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One Synth Challenge #171: Apricot by nakst

Dreamz

Reggae

Made for the KVR One Synth Challenge 155:
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2022/osc-155-any-one-synth
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=575714

All sounds made entirely from scratch with the Roland System-8 hardware synthesizer on the System-8 Model.
DAW: FL-Studio 20.9
Instances / Recordings: 40 Audio Tracks

DAW Plugins:
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [22], Fruity Limiter [3], Fruity Stereo Enhancer [14], Fruity Delay 2 [4], Fruity Delay 3 [4], Fruity Reeverb 2 [3], Fruity Convolver [1]

3rd Party Free:
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 [1], Melda MCompressor [2], Analog Obsession LOVEND [2], Xfer OTT [8], TAL Reverb 2 [3]

3rd Party Commercial:
Waves H-Reverb [II]

3rd Party I got it for free but it´s actually Commercial:
Izotope Ozone 8 Elements [1]

No wolves were harmed during the production of this track.
Mixed and Mastered by a Neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystal.

Impedance Music - DPSS (OSC#155 - Roland System-8)

All Sounds created with AudioNebula Aurora fm Synth for kvr's OSC155 challenge.

Prelude to Aurora - OSC 155

Made with 11 x Sinmad synth  [https://nusofting.com/plugins/sinmad-synth]

DAW: Ableton Live : Ableton FXs: Delays, Reverb, Compressor, Equalizers
+ BeatSkillz Max 1

OSC 155

Sinmad The Shamest

An unmastered, slightly-mixed, last-minute track for OSC 155.
All parts played live.

—Synth—
Behringer Model D (5 instances)

—Effects—
ReaEq
TDR Molotok
Voxengo Tempo Delay
Xfer Dimension Expander

Recorded in Reaper

You and Everything (OSC 155)

DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
19 instances of Synister
19 instances of Valhalla Supermassive
Some Cubase native AutoPan, EQ and Compression

Synister - Winter In Berlin

One Synth Challenge 156 @ KVR. Sequenced using 12x instances of Synister.

DLA (Osc156 - Synister)

The servant robots have sensed that an attack is eminent.

OSC156 Down Everybody (Synister) 22/25 88%

Monthly OSC contest track using Synister to create all sounds in Ableton Live 11. 
A melancholic track for the times.

Techquiem (OSC 156 - Synister)

My submission for the One Synth Challenge, using Synister https://the-synister.github.io/ as only sound source.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ3wYgS0TIM

DAW: Ardour 6.9 on Archlinux
38x Synister instances via yabridge/wine

Audio Effects:
-LSP Parametric Stereo EQ
-Calf Vintage Delay
-ZaMultiCompx2
-ACE Compressor
-airwindows Reverb
-TAP Tubewarmth
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-Wolf Shaper

MIDI effects:
-B.Schaffl
-x42 MIDI Strum

Masterbus:
-Luftikus EQ
-LSP Parametric EQ (Stereo and MidSide)
-LSP Stereo Compressor
-airwindows ToTape5
-Refine
-x42 DPL Limiter

MyLoFy - Shattered

My submission for OSC156, the One Synth Challenge for Februrary 2022.
All of the sounds were created out of the Synister synth by QUL at the University of Berlin.

This track was made with Reaper on Linux.
There are 17 instances of the Synister.

Ritual [OSC156]

This is my submission for the OSC 171 Apricot. It was made with 27 instances in Reaper.
Transient Shaper (Kiloheartz)12
TDR Kotelnikov 1
Bass Professor 2
ReaEQ 17
OTT 1
FRANK 1
master_me 1
A1StereoControl 1
Distortion (Kiloheartz) 11
epicPLATE 11
Spaceship Delay 2
Valhalla Supermassive 6
Compressor (Kiloheartz) 2
STUF (ZEEK) 3
ReEQ Parametric Graphic Equalizer 5
A1 TriggerGate 2
SPAN 1

Not as interested this time as much in critical feedback. (Edit: oh go ahead and be critical if you like). I realize it's a bit repetitive. Simplistic bassline. Not even any drum fills. But I really like it as is. A lot. The harmonica sounded like it was saying "down the river". From there I started thinking of a river on fire that was sort of like the infinite corridor in the castlevania tv series on netflix. I might try to find a more representative picture. (Originally uploaded on 5/7/23. On 5/9/23 I went back and changed the high pass on bass and kick from 50hz down to 25 hz or so. And made drums a bit more coherent in general.)

OSC171 Down Fire River (Apricot) 30/44 68%

This is my entry for the 171st edition of KVR's One Synth Challenge - this month every sound was made using Apricot, a free synth by nakst.

There are just 10 instances of the synth this time, and it's an experiment in timekeeping. Seven out of eight people can dance to this - are you one of them?

Made using Ableton Live 11, with no third party effects. Each track has an EQ8, Utility, Saturator (in clip mode) and Compressor. No returns. The master has EQ8, Compressor, Glue Compressor, Utility.

Everything Is On The Seven - OSC 171

Final Placement: 39/42 (top 93%)
Made for KVR Audio's "One Synth Challenge" #171

This month, it was nakst's "Apricot:" a hybrid subtractive synth/sampler in CLAP and FL formats. Only one instance of Apricot was used. Other usual rules apply (no samples and no commercial effects). 

DAW:
FL Studio 21

Plugins used:
Apricot x1
(FL) Frequency Splitter x1
Cymatics Origin ("movement" and "chorus" disabled) x1
Fruity Balance x1
Fruity Parametric EQ 2 x1
LoudMax	x1
Magic Dice x1
Ozone Imager 2 x3

Art:
https://www.instagram.com/_thelowestkey/

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KVR One-Synth Challenge entries

Bath Salts (Apricot)

Neu KatalYst - 𝒷𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝒶𝓁𝓉𝓈 [KVR OSC #171: Apricot] [Vaporwave]

One Synth Challenge entry
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-171-apricot

Equilibrium

When cleaning up I found that cute, fluffy little monster under my bed and disturbed its slumber. Boy, was it cranky, such a drama! But listen for yourself...

My submission for KVR's One Synth Challenge, using Apricot as only sound source. All patches made from init.
Screencast: https://diode.zone/w/eB7R49oKuWU2iKBzQapjpD

DAW: Zrythm 1.0.0-beta.4.9.1-1-g623246531 https://www.zrythm.org/de/index.html on Archlinux
28 instances of Apricot CLAP synth https://nakst.gitlab.io/apricot/

Used effect plugins (all free and open source):
-LSP paramatric EQ (MidSide and Stereo)
-ZaMultiCompX2
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-LSP Multiband Dynamic Processor
-LSP Gate
-x42-eq 
-airwindows ToTape5
-airwindows Cabs
-airwindows Galactic
-ZamCompX2 
-Calf Vintage Delay
-x-42 MIDI strum

Master Chain:
-LSP paramatric EQ
-clean-machine
-LSP Multiband Compressor
-ReFine
-PeakEater
-x42-dpl Limiter

cranky!

A submission for the KVR One Synth Challenge #171.

The synth this month is Apricot by Nakst, a very capable 2 osc VA.  Great sound, and super light on the CPU, also loads like a demon.

13 instances in Reaper, some light processing from ReaEQ, ReaComp, and ReaLimit, plus Nova on the master.

OSC171 - Apricot

Kernel Panic

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

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #179 - Any One Synth.

The unreliable narrative of Spaceman D. Bassman continues...

As the sun falls gently towards the horizon, a lone figure casually lounges in a deck chair, the fiery sky reflected in his visor. In his hands he holds a large glass of his favourite cocktail, Sex on the Beach.

Lieutenant Spaceman D. Bassman had been through a lot lately. After almost 23 months marooned on an alien planet populated by those weird musical bees, his oxygen, water and food supplies were at dangerously low levels. Things were so desperate that he'd taken to supplementing his diet with several particularly fat and juicy bees with each meal. They tasted disgusting, but he loved them nonetheless.

After months of despair and having given up any hope of being rescued, somewhat miraculously, the Corp finally located his emergency beacon and saved him from an inevitable and very likely nasty, bee-poisoning related death. He was lucky, and thankful to be alive.

With his gums still raw and nippy from the bee stings, Bassman, now safely back on Terra, took a long swig from his glass, settled back in the chair, and put another cassette in his Cosmosblaster.

While the sun continued it's decent across sky, the heavy throb of psychedelic space dub and beesong filled the air once more. Bassman sighed a long sigh of relief and wiped a tear from his eye; He really loved those weird musical alien bees.

Fin.

Reaper 7
u-he Hive (x17)

Track FX: Pro-C2 (x4), Pro-Q3 (x14), MAutopan (x1)

Send FX: PSP Springbox, ValhallaDelay, ValhallaVintageVerb (x2)

Stereo Bus FX: Teote, Satin, Pro-Q3, Pro-L2, TDR Prism, Youlean Loudness Meter

OSC179 - Any One Synth

Hex on the Beach

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #181 - Surge XT.

The anachronistic tales of a washed up barfly continue...

The air was thick with a haze of smoke, amber fluid and regret. A neon sign flickered through the grimy window, casting the room in a sickly green glow. In a darkened corner booth slumped Spaceman D. Bassman, one time Space Corp Trooper extraordinaire, now Terra's most despondent drunk.

Bassman's once celebrated career had been a shooting star, blazing bright before burning out in a fiery re-entry. The mission to the Sinfony system, meant to be his crowning achievement, had ended in catastrophe. No longer heralded as a hero but as a liability, Bassman had been humiliatingly dismissed from the Corp, deemed unfit to serve by the medical board who cited bee-related psychological trauma and chronic dub abuse.

The dive bar he found himself in offered little solace. Under a single incandescent bulb in the corner of the room, a raggedy-assed band were grinding out a strained one drop pastiche that only served to drive him deeper into despair. He had played bass himself a long time ago. His fretboard heroics used to attract admiring glances but now all he could muster were pitying stares and whispered condemnations. His attention drifted back to his drink, the dubby skanks replaced by the deafening roar of his own failures.

