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One Synth Challenge #195: Ragnarök 2 by Full Bucket Music

5 Star!

Each track is done with one specific synth to create all instruments. It's KVR's OneSynthChallenge that made them manifest. The majority of synths are free vst instruments from the web. It's quite amazing what beauty waits for you to just download it and have at it.
All of them are done with my favorite DAW: MuLab (www.mutools.com)

One Synth Only

KVR OSC 184
Reaper 6.83
20 instances
The organ patch near the end was made by Viroo. 
ReaLimit, Raum, Replica, ReEQ, LoudMax

Not really looking for comments this time though if you really want, feel free. 

OSC184 Missed (Tonez 21/32)

YouTube version has better streaming quality: https://youtu.be/ojxE-rMtfOI

Check out other music:

Danger Zone: https://youtu.be/cHsQFK1FK7E
Dystopia Today: https://youtu.be/EYnCzPoYtKo
Inevitable Progress: https://youtu.be/-Ty6KR55HXg
Mainframe: https://youtu.be/SUqTBtzuf2s
Horizon Drive: https://youtu.be/Us2tciU2ToM

Submission for One Synth Challenge #184 featuring "ToneZ" synthesizer: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2024/osc-184-tonez-v2?authuser=0

24 instances used to create a track.

This is mostly an experimental project to test my new audio interface. I wanted to make a really loud mix and master for a long time and it seems to be the right opportunity. The synth itself has a good sound with interesting possibilities, but it's very off putting in technical terms (very high CPU load, very long project loading time, frequent crashes etc.).

This instrument is really capable of abrasive overdriven tones, so I decided to make a darksynth track with a bit of acid techno influence.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/infravolt
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Infravolt
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-gunz-blazing-107141518

All Gunz Blazing

All Gunz Blazing (OSC#184)

DAW: Reaper (preview)
12 instances of Tone Z 2 by Retornz

1 instance each of:
Oril River Reverb
Rea Comp compression
Airwindows Cliponly2

Purchasingly - In The Night

Composed for KVR One Synth Challenge 184 using only sounds from ToneZ by Retornz.

All sounds made from scratch.

DAW: Reaper 7.17

25 x ToneZ

BootEQmkIV (Variety Of Sound)
Cramit (Sixth Sample)
Deelay (Sixth Sample)
epicPLATEmkII (Variety Of Sound)
FreeClip (Venn Audio)
GSatPlus (TBProAudio)
ISOL8 (TBProAudio)
IVGI2 (Klanghelm)
kHs Filter (Kilohearts)
kHs Ladder Filter (Kilohearts)
kHs Trance Gate (Kilohearts)
kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)
Lens (Auburn Sounds)
MEqualizer (MeldaProduction)
MSED (Voxengo)
NastyDLAmkIII (Variety Of Sound)
Oculus Spatializer (Oculus)
Pancz (Spectral Plugins)
ReaComp (Cockos)
ReaEQ (Cockos)
ReaGate (Cockos)
ReaXcomp (Cockos)
Ripple Delay Free (Davisynