sounds like the wires supporting the tent aren't going to hold

I say, again ! I've no idea what is happening here, but I like it

great use of sounds and fun quirky moments, just those chords turn around is always the same

I may have liked this more had it been somewhat more consice. As a six minute near equal loudness hight tempo onslaught, it's rather too much. For me, anyway. These antics here are very funny, though.

I love all the activity in the middle and the top, very creative. For me the low end is a bit muddy or muddled or something that detracts a bit in my ears. Cool work though.

One Synth Challenge #177: Synful Orchestra & VSCO2 Percussion

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #177 - Synful Orchestra & VSCO Percussion.

As the sun sets on the horizon, casting long shadows across the alien landscape, a lone figure sits cross-legged, silhouetted against the fiery sky. In his hands he holds his trusty bass guitar, its strings gleaming in the fading light.

Lieutenant Spaceman D. Bassman had been stranded on this planet for 7 months, his crashed spaceship was damaged beyond repair, but he hadn't given up hope of being rescued. Every day he would refill his oxygen tank and walk into the poppy fields at sunset to jam on some dubby grooves, his music echoing across the vast expanse.

As he plays, he feels a sense of peace wash over him. The sounds emanating from his instruments are an ethereal mix of orchestral timbres and heavy dub, infused not only with the smells, sights and sounds of the alien planet and his hopes for the future, but also mixed with the melancholy of longing for his home-world. Music is his last connection to humanity, his way of staying sane in the face of loneliness.

One day, as Bassman was jamming on a particularly bad-assed groove, he heard a faint sound inside his helmet. His heart beat faster with excitement; At last, the Corp had located his damaged ship and had come to rescue him! Then, almost imperceptibly at first, he started to make out a strange melody, not entirely inharmonic to his tasty bass licks.

Bassman was stung violently on the forehead. He flinched and almost dropped his guitar. "Feck!", he howled. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a bee crawling on the inside of his visor, it's wings implausibly buzzing in a near perfect B Major. Desperate not to be stung again, he flailed his head around inside the helmet, attempting to squash the musical intruder against the side. After many attempts and with great effort, he struck one blow, then another, and with each strike the bee's buzzing became more and more erratic and atonal. Sensing victory, and with a final yank of his head, Bassman dealt a fatal blow, and the bee was silenced. 

As the sun continued it's slow descent below the horizon, Bassman composed himself, picked up his bass and continued jamming. Tomorrow he would seek out more of these alien musical bees, not only in the hope that one day they could forgive him for killing one of their own kind, but also that they might continue the collaboration between their two species on some more of those sweet-assed tunes.

Fin.

Reaper 7
Synful Orchestra (8)
VSCO Percussion (7)

A special guest appearance from an alien bee. RIP.

TrackFx : BC Chorus, CHOWTapeModel, db_Glitch1, IVGI2, MComb, MFlanger, MFreqShifter, MPhaser, Pro-C2 (7), Pro-Q3 (13), Ripple Phaser (Geraint Luff), Tape MELLO-FI, TEOTE, Kotelnikov GE.

MasterFx : Satin, TEOTE, Pro-Q3, Pro-L2, Loudness Meter (Cockos)

SendFx : Pro-R2, ValhallaDelay, ValhallaVintageVerb (2), Echobode, Ripple Phaser

OSC177 - Synful Orchestra

Dub Synfony

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

OSC#177: Synful Orchestra

DAW: Cubase
Instances: 3 + VCSO2 Percussion
FX: Cubase EQ, Frequency 
3rd Party FX: Panagement 2, Berlin Studio, LALA, Oril River, Deelay, The God Particle

Taron - Synfully Romantic [Synful Orchestra]

Final Placement: 5/32 (Top 5)
Made for KVR Audio's "One Synth Challenge" #177

This month, it was "SynfulOrchestra" by Synful; and "VSCO2 Percussion," recorded by Versilian Studios/Sam Gossner. These two plugins, as well as some raw approved samples used in the latter, were the only plugins(/samples) used across multiple instances. This month, in addition to the use of stock-effects and perpetually-free effects, free plugins could be used to break the normal rules, while commercial plugins were allowed and could be used to follow them.

Because of this rule-forgiveness, it was also requested that the use of these plugins be explained. Instead of wasting the space required to do so in this description, I have instead done so in this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0a-u-xW2ewqLFM5_s7vW8pk0zEhk5rLwspcwQKPEQ4

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KVR One-Synth Challenge entries

From The Marble (SynfulOrchestra / VSCO2 Percussion)

Neu KatalYst - From The Marble [KVR OSC #177: SynfulOrchestra & VSCO2 Percussion] [DnB]

Here's my OSC for the month using Synful and the orchestral percussion.

It's made with the drum samples from the discord and 39 instances of synful.

With the following VSTs and Bitwig tools.
Free:
Airwindows BigAmp
Airwindows GlitchShifter
Airwindows IronClassic2
Airwindows KplateA
Airwindows LilAmp
Airwindows MackEQ
Airwindows PurestGain
Airwindows Weight
BusterSe
Fracture
Khs 3 band EQ
Khs Bitcrusher
Khs CombFilter
Khs Distortion
Khs Filter
Khs Flanger
Khs Formant Filter
Khs Non Linear Filter
Khs Phaser
Raum
STFU
TDR Nova
Valhalla Supermassive
Wider

Paid:
ADPTR Sculpt
BC MasterDesk
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Silk Vocal Stereo
SmartComp2
TDR Kotelnikov GE
TDR Limiter 6 GE
TDR Molot GE
TDR Nova GE
TDR SlickEQ GE
TDR SlickEQ M

Bitwig:
Arpeggiator
Chain
Compressor
Delay-1
Delay-2
Drum Machine
EQ-2
Gate
Note FX Selector
Note Grid
Note Repeats
Note Transpose
Instrument Layer
Sampler (to load the drum samples provided)
Strum
Tool

Hoedown Hysteria

Entry for KVR One Synth Challenge 177
All sounds from Synful Orchestra & VSCO2 Percussion, in Ableton, with free FX.

Zarf - Wonekut

The gremlins in Negoba's studio decided to steal snippets of his previous OSC's to create a monster destined to confound and disgust all listeners. Unbeknownst to them, their creation (Jenkins) instead prefers cuddles and long walks on the beach.

All sounds created using Odin2 Softsynth by Wave Warden for KVR OSC #197.

Mix of stock presets, tweaked presets, and init. Shout back a bit to a previous track where I used Odin on an open round. I think I’ve learned a little since then.

Jenkins Knows He Ain't Pretty - OSC 197 Odin2

This track is created for OSC197 with Odin2 from TheWaveWarden no samples pure sounddesign

Pulses of Earth - OSC197

Final, remixed submission for OSC 197. Idea for this track was partially inspired by Carl Craig's "Home Entertainment" off of his classic Detroit techno album Landcruising, but then I decided to add drums and it became a very different beast. Hope y'all like it!

Quartal Heart

My track for KVR One Synth Challenge n. 197 (July 2025), in which existential horror and reckless fun go hand-in-hand.

All sounds generated by free VST synth Odin 2, developed by TheWaveWarden

Burakku Horu

About 30 Instances of Odin 2 synthesizer made all the noises you here. Recorded using Live 11, native effects, OTT and bx_masterdesk

A Lot Can Be Said About Nothing At All (OSC 197 Odin2)

Hey everyone, I did this at the last minute. I know rushing is bad, but never mind. :) I used a total of 45 Odin 2 instances

All effects from Studio One 6.6 + free Dreverb2
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DAW: Studio One 6.6
45 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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Oscillator (OSC #197 - All instruments in the song are from VST Odin 2)

This track is made with Odin2 for the One Synth Challenge 197
All sounds are made by me.
The Cover Image is 100% made by me (starting with the  original photo of the crow).

For the track I used Ableton Live 12 with:
25x Instances of Odin2

Ableton Stock Devices:
14x EQ8 (mostly to cut rumble below 100Hz)
11x Utility (for volume automation)
1x Glue Compressor
1x Compressor
1x Multiband Compressor

Bus Fx:
1x HybridReverb
1x Echo (simple 8th note  ping pong, no modulations)

MasterChain:
Eq8, Glue Compressor, Utility( For the Fade out), Limiter



Fbr - OSC197 - 42°Celsius

OSC 197 OnTrackP Mushrooms 1

My entry for KVR Audio's One Synth Challenge 197, featuring Odin 2 by The Wave Warden. Really enjoyed this synth. I tried to capture the feeling of driving west on State Route 161 through my hometown in Ohio, and out into the farmland beyond. 

I used Reaper 7
28 instances of Odin 2
4 instances of ReaComp
2 instances of ReaEQ
2 instances of Valhalla Supermassive (no modulation)
2 instances of Limiter No.6
2 instances of Transpire
1 instance each of ReaXComp, YouLean Loudness Meter (free) and Dragonfly Room Reverb

OSC 197 - Odin 2- 161 W

Made entirely with sounds from the Odin 2 synthesizer: https://thewavewarden.com/pages/odin-2

All sounds made from init.

Bitwig not 6
Odin2 x ~30
Bitwig FX: Delay+, Filter+, EQ+, Compressor+, Dynamics, Saturator, Tool, Peak Limiter
Other FX: TDR Nova, vladg Limiter no6, Raum, OTT, Cramit, Tape Cassette 2, TAL Reverb 4, kHz haas

z.prime - Steps

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

Hoedown Hysteria

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