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One Synth Challenge #90: Helm

GUITAR VERSION: https://soundcloud.com/mylofymusic/shifting-station-ii
My submission for KVR's One Synth Challenge #162, using V-Station as only sound source.
 
 32 instances of V-Station via Carla bridge, all patches made from init. 
 DAW: Ardour 6.9 on ArchLinux
 
 Audio Plugins:
 LSP Parametric Equalizer
 Dragonfly Hall Reverb
 Calf Vintage Delay
 airwindows ToTape5
 ZaMultiCompX2
 ACE Compressor
 airwindows Texturize
 airwindows Cabs
 
 MIDI Plugins:
 x42 MIDI Strum
 B.Schaffl
 
 Master Bus:
 Noise Repellent
 ToTape5
 Luftikus
 LSP Parametric Equalizer
 LSP Multiband Stereo Compressor
 ZaMaximX2
 x42-dpl

Shifting Station

This is my contribution to Libre Music Challenge #32: Drum and bass
https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?t=27247

The vocal sample is by the amazing Roses1401
https://freesound.org/people/Roses1401/sounds/687050/

Made exclusively with free and open source software
OS: Linux
DAW: Ardour
Plugins:
NT | TYPE | NAME
  1 * LV2    Luftikus (by Lkjb)
  2 * LV2    x42-dpl - Digital Peak Limiter Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
  1 * LV2    LSP Compressor Stereo (by LSP LV2)
 11 * LV2    LSP Parametric Equalizer x16 Stereo (by LSP LV2)
  2 * VST2   DeBess (by airwindows)
  2 * LV2    Calf Deesser (by Calf Studio Gear)
  1 * LV2    Dragonfly Plate Reverb (by Michael Willis)
  4 * LV2    LSP GOTT Compressor Stereo (by LSP LV2)
  1 * VST2   Wider (by airwindows)
  1 * LV2    Calf Analyzer (by Calf Studio Gear)
  1 * LADSPA GLAME Butterworth Highpass (by Alexander Ehlert)
  1 * LV2    Geonkick Single (by Iurie Nistor)
  1 * LV2    DR-14 - Crest Factor Loudness Range Meter (Stereo) (by Robin Gareus)
  1 * LV2    LUFS Meter (by Klangfreund)
  1 * LV2    LSP Multiband Limiter Stereo (by LSP LV2)
  1 * LV2    Noise repellent (by Luciano Dato)
  1 * LV2    Calf Transient Designer (by Calf Studio Gear)
 12 * VST3   Surge XT (by Surge Synth Team)
  1 * LV2    Black Pearl Drumkit (by Robin Gareus)
  1 * VST2   Crystal (by airwindows)
  2 * LV2    LSP Compressor Mono (by LSP LV2)
  6 * VST2   ToTape5 (by airwindows)
  1 * LV2    Tal-Dub-3 (by TAL-Togu Audio Line)
  2 * LV2    LSP Parametric Equalizer x16 Mono (by LSP LV2)
  1 * VST2   Galactic (by airwindows)
  1 * LV2    LSP Expander Mono (by LSP LV2)
  1 * LV2    LSP Parametric Equalizer x16 MidSide (by LSP LV2)
  2 * LV2    LSP Sidechain Compressor Stereo (by LSP LV2)
  1 * LV2    Wolf Shaper (by Patrick Desaulniers)
  1 * LADSPA Comb Filter (by Steve Harris)

Here today (feat. Roses1401)

So the invasion of small green men has been repelled. Now we have to wait out orbital bombardment. Force field holds but radiation fries buttox. Geiger counters gone mad. Let's visit the local bunker. Quick.

LibreMusicChallenge#32 DnB: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=169276

Ardour DAW.
Airwindows drum sample set.

1 * LV2    Simple Scope (Stereo) (by Robin Gareus)
2 * LV2    LeftoMono (by Hannes Braun)
7 * LV2    Helm (by Matt Tytel)
2 * VST3   Vitalium (by DISTRHO)
1 * LV2    x42-dpl - Digital Peak Limiter Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
1 * LV2    LSP Spectrum Analyzer x2 (by LSP LV2)
5 * LV2    ACE Compressor (stereo) (by Ardour Community)
4 * LV2    Calf Vintage Delay (by Calf Studio Gear)
2 * LV2    Red Zeppelin Drumkit (by Robin Gareus)
2 * VST3   Geonkick (by Iurie Nistor)
1 * LV2    Micro Delay Line (by Robin Gareus)
3 * LV2    x42-eq - Parametric Equalizer Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
2 * LV2    General MIDI Synth (by Robin Gareus)
1 * VST2   x42-eq - Parametric Equalizer St (by Robin Gareus)

https://freesound.org/people/Fission9/sounds/476225/
https://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/149966/
https://freesound.org/people/Johnnyfarmer/sounds/209769/
https://freesound.org/people/ALEFF-ATMOS/sounds/452780/
https://freesound.org/people/F.M.Audio/sounds/620435/
https://freesound.org/people/newlocknew/sounds/654525/

lmc#32

force field holds but radiation fries buttox

My submission for One Synth Challenge 190 ft. Vital

https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2024/osc-190-vital

OS: Ubuntu 24.04
DAW: Ardour 8.4

Plugins used:
14 x Vital
3 x ACE Compressor
1 x ACE Delay
4 x ACE High/Low Pass filter
1 x  ACE Reverb
1 x TAL Filter 2 (for ping pong panning)
1 x TAL Reverb II
2 x X42 Parametric EQ
1 x  X42 Digital Peak Limiter

Do You Think I'm Michel

My submission for KVR's One Synth Challenge 191 ft Zebralette2.
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-191-zebralette

OS: Ubuntu 24.04
DAW: Ardour 8.4

Plugins used:
- 27 × Zebralette (by u-he)
- 8 × ACE High/Low Pass Filter (by Ardour Community)
- 5 × ACE Compressor (stereo) (by Ardour Community)
- 6 × x42-eq - Parametric Equalizer Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
- 1 × x42-dpl - Digital Peak Limiter Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
- 3 × Tal-Reverb-II (by TAL-Togu Audio Line)
- 1 × LSP Limiter Stereo (by LSP LV2)
- 1 × LSP Gate Stereo (by LSP LV2)
- 1 × LSP Multiband Compressor Stereo x8 (by LSP LV2)
- 1 × OTT (by Xfer Records)
- 2 × MIDI Transpose (by Filipe Coelho)

Album art created with https://creator.nightcafe.studio

rghvdberg - Tonight [OSC191-Zebralette2]

My entry for KVR Audio One-Synthesizer Challenge #90, featuring the Helm synthesizer. 17 tracks and 15 instances of Helm AU, effects from Helm, excepting built-in Delay, Reverb, Compressor, and Glue Compressor from Ableton Live.

Oopfoo - OSC 90 - Concentric

A little demonstration of Matt Tytel's Helm synthesizer. This track was created for the KVR One Synth Challenge #90 as a little demo of Matt Tytel's Helm synthesizer. No other sound devices were used, everything heard here is made by Helm and Helm only.

StudioDave - 3 Breaths for Helm - KVR OSC90

submission for the KVR One Synth Challenge 90: Helm

Darksynth FX - Robot Heart

Made with the free synth HELM by Matt Tytel for OSC 90 (One Synth Challenge). 

Serious Program Error (OSC90)

bh9090 - Elevator [OSC HELM]

Made with a completely open-source toolchain, starring the open-source Helm synth as the only sound source, processed with many other open-source plugins in the open-source lv2 standard for processing including (but not limited to) the open-source a-plugins, the open-source eq10q plugins, and the open-source calf plugins. This was done using Ardour, an open-source DAW, on linux, an open-source operating system, and we collaborated using git, the open-source version control system. In a word, we have been rather "open" about it.
You can find the complete project at www.github.com/ssj71/OSC90
Plugins used:
21 Helms
1 Calf comps
7 Calf eqs
2 Calf Haas Stereo Effects
1 Calf Multiband comps
1 Calf Limiters
7 CS10QSs
6 EQ 10Qs
2 Ping Pong Pans
2 X42 4-band EQs
3 A-compressors
2 Tal-Filter 2s

ssj71 & rghvdberg - OSC90 - Helm of Dreams

entry for one synth challenge #92 ft. Digits 2

rghvdberg - The Unthinkable [OSC92 Digits2]

My entry for One Synth Challenge #96
Project files: https://github.com/rghvdberg/OSC96_Nabla

Software used in this project:
* OS - Linux Mint 18 with KX Studio repositories added
* DAW - Ardour 5.6

All sounds are made by multiple instances of one synthesizer plugin;  Nabla by Full Bucket Music. 
Although this project is made on Linux, Nabla is a Windows plugin and other Windows plugins have been used too. In order to run a Windows plugin on linux I use Airwave. Very cool software, check it out.

Plugins used:

    Nabla by Full Bucket Music
    a-plugins (Ardour built-in plugins)
    LSP Project (compressors, eq, limiter, reverb)
    EQ10Q (compressors, eq)
    TAL Filter 2 by Togu Audio Line (for autopan)
    Bitrot Stuttter by grejppi
    OTT by Xfer [Windows plugin]
    Freeverb 3 reverb [Windows plugin]
    X42 pugins midifilter.lv (convert velocity to midi cc #7) and balance.lv2 (create Haas effect)

rghvdberg - Clearly Broken [OSC96]

My entry for the One Synth Challenge #118
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/osc-118-tal-elek7ro
Both Elek7ro and Noisemaker were allowed but I used only Noisemaker

DAW Ardour 5.12 om Linux Mint (+ KX Studio repos)

Plugins used:
25 x NoiseMaker
3 x (Ardour) a-Compressor stereo
2 x (Ardour) a-High/Low Pass Filter
1 x LSP Plugins Compressor Stereo
2 x LSP Plugins Limiter Stereo
2 x Dragonfly Reverb
2 x OTT
1 x Tal-Filter-2 (for auto panning)
1 x Wolf Shaper (saturation)
7 x x42-eq - Parametric Equalizer Stereo
2 x ZamAutoSat

Project files are here:
https://github.com/rghvdberg/OSC-118

rghvdberg - Penguin Polka [OSC 118 TAL Noisemaker]

Video: https://youtu.be/JP3SljG3JN4
Software/Samples used:

DAW: 
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered in Ardour 6 https://ardour.org/ 

Amp/Cabinet Simulation:
-Guitarix http://guitarix.org/ 
-CAPS Plugins Cabinet IV and V http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html

Synths/Keys:
-amsynth https://amsynth.github.io/ 
-Zyn-Fusion https://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io/zyn-fusion.html 
-Helm https://tytel.org/helm/ 
-Surge https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ 
-Geonkick https://github.com/iurie-sw/geonkick 
-MDA Piano https://elephly.net/lv2/mdapiano/index.html 
-String machine https://github.com/jpcima/string-machine 
-sfizz https://sfz.tools/sfizz/ 

Samples/Player:
-Drums/Samples: DrumGizmo, The Aasimonster https://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=kits:the_aasimonster
-Virtual Playing Orchestra http://virtualplaying.com/virtual-playing-orchestra/ 

Effects: 
-Calf https://calf-studio-gear.org/ 
-Linux Studio Plugins Project https://lsp-plug.in/ 
-x42-plugins: https://x42-plugins.com/x42/ 
-Dragonfly Reverbs: https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/ 
-TAP Plugins https://github.com/moddevices/tap-lv2 
-Noise repellent https://github.com/lucianodato/noise-repellent 
-Luftikus https://lkjbdsp.wordpress.com/luftikus/ 
-Zam Plugins http://www.zamaudio.com/

Contemplation

ssj71 has had music floating in his head for years, and now is finally getting to the point where he can get those out and let everyone hear. Don't let the music fool you. He's really just a trombone player.