Created for the Synthwave Dojo Atom Challenge June 2023.

Constraints were to create a 60-90 second track in an hour using a single synth with a max of 4 layers (drum samples allowed separately). This was made with TAL's U-NO-LX Juno emulation with some LinnDrum samples.

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - June 2023 - Juno 60

This Atom challenge was to create a track of around 60-90 seconds, in less than an hour. 

The brief this time around was to create the track using 1 synth (DX7 here) for the picture shown.

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - July 2023 - DX7

A 60-90 second track to be made in an hour with the following paramters:

Tempo: 78 bpm
Timing: 4/4
Total length: 60-90s
Drums: Roland R8
Key: A
Mode: ionian 
Notes in scale: [A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#, A]
chord progression: [I, iii, vi, V]
 I , AM , notes:  [A, C#, E]
 iii , C#m , notes:  [C#, E, G#]
 vi , F#m , notes:  [F#, A, C#]
 V , EM , notes:  [E, G#, B]
Modifiers: 
Melody: End on the Tonic
Melody Pattern: Write a melody with the pattern A | B | A | C
Bass pattern: Use a syncopated 16th pattern
Start: Start by writing the bass as the first element

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - November 2024

The brief this time around was to create a 60-90 second track in 60 mins. The constraints for this was to centre the track around the Maim (a .mp3 distortion/bitcrush/sample rate reduction emulator) and for the track to use the Aeolian mode.

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - December 2024 - Maim

The brief for this entry was simply to create a 60-90 second track within an hour making use of the OCS-45 tape emulation plugin. Only other constraint was that it had to be at 75bpm

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - December 2024 - OCS-45

Basic track to play around with some LinnDrum plugins, bit rough around the edges but may as well mark in public!

LinnDrum Sketch

Usual rules of 60-90 (..ish) second track created within an hour. This time using some supplied bubble sound samples. Synths were Roland D-50 & JX-8P emulations, with R8 drums

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - January 2025 - ...Bubbles?

Brief this time around was pretty straightforward. 60-90 second track in an hour, A Aeolean, 109bpm, 707 drums, one synth (multiple instances of course), using at least one 7th chord (spoilers, way more than 1), and some shakers.

For the synth this time I went with Roland's ZenCore JX-8P (basically a JX-08 plugin), comes with some very cool onboard effects, despite not being all that great at actually sounding like a JX-8P.

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - February 2025

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - March 2025 - Dreamwave

Brief this time around was to make use of the Hammer & Meißel plugin (https://github.com/Mrugalla/Hammer-and-Meiszel) to create a 60-90 second track. While it can be used as an audio effect, I used it to generate all the non-drum tones in the track.

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - April 2025 - Hammer and Meißel

The brief for this entry was simply to create a 60-90 second track within an hour with the following constraints:

Tempo: 121 bpm,
Timing: 4/4,
Total length: 60-90s,
Drums: Roland TR-707,
Key: Db,
Mode: ionian 
Notes in scale: [Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C, Db],
,
chord progression: [I, iii, I, V],
 I , DbM , notes:  [Db, F, Ab],
 iii , Fm , notes:  [F, Ab, C],
 I , DbM , notes:  [Db, F, Ab],
 V , AbM , notes:  [Ab, C, Eb],
Modifiers: 
Start: Start by writing the bass as the first element

Synthwave Dojo - Atom Challenge - May 2025

The brief for this entry was to create a 60-90 second track within an hour, making use of the Fors Pivot FM synth plugin. Pivot used for all non-drum (CR-78) sounds

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