One night, a young woman slid into the seat on the other side of the booth. Her eyes, the colour of honey on a stormy day, held a curious glint. Seemingly unfazed by his haggard appearance and the strong smell of urine, she spoke passionately of her dreams of travelling to the stars, her voice a sweetly buzzing melody that cut through the fog clouding his mind.

That night, for the first time in a long time, Bassman didn't drown his sorrows in silence. He spoke of the cosmos, of the dance of celestial bodies, of weird musical bees, his voice regaining a spark it had lost for so long. The woman listened, enthralled, her eyes reflecting the distant stars he could no longer reach.

As the night wore on, a camaraderie blossomed between the washed-up space trooper and the aspiring star traveller. In the flickering neon glow, an unlikely friendship was forged, a melody of hope born from the depths of despair. Perhaps, he thought, even a broken star could find solace in the rhythm of a new dream.

Fin?

Reaper 7
Surge XT (14)

Track FX: CHOW Tape Model (3), JSFX MIDI Note Filter (6), ReaComp (10), ReaEQ (11), ReaLimit, TAL Reverb 4, TDR Molotok, TDR Nova, Venn Free Clip 2

Send FX: Sixth Sample Deelay, TAL Reverb 4, Surge XT (audio in), ReaEQ, ReaComp

Stereo BUS: CHOW Tape Model, Blue Cat Gain, TDR Nova, VladG Limiter #6, ReaLimit, Cockos Loudness Meter

OSC181 - Surge XT

Barfly Skank

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #182 - Charlatan 3.

Bitwig 5
Charlatan 3 (13)

Track FX
Dynamics (3)
EQ+ (4)
Peak Limiter (1)

Send FX
ValhallaSupermassive (1)

ChowTapeModel
TDR Nova
Peak Limiter
Youlean Loudness Meter

OSC182 - Charlatan 3

Quacksalver

My entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #185 : Cherry Audio SEM.

Written in Bitwig 5.2, using 40 instances of SEM for _all_ sounds.

Track FX ---
Bitwig Native :  EQ+ (14), Compressor (5), Convolution (3), Delay+ (2), Dynamics (1), Note Filter (25), Note Receiver (4), Note Transpose (1), Over (3), Timeshift (2), Tool (30)

Third Party FX : kHs Channel Mixer (25), kHs Transient Shaper (2), TDR Nova (1), Valhalla SuperMassive (1)

FX Sends ---
Bitwig Delay+, Klanghelm TensJr

Master ---
TDR Nova, Bitwig Peak Limiter, Youlean Loudness Meter

OSC185 - Cherry Audio SEM

EnSEMble Synthetique de Dub

An entry for the KVR One Synth Challenge #186 : Any Two Synths Challenge (Second Edition).

All sounds created with Vital and TAL NoizeMak3r.

In a disturbing turn of events, Spaceman D. Bassman flirts dangerously with major scales, gets sassy with a saxophonist, plays Arkanoid on his Grandpa's Amiga, does some cleaning round the house, and brings it all to a climax while totally amped up to the max on Tequila, Pimms and Irn Bru.

Reaper 7
Vital (17)
TAL NoizeMak3r (2)

Track FX : DAW Native
ReaComp (8)
ReaMIDIControl (1)
ReaEQ (12)
ReaDelay (1)
ReaVerb (2)

Track FX : 3rd Party
ChowTapeModel (2)
Distorque Rangebastard (1)
MAutopan (2)
TAL Reverb 4 (1)
Toneboosters Reverb 3 (1)
TDR Kotelnikov (1)
TDR Nova (1)
Sixth Sense Deelay (2)

2 BUS FX
TDR Kotelnikov (1)
TDR Nova (2)
TB Barricade 3 (1)
Cockos Loudness Meter (1)

OSC186 - Any Two Synths Challenge (Second Edition)

Skull Nugget

An entry for KVR One Synth Challenge #190 - Vital.
All sounds created with Vital.

She who waits...

Reaper 7
Vital (19)

Native FX :
ReaComp (1)
ReaMIDIControl (1)

3rd Party FX :
A1TriggerGate (1)
ChowTapeModel (3)
DSEQ (1)
GSatPlus (1)
MTremolo (1)
Pro-C2 (9)
Pro-Q3 (10)
Pro-Q4 (2)
Springbox (1)
Standard Clip (2)
STFU (1)
ValhallaDelay (8)
ValhallaFreqEcho (2)
TDR Limiter 6 GE (1)

OSC190 - Vital

Élan Vital

A track recorded for the One Synth Challenge #196 : Primer 2

REAPER

Primer 2 (13)

Blue Cat Gain (1)
CHOW Tape (1)
Deelay (4)
Free Clip 2 (2)
Limiter No6 (1)
Loudness Meter (1)
MIDI Note Filter JSFX (6)
MIDI Transposer JSFX (11)
OrilRiver (1)
ReaComp (13)
ReaControlMIDI (1)
ReaVerb (1)
Saike Transience (2)
Kotelnikov (1)
Nova (11)
TENSjr (1)
ValhallaFreqEcho (2)

Moar Cowbell !


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