Love that squiggly lead. Should have more of it!

It's a little known fact, but once upon a time I was a male stripper in a go-go bar, this takes me right back to the 80's, it definitely has that hi-energy vibe going on.  Not sure about the wonky tuning on th lead, and would be good if the drums were a bit more powerful though that was never going to be easy with a SEM clone.

Significant improvement on your previous entry. Nice 80s feeling. The whole song has a good, driving energy. Overall, a clear improvement in terms of your sounds and the sound in general. The only exception: the one really weird sound... Better leave that out. Summary: You're definitely on the right path and I'm sure that will soon be reflected in the points if you keep going! ;)

OH, cool lead sound, then going to the delayed sound...

I like how the leads swapped out...The track, it's kind of a sleeper but then grabs your attention as the interest intensifies.

I like how you ended with that polytonal motif. They're short but make the tune very memorable, your own sonic signature so to speak.

The low sounds loud to me throughout - I would love to hear more of the "backing track" pad type sounds.  They get buried.  The lead plays but the backgrounds are not given their moment to shine.

Blue Glowing Man Dance Experience 2024

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

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge #181. My 120th consecutive entry since #61 (10 years). All sounds made by the free VSTi SurgeXT. Only DAW and free 3rd party FX used.

DAW: Reaper 7

Track details
43 * Surge XT
ReaEq, LFX-1310 (autopan), Oril River, OTT, Twin Delay, SlickEQ, MSED, Limiter No6, SPAN, Youlean Loudnes Meter

LUFS: -16.3
DR: 9

Yet Another Surge of Ambience - OSC #181 - SURGE XT

One Synth Challenge 181 @ KVR. Sequenced using 30x instances of SurgeXT.

KIN (Osc181 - SurgeXT)

The Seagull Over The Surge

dstr - The Seagull Over The Surge (One Synth Challenge #181: Surge XT)

I have had a middle ear infection with funny tinnitus in my right ear while creating this. I still don't hear right with my right ear. Otherwise: Created for the One-Synth Challenge #181 with the still great Wavetable VST Surge XT in FL Studio 21.2 Producer Edition. Every sound is created from scratch. Technical Details below:

Instances: 27 x Surge XT
BPM: 125, 127
DAW FX:
Channel EQ [4]
Fruity Delay 2 [2]
Fruity Delay 3 [1]
Fruity Limiter [3]
Fruity Multiband Compressor [1] 
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [4]
Fruity Reeverb 2 [11]
Fruity Stereo Enhancer [2]
Maximus/Soundgoodizer [4]
3rd Party:
kHs Transient Shaper [1]
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 [1]

A Relic From The Past (OSC#181 - Surge XT)

Home of Synthophones that ran out of luck. Or are about too. Life is hard, getting chased around by voracious phonovores. But whenever possible, it´s always good to get together and hoot a bit. Well...over there, it´s called music. 

An entry for One Synth Challenge 181 - Surge XT 
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details below:
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Made in REAPER,  using: 
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Surge XT ( 29 for 20 patches ) ; HOFA Gain (6) ; TDR Nova  ( 6, light ( dynamic ) EQ / compression) ; HY-Delay4 (3) ; Oril River ( 5, including 3 I forgot about ) ; KClip ; Bittersweet  – on tracks.
 
TDR Nova ; Protoverb (4) ; HOFA Pan (2) ; Mixer ; A1 Stereo Control ;
TDR Nova ; Oril River (4)  ; HOFA Pan (2) ; Mixer ; A1 Stereo Control ;
TDR Nova ; Oril River (4)  ; HOFA Pan (2) ; Mixer ; A1 Stereo Control  – on reverb buses
 
TDR Nova ( 2, expander ) ; ReaEQ + MS encoder + Protoverb + mixer ; TDR  Nova (EQ) ; A1 Stereo Control ; Limiter No6 ; Bittersweet ; Limiter no6 – on master

The Thirteenth Isle

Reaper
26 instances Charlatan 
DC filter, ReaEq, Mackity, Dragonfly Room, Buttercup, limiterno6, Desk4, Fircomp, Acceleration 2, loudmax, Purest gain, rs met multi analyser, Youlean, Span
Ildael Synth
Minus delay, distance, Fircomp,  comprez, dc1a2, blockfish, air3, utility clone,

Charlton KvR osc

ToneZ V2 KvROsC

Synth DX7 - Stellar Energy Music (OSC #185 Cherry Audio SEM)

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I have no degree in audio engineering but I learned through watching YouTube. I participate in the KVR One Synth Challenge. My first OSC was 169 which started on March 2023.

Synth DX7 - Stellar Energy Music (OSC #185 Cherry Audio SEM)

Synthtronica

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