Reaeq
LFX-1310

Master FX
TDR VOS SlickEQ
MSED
Limiter No.6

Meter:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness

Stats:
LUFS: -11.2
DR: 109

DoctorBob - Volume 11 - OSC#153 K1V

KVR OSC Nils K1v

Title: Ease Out
Synth: Nils K1v(x29)

DAW: Cakewalk by Bandlab

Stock Plugins:
Sonitus Comp
BREVERB 2


THIRD-PARTY Plugins:
ToneBoosters Compressor
ToneBoosters Equalizer
BPB Saturator
GGain
ReaJS/Bassmanager
ReaXcomp
CS12-M
TesslaSE
MBandPass
MSaturator
SPAN
Twin Delay
TAL Reverb 4


Thank You!

BBLUNT Music - Ease Out (OSC K1v Contest)

Acid Jazz

Winter in Every Year (OSC 153 K1v)

My submission for OSC #153

DAW: Reaper
Free plugins:
- Nils' K1v x20
- ++pitchdelay x1
- dblue Glitch x1
- OrilRiver x12
- STFU x1
- TDR Nova x1
- Xhip Quantizer x1
- Xhip Vocal x4
Stock plugins:
- 4-Tap Phaser x1 
- Chorus (Stereo) x1
- ReaComp x1
- ReaDelay x6
- ReaEQ x14
- ReaLimit x4
- Waveshaping Distortion x2
And util/viz plugins.

I/You

One Synth Challenge # 153 K1v vst by Nils Schneider.  37 instances in Logic Pro X.

OSC 153 Man To Machine Mix 2

KVR OSC #153 - Nils' K1v 
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Just like Turbo B (member of Eurodance phenomena Snap!), went from the US to Europe and became very famous, another group of people during that period in time did the very same thing - but had no success at all…

Join Canadian funkateer Darius Derome, who in the late 1980s went to Europe with his brand new *Kawai K1m Desktop Module*(# released 1988) and his *Casio DG20 Digital Midi Guitar* (# released 1987), trying his luck in creating the genre Eurobreakdance. 

Contrary to Eurodance, that incorporates elements of hip hop, techno & house, Darius also wanted to include stuff like jazzfunk, world music, psychedelic soul & fusion while still keeping it within the ever popular 4/4 120 BPM structure. 

The record labels and the DJs at the radio stations/dance clubs at the time were sadly not ready for these adventures in music… 

Even worse, when Darius went back to Canada in the mid 1990s, the canadian version of Eurodance known as Candance was getting really big and hitting the airwaves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance#Canada

Back in Canada and still equipped with only the Kawai K1m and the Casio midi guitar, Darius tried to create an alternative to Candance by promoting his guitar centric ”breakdance-fusion” for stoners - this time calling the genre BarréCannaDance.

Yet once again all this was done without any success and rejected by all record labels, radio stations and DJs.

In an interview from 1998, that was made after a 3 hour long improvised live show with his band Suburban Boogie Kollektive, Darius had the following to say: 

- ”Those who go for the already established obviously lack humility, so why even try to push the boundries when there are no boundries to begin with?” 

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance

Lit Alto (Nailing the Sole Feeture)

Midi controllers: 
Boss SY-1000 (Guitar to MIDI mode)
C-Thru Music's Axis-49

Number of instances of Nils' K1v: 
157

DAW: 
Cubase Pro 11

Stock Cubase effects made by Steinberg: 
Vst Bass Amp, Vst Amp Rack, Autopan, Stepfilter, Chorus, Limiter

Free effects used: 
Analog Obsession: Brit, Pre, ReLife & Sweetdrums
Thomas Mundt's Loudmax
Melda: Mcharmverb & Mvibrato
Valhalla Supermassive
Chow Tape Model
TDR Kotelnikov

Lit Alto (Nailing The Sole Feeture)

Track for the One Synth Challenge #153 using only K1v synth (Kawai K1 emulation)

KVR OSC 153 K1v

Kawai Dreams (OSC153)

My entry for the One Synth Challenge #153: 
15 instances of Nils Schneider's K1v used, which is a software emulation of the Kawai K1. Only some additional delay and chorus added - and of course a lot of love and engagement. Result is a swinging, colorful track. Hope you like it!

See minor ways

SeeMinorWays.Wav

This funky little track is my submission for OneSynthChallenge 153 at KVR Audio forum.
All sounds are from K1v vst instrument by Nils Schneider.
Enjoy!

Vovaman - Galaxyfunk

YouTube: https://youtu.be/uTjH8dmIBrM

Submitted for One Synth Challenge #153 in December 2021 featuring "K1v" by Nils Schneider.

As usual, a track made in the last weekend.

The original Kawai K1 synth may sound cheesy by today's standard, but this is the real sound of an era. People usually associate 80's synth music with instruments like Roland Jupiter-8 or Oberheim OB-X, but lo-fi samplers and early digital workstations are equally important part of the sound. I guess that this emulation sounds as realistic as possible because the original hardware is 100% digital. Sometimes, instruments like this can spark inspiration just like an expensive high quality emulation from a "respected" brand. The only thing that slightly bothers me is the interface. I would prefer more modern and clear interface, with all the parts and their parameters visible on one screen for example. As for the sound and usability, it will definitely find it's place in my future projects.

22 instances of K1v were used to create a track. All sounds from init patch. Most of the sounds are created with PCM waves. Some of them stacked with synthesized waves and omnibus loops. As it was allowed to use some extreme effects, I made some cheesy guitar-like sounds. Every instrument contains one instance of K1v, including drums.

Produced in FL Studio 20.8.

Thread, related to this round: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=572669&sid=eb05ca57ee65ce7960d0411cf938828d

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December 2051

December 2051 (OSC#153)

My submission for the One Synth Challenge #153 by KVR. All sounds from the VST plugin K1v by Nils Schneider.

Rockingricky - K2

Shameless 80s Synthpop-Rock stuff thing created with 23 instances of Nils Schneiders´ K1V VST for the One Synth Challenge 153. 
Yes, the name of the track was chosen because my browser decided to show me a picture of one. 

Made in FL Studio 20.8.4

Effects used: 
On Master:
Fruity Limiter [Image Line]
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [Image Line - 2x]
Maximus [Image Line]
For everything else:
Sweet Drums [Analog Obsession - 3x]
Softamp FM25 [AXP - 2x]
Fruity Delay 2 [Image Line - 3x]
Fruity Delay 3 [Image Line]
Fruity Flangus [Image Line]
Fruity Limiter [Image Line - 3x] 
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [Image Line - 24x]
Fruity Reeverb 2 [Image Line - 4x]
Fruity Stereo Enhancer [Image Line - 8x]
Omniverb [Jeroen Breebaart]
MWaveshaper [MeldaProduction]
TAL-Chorus [TAL - 3x]
TAL-Filter 2 Panningmode [TAL - 2x]
TAL-Reverb 2 [TAL - 2x]
TAL-Reverb 4 [TAL]
TAL-Tube [TAL]
FreeverbToo [Sinus]
SupaPhaser [Smartelectronix]
NastyDLAmkII [Variety Of Sound]
OTT [Xfer - 3x]

Mixed and Mastered with snow - no, not that one - the one that melts when it´s warm... i guess the other one doesn´t melt... i hope.

Arctic Fox (OSC #153 - K1v)

KVR One Synth Challenge 153 Entry
All sounds from K1v synth by Nils Schneider in Ableton

Zarf - 21:21

bh9090 - ovals

Dark Pinball OSC 153

Join the challenge by going here: https://shorturl.at/bhBFQ