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

KVR OSC#159 Surge XT

DAW: Reaper
30 home made instances of Surge XT
FX:
ReaEQ, Dead Duck Delay & Filter, Surge XT Effects, Valhallah Supermassive Delay, Limiter No6, SPAN.

Silverpants - Encounter At Esperi

ZioMau - Sparkles

My entry for KVR One Synth Challenge #159.  This month it's the fantastic Surge XT from Surge Synth Team.  

Recorded in Bitwig with 13 instances of Surge XT and either free or Bitwig native effects.

OSC159 - Surge XT

Dissolution

Entirely made with Surge Xt synth using reaper for the kvr's  One Synth Challenge #159

I went for a big contrast... so watch out your volume  setting  :)

Made everything from scratch as I like to do. I had the impression I could have made 5 distinct tracks but that distorded sound I found out put me on rails for kind of a RATM tribute. So it got out pretty despaired and harsh, but I hope you enjoy listening to it nonetheless.

Surge of the Machine

Reaper 
30 instances of SurgeXT
ReaComp
ReaEQ
MEq
OrilRiver
ReaLimiter
StereoWidener
OTT
DDUtility
DDAutofilter

Loris - Rolling

This track is made only with sounds of the softsynth plugin "Surge XT". 20 instances of Surge in Cubase Elements.

Surge XT

Rockingricky - eXTra

One Synth Challenge 159 @ KVR. Sequenced using 44x instances of SurgeXT.

ARG (Osc159 - SurgeXT)

My entry in KVR OSC #159 and my attempt to make a metal song with just the Surge XT synthesizer. Brutal feedback please!

DAW: Reaper
Plugin counts:
- VST3i: Surge XT (Surge Synth Team) (2->6ch) x19 [17 for instruments, 1 for verb send, 1 for mastering]

Crowsbane

"All is not well in the land of Osk. Not well at all ! The Cord Police are keeping the people in a stranglehold under the evil Eye of Roolz. Can the H:oly H:ost of  Righteous Digits save the day ? Or will it drown in blood ?" ---  Watch all new drama on the SameOldChannel !

Oh,nooo....we can't let the kids watch that, honey. Better switch to Foonk TV. Keep 'em safe and sane...

An entry for One Synth Challenge 159 - Surge XT ( details below )
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made in REAPER 6 using:
- Surge XT  ( 27 ;  7 ( voice split ) instruments, 7 percussion and 4 FX ) 
- TDR Nova ( 23 )
-  A1 stereo control ( 3 )
- M/S decoder 
- M/S encoder (2)
- Oril River (4)
- Protoverb ( 5)
- Supermassive ( 5 )
- LoudMax
- Limiter no6
- Platinumears G8
- Hy-Delay free
- BlueARP (2 )
- BitterSweet ( 2 )
- JS mixer
- HOFA System Pan
- JS Channel Time delayer (2)

Dissolution

NeverBeenInARiot