this one is really pretty to me, very good work -- maybe my favorite of yours

I would have started the kick a it lower and brought it in louder at the transition. Just IMO of course!

Beautiful sounds. Nice composition. I would have liked the less volume on the crackles but still a 5.

Ooh, that's a nice soothing introduction you've got there.

Yeah, call and response in three ways, great choice of sounds that you weave in and out and the melody rises to the top at the exactly the right time.

And some interesting sound design - in my mind I've settled on burning paper.

nice well made songs but I feel it's missing a human singer

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

Composed and produced for the KVR One Synth Challenge 159, Surge XT.

26 instances of Surge, with all effects in the Surge patches. 

Cakewalk DAW processing:
- Gain on buses, for mixing.
- EQ on final bus: High pass, low pass, small bump at 3kHz.
No compression, etc.

**Surge Storm** is an exploration of sound design in physical instruments and sounds. These are all my own patches, some of which are included in Surge. Most of the physical instruments here mimic generation and body resonances researched from real instruments, driven by controllers for mechanical setup and playing actions. This gives me a dynamic instrument that responds in a variety of articulations and styles, without needing samples.

Here, I've used a few time signatures. It has a wide dynamic range and frequency coverage, so you'll get the most from ideal listening conditions. Unfortunately, the thunder sound has lost a lot of its character here in the lo-fi Soundcloud playback. The download will give you the best experience.

Comments and crits appreciated.

Surge patches:

Tuned
- Pianos
- Tongue drum
- Soprano soloist
- Violin soloist [http://johnvalentine.co.uk/?art=surge_violin]
- Violin string section
- Cello strings
- Rimba strings
- Bass strings
- Bass guitar
- Synth brass
- Sequenced bass x 2
- Power buzz
- Pad (distortion + sweeping EQs)

Percussion
- Snare clap
- Cymbal / Gong (change via macros)
- Taiko
- Sticks
- Hat

Other
- Sea
- Breathy Huh
- Thunder x 2
- The Booj

Cover art (c) John Valentine.

Surge Storm

j5v - Surge Storm

It once saw a disco ball from the other side of the street. 

All sounds made with SurgeXT and effects from Ableton Live.

Surge Gainsbourg And The Disco Bakchod - OSC159

My entry for KVR OSC #159

Made in Ableton Live 11.1

19 instances of Surge XT, many started out as mods from an existing preset, some made from scratch. I will however always perform at least a few, often many, tweaks when using presets.
EQ Eight (EQ8), EQ Three (EQ3), Compressor, Utility, Glue Compressor, Limiter, Channel EQ, Gate, Dynamic Tube, Echo and Hybrid Reverb are all stock plugins. 

Plucks & Keys Group:
	•	Cirrus Cloud - MEqualizer, Max Re-Enveloper, Rough Rider3
	•	Sin Ring Mod - Son EQ
	•	Big Church - EQ8
Leads & Arps Group:
	•	Dryosaurus - Gate, EQ3, TDR Nova
	•	K-Linn Wurly - EQ8, Max Track Stereo Pan, Klanghelm IVGI2, MCompressor, Elysia Niveau Filter
	•	FM Bass K1 - Glue Compressor, Utility
Drums Group: Klanghelm DC1A
	•	Folded Kick + Mort Kick Mod - Utility, Glue Compressor
	•	Bowman Snare + Snare Room 1 Mod - Dynamic Tube, TDR VOS Slick EQ, Klanghelm MJUCjr
	•	Hihat Buss - Compressor, EQ8, Utility
	•	Cymbals Buss: FM Crash - Utility + WT Cymbal - EQ8, Utility
	•	Max Bouncy Notes (MIDI effect) - Surge PPG Perc 3 - SonEQ, Compressor
FX Group: EQ8
	•	Space Cadet
	•	Noise Up - EQ8
	•	Drone Melancholy - EQ8
	•	Slow-mo Samurai - EQ8
Rotary Reverb (Surge as an Effect Processor) - Channel EQ goes to SEND A

SEND B: Hybrid Reverb, Channel EQ, Rough Rider3
SEND C: Hybrid Reverb, Channel EQ
SEND D: Protoverb, MBandPass, Utility
SEND E: Echo, Channel EQ, Max Color Limiter, Utility

MASTER: Utility, Glue Compressor, Limiter, Spectrum

ABSTRACT EGG – Axial Tilt OSC #159

All sounds created with Surge XT in Bitwig 4.2

Subcycles

Made for OSC  159 using 12 Surge synth instances in Ableton Live,
+ Ableton stock EQs, Reverbs, Compressors.

My Swing

OSC 159 entry.

DAW: Cakewalk by BandLab.
Surge XT x 23

Stock Plugins:
Sonitus Delay
Quadcurve Equalizer (ProChannel FX)
Console Emulator Channel (ProChannel FX)
Tube (ProChannel FX)

3rd Party Plugins:
LoudMax
TAL-Reverb-3
TAL-Filter-2
OrilRiver
Wider
OTT
Valhalla Supermassive

L-EctroBit - SURLectro (OSC159)

L-EctroBit

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