My LMC14 submission https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=23781
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_li9ep8TyZQ

DAW: Ardour 6.9 on archlinux
Drums: DrumGizmo with the Crocell Kit (CC-BY 4.0 https://drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kits:crocellkit)
1x Bass Guitar
12x Electric Guitars

Guitarix plugins used:
-GxTuner
-GxSVT
-GxAmplifier-X
-GxPhaser
-GxVMK2
-GxDelay-Stereo
-Gxjcm800pre
-GxBoobTube
-GxCabinet
-GxMultiBandDistortion
-GxMultiBandCompressor
-GxChorus-Stero
-Gxdigital_delay
-GxWahwah
-GxZita_rev1-Stereo

Other plugins:
-Several LSP plugins
-Ardour Compressor 
-airwindows Console7, ToTape5 and Galactic
-Noise Repellent 
-Calf Compressor 
-ZamDynamicEQ 
-Dragonfly Reverb

Master chain:
-Luftikus
-LSP Parametric EQ
-LSP Compressor 
-ToTape5
-x42-dpl
and several x42 analyzers.

Deadlock

I was feeling rather pious on this day of our Lord, so I put the rainbow strap on my keytar and wrote this little hymn to celebrate the resonating universe.

Composed and produced by Christopher Arndt in February 2023.

Recorded in Ardour 7 on Linux with a Yamaha Reface DX FM synthesizer and a Kurzweil PC3K into a MIDAS MR18 digital mixer and audio interface.

All sounds from the Reface DX, except bass drum and snares from PC3K.

Sounds used: "Flute DX" and "Organ Slow" by Tom Ansink (https://soundmondo.yamahasynth.com/user/7744), "RetroChoir" (modified) by Jeremy Mulders (https://soundmondo.yamahasynth.com/user/11153), "Dulciclone" and "Celesta C2" by me, "Basic Orch Perc" from PC3K factory presets.

Effects added in the DAW: reverb from "LSP Impulse Reverb Stereo" and Samplicity M7 "North Church" impulse response and from "DFZitaRev1" plugin, "x42-whirl" Leslie emulation on organ chords, multi-band EQ and compression on master bus using "ZamAudio ZamMultiCompX2", and "Calf Saturator".

Inspired by a video from Alex Ball: "Dulcitone 1900 | Blessed are the music makers" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5d5SG1wZ8)

Image of interior of St. Gereon, Cologne, by me.

Reface DX Demos

Schwinge mein Hertz, du süßer Ton

Made with Faust. 
source code here : https://github.com/CesarChaussinand/souffle

Souffle

Made with Odin2 plugin under Ardour and its Tracker Editor.  Initially made for the Libre Music Challenge https://lmc.nyxkn.org/ (LMC#12), reworked and uploaded here.

Quexten

As I did last year with my metal rivisitations of "All I want for Christmas is you" (called "All I want for Christmas is Odin", you can find it on Bandcamp, YouTube, Spotify and other places) and "Last Christmas" (called "('twas a) Ghast Christmas", you can find it here on Soundcloud), I had new idea for these holidays as well. I always considered "Feliz Navidad" to be too happy of a song, so this was my attempt to fix it, by making it more evil, more metal, more MORE. Happy holidays!

As usual, everything was written and recorded using open source and free tools: Ardour, MuseScore, Hydrogen/DrumGizmo (MuldjordKit), sfizz, Calf, DragonFly Reverb, Virtual Playing Orchestra and others. All guitars were recorded using my POD X3 Live instead.

Feliz Navidad (al Infierno)

I started making this track exactly one year ago, but because I was stressed out at the time, I didn't finish it despite being so close to completion.

Finally, with a bit of rest between my resignation and my upcoming study, I decided to finish all the unfinished projects, like to continue the following chapters of my 3xLog, to learn how to draw better for my ideas, and this track.

Enjoy! My latest track, Identity Crisis.

Retro Futurism

Identity Crisis

Blue Glowing Man Dance Experience 2024

My submission for the Libre Music Challenge No. 28.
Software used:
Zrythm 1.0.0-beta.6.6.1 https://www.zrythm.org/
29 instances of Octasine https://www.octasine.com/

Effect Plugins:
LSP Parametric EQ
LSP GOTT Compressor
Dragonfly Hall Reverb
LSP Gate
ZaMultiCompX2
Spectral Compressor
Wolf Shaper
ToTape5
ToTape6
Calf Vintage Delay
Galactic
LSP Sidechain Compressor
CardinalFX

Master chain:
LSP Parametric EQ
ToTape5
LSP Multiband Clipper
Dragonfly Hall Reverb
LSP Compressor
x42-dpl

Rusty Waves

My submission for LMC28, the Libre Music Challenge for March 2024. All sounds were created with the Octasine synthesizer.

For more info on the Libre Music Challenge, check here: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=26836

Rapture [LMC28]

Unofficial Remix / Coverversion form Energy 52 Tranceclassic Cafe del Mar

Cafe Del Mar - Energy52 (Mr Sushi 2024 Remix)

I collected as many Yamaha DX7 patch files as I could and deduplicated each voice within each patch file. There were 59,907 SYSEX files, most of which contained a bank of 32 voices each, for a total of 1,853,728 voice sounds. After hashing the non-name content of the voice (the actual parameters of the sound), I found 31,380 unique voices made by musicians over the years for the DX7. Here they all are. Tag your favorite.

The 31,380 unique voices of the DX7

I'm a music enthusiast by compulsion and a software developer by trade hailing from Cologne, Germany. I developed my deep love for synthesizers and sound design in my thirties, although I had been playing various instruments since my childhood and even had a Korg Poly 800 analog synthesizer in my teens.

I have an eclectic taste in music, but I gravitate towards melodic pieces, which tell a story. My compositions also cover a wide variety of styles from synth pop to progressive rock and folk to classical.

Schwinge mein Hertz, du süßer Ton

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