KVR One Synth Challange

One Synth Challenge #186: Any Two Synths Challenge (second edition)

Hear In The Words - Podcast #1 - What's Good For Me (Is Good For Everybody)

Reggae

TheNotTooShitePlaylistOfRiot

5 Star!

Good Vibe

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

Ambiguity

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

Soundtrack to my 2014 Live Tour Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TiPc8vlLrY

Available on limited edition 7" vinyl: https://goo.gl/WzvUmj
Spotify: https://goo.gl/8h7LE3

Trumpet licks by https://soundcloud.com/willmagid
Artwork by Lukas Turcksin

Cause there ain't no sunshine when she's gone...

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Ain't No Sunshine

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L'Impératrice — VANILLE FRAISE (edit)

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

James Mullen had his first day, or rather his first night in the London police force on that foggy 31 August 1888. He was excited and proud at the same time and he was scared... He shouldn't be afraid, he was a policeman after all! Nevertheless, an uneasy feeling crept over him that simply could not be suppressed. He didn't like being out at night and yet he tried not to let on that he would rather be at home in his bed than prowling through the darkest streets of London in the middle of the night... 

He turned into Buck's Row and suddenly stopped... ‘What's that...?’ He walked slowly towards the small pile in the alley. It was dark and he couldn't see his hand in front of his eyes. Only now did he realise that he had not yet lit his lamp, even though his instructor had told him to do so again and again. 

He lit his lamp and shone it in the direction of the heap on the road and immediately wished he hadn't. Staring in fear and horror, he couldn't believe what he was seeing and without realising it, he cried like he had never cried before in his life... 

‘You'll never forget your first day at the police station’ said his mum with a smile as he said goodbye to her. She was right...

Made for KVR OSC 186 with Apricot and MinimogueVA

Whitechapel

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

Realizing There's Nothing More I Can Do (OSC186 Vital+Deelay)

My entry in the so-called "One Synth Challenge" on KVR, round #186: "Any Two Synths". Brutal feedback please!

DAW: Reaper
FX counts (excluding monitoring plugins):
- Odin2 x17
- WhispAir x5
- Stereo Width x3
- OrilRiver x1
- TDR Nova x1
- ReaComp x1
- ReaDelay x1
- ReaEQ x7
- ReaLimit x4

Seven Years Have I Been Waiting

in 31edo. for OSC 186.
Made with Saike Partials and Noise Engineering Ruina, in Reaper.

Leonard Bowman - Destruction In The Service Of Beauty

Lyric analysis on the Song What's Good For Me, Is Good For Everybody:

Podcast Credit: Google NotebookLM, powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro.

Toronto-based singer songwriter Irvin Kovar, solo artist behind over 198 compositions on SoundCloud under LFTR (formerly An Angel Bought Long Island), shares with us a musical interpretation of the dangers of unhinged populist personalities. He gives credit to his life-long friend, Peter Chang who inspired him, verbatim with the chorus line, taken from one of their many discussions on politics and America.

1st Verse
You find me empty
I’ve got not empathy
All I need is envy
So please envy me
It’s helpful lying 
Just bend the truth
Can’t you see the chaos
Trust me, I know what to do
I will get you to chant my name

Chorus
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
Its only me, there is nobody
But me…but me…

2nd Verse
I’m grandiose
Love exaggeration
Preoccupied with success …and adulation
I ‘m special, and I’ve got power
Look in my mirror 
I’ll save your heaven from these cowards

Chorus
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
Its only me, there is nobody
But me…but me…

Chorus
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
What’s Good For Me Is Good For Everybody
Its only me, there is nobody
But me…but me…

Copyright Words and Music, Irvin Kovar July 2024

Podcast Credit: Google NotebookLM, powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro.

It’s the Last Mile (To Sunrise)
Toronto-based singer songwriter Irvin Kovar, solo artist behind over 198 compositions on SoundCloud under LFTR88 (formerly An Angel Bought Long Island), shares with us a hypnotic, art rock tale. An unfiltered out-pouring of post-modern yearning and desperation, is a reflection on the precipice of transition, acquiensence, desperation or all three? Bathed in subtle instrumental textures, alternating between rising and falling guitars and horns, the lyrics ride like waves under a steady and pulsing 70’s beat, supporting and mvoing with the peformance throughout. Some kind of confession, prophecy and simultaneous acceptance is going on here, this half sung, half spoken tapestry, an epic delivery of stream of consciousness poetry – that undeniably takes the listener to the edge of a meaning that lies, inutterable, yet a sliver beyond our reality.

Chorus
It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

The journeys been worth it and all the sacrifice
But its best that we’ll be leaving, this whole thing that we call it
Too long to be in the big house, to little to be lost in the world
If just for an impluse, drifting away, less for the day, promises that tell me, that made me happy
Not very many, but dreams will tell me, if I remember to write them down

Lakes and tornados, huge houses and cities
I had enoyed it so much, but now nothing really is new to me
The earth is choosing, closing its doors forever, and the rain keeps coming
Everything is packaged on the driveway

Oh, this attraction is illusion
Nature has run its game here
We cant stop making babies and lying to each other
I’ve seen it on the edge of that moment
This reality is transferrable
Just with a certain change of mind
I don’t know if I even want to live this anymore
They can’t even eat or find their parents
Being trafficked like fetanyl, by demons with no hearts
We’re done here, go to the next phase

Chorus
It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

The journeys been worth it and all the sacrifice
I’ve almost seen it, the edge of the moment
It was more than just meaning, it was…. piercing through that veil of total acceptence
I am outside or top-down or short framed, and Nature is in total control
No way to reverse this stream, to unlearn what we are singing
To unspeak the words with brash chords of regret
I look at a woman…and all I can say is that she is the greatest glory

I hate to say that life is so short, so short it almost doesn’t exist
Those of us with so few gifts
Being battered around and sold for glamorous desires
Emptied and robbed in all things, I begin to see
That I have disappeared, but with purpose
Life in its gaiety, in its hard-handness
Sometimes I just want to die.
Like a hungry corpse buying a grave in front of a tree
Is that a statement or is that where I stand?
What chance did I have, when I look back at the race?
What chance did I have?

We’re done here, go to the next phase
Chorus
It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

It’s the last mile
It’s the last mile
To Sunrise

Copyright Words and Music, Irvin Kovar, June 2023.

Hear In The Words - Podcast #2 - Its The Last Mile (To Sunrise)

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

Original: Just Between Us - Norman Brown

Give me plays on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/3JpP4DNKOdCUxPJWxqi2df?si=O_DJjGJpSA6cWhlOg4tMkw

Internet Moms

Loris - Wake Up
Reaper 7

108 instances of Monolit

FX Used: 
Gclip
frequency spectrum analyzer
VUMeter
Voxengo SPAN
Signilizer
KHz Distortion
ReaComp
ReaPhaseRotator - to try to get the sine wave in the kick phase aligned
MCompressor
KHz Clipper
ReaXComp
ReaEQ
Khz Reverb
KHz Filter
Ozone 8 Imager
MBandPass
Mequalizer
KHz Delay
MConvolutionEZ
KHz Formant Filter
Khz transientShaper
Ohmicide - not used to its full potential
ReaLimit
MCharmVerb
Khz gain
MComb - for light accentuation on percussion
Khz Stereo
KHz trance Gate

This song took several tries to get to where i want it. Once i fleshed out the idea, i started layering sounds to get a fuller feel for the track and to decorate the space. im particularly proud of the kick which is three active instances of the synth, i crafted the envelopes down to the milisecond and used an oscilliscope to precisely dial in the timing. I had several initial approaches for the kick none of which worked well. I worked a lot on the percussion to get metallic sounds using the FM function of the synth and also using a lot of EQ to peak frequencies. I woulnd say i went full 11/10 but i went 9/10 on EQ. I also used some distortion, to about 8/10. I accentuated sounds but did not completely distroy them. A lot of texture to certain percussion was obtained by layering different sounds at different pitches and also different FM ratios etc. Playing with envelopes goes a long way. 

The bass sounds are all very simple actually and most are a few layers deep with different waveforms FMing at different ratios and pitches. I was gonna go ballistic on the basses and use EQ, clipping and even convolution to obliterated the sound. But to avoid being DQ i opted for the PG 13 version. 

the amount of automation in this project with greater than 100 instances of the synth has made it a chore to navigate. Some midi clips have 6 or 7 layers of automation and other have only one but heavily adjusted everywhere. the automation i used the most is volume. Cutting sounds so they dont interfere with other sounds and to cut reverb tails, and also to shape sounds since i did not like the way the envelopes in the synth itself worked at times. Working with audio clips would have made this much more easy. I do not think i will go this hard for OSC ever again. But then again...it was kinda fun...

The song is clipped and compressed severely. I could have pushed it harder but i did NOT!! in order to preserve that last gasp of dynamic range that was slowly waiting to die. This is not a ballad, or classical, its dubstep - or something like it. 

The song got its name from the distinct digital alarm sound that we're all so familiar with. I used it in the buildup, in the drop, everywhere...

Nothing on the master except Gclip and ReaLimiter. 

Thats all i got

Loris - Wake Up!

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6mSKcze7qnV0bQKOpDLn42

DAW: Reaper

Synth: Monolit (35 Instances)

Mixing FX (Free): ReaComp (Only Sidechain), ReaGate(Gating Snare Reverb), ReEQ (HP/LP), Flux Mini 2(Sidechain),  Orilriver, Supermassive, Deelay, DD AutoPan, Panagement 2, Wider, Lil Tube (Subtle Bus Saturation), GClip, Loudmax, ReaLimit

Mastering: Nova, Lil Tube, Kotelnikov, LoudMax

Metering: Prism

Calling the Monolith

Call the Monolith (OSC 194 Monolit)

This is my OSC for May 2025 made from the sounds of Ragnarok2
made with 58 instances of Ragnarok2 and the following free vsts:


TDR Kotelnikov
BX Masterdesk Classic
Airwindows Monitoring 3
KHS Delay
DevilSpring
Deelay
TDR Nova
DearVr Pro2
Raum
Valhalla Supermassive
KHs Dual Delay
Saturation Knob
AirWindows DubSub2
Spacer
KHs Transient Shaper
ExoVerb
FreshAir
Limiter No6
KHs Haas
Pancz
STFU
TensJr
IronOxide Classic2
BusterSe
TDR Molotok
GClip
Ozone Imager 2
BussColors 4
KHs Clipper

Bitwig:
Sculpt
Focus
EQ2
Convolution
Tool
FX Layer
Key Filter
Note Transpose
Multiband fx2
Mid-Side Split
Instrument Layer
Delay-1
Filter+
Delay-2
Multinote
Fx Layer

Kiltarlity

OSC#195 - FullBucket's Ragnarök 

DAW: MuLab
Instances: 40
FX: DearVR Pro 2, Deelay, Supermassive, FrankCS, OTT, LoudMax, Magic Carpet, KSHMER EssentialKick, TDR Nova, TENSjr, IVGI2, Plateau2

Taron - Stealing the Ragnarök

Hi everyone, I created a similar piece to the previous one from OSC 194, but in a different sound version.
I used 31 instances (Ragnarök 2)

All effects from Studio One 6.6 + free Dreverb2
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DAW: Studio One 6.6
31 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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The joyful 90's Hard ver. (OSC #195 - All instruments in the song are from VST Ragnarök Mk2)

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 !


~ Copyright : NeverBeenInARiot 2025 : All Rights Reserved. 

Primer 2

An entry for OSC#197 : Odin 2 
https://thewavewarden.com/pages/odin-2

All sounds created practically in Odin 2, with no CGI...

"An ash I know there stands,
Yggdrasill is its name,
a tall tree, showered
with shining loam.
From there come the dews
that drop in the valleys.
It stands forever green over
Urðr's well."
 ~ Völuspá (second stanza)
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Bitwig 5.3
Odin 2 - 18 Instances

Bitwig Native Plugins
Arpeggiator, Compressor, Delay+, Dynamics, 
EQ+, Limiter, Note Length, Note Transpose,
Strum, Tilt, Tool

Free 3rd Party Mixing Plugins
Deelay, Free Clip 2, Limter No6, OTT
Kotelnikov, Nova, TENSjr, FreqEcho

Free 3rd Party Monitoring Plugins
dpMeter5, Prism
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"Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humour"
 ~ Peter Tork

Copyright : NeverBeenInARiot, 2025 : All Rights Reserved.

Yggdrasil Dub

I'm really happy to share you my new remix today, I hope you'll like it and don't hesitate to share the track, peace. <3

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ODESZA - Memories That You Call (Petit Biscuit Remix)

EDM dance pop with smooth blend of hooks and choruses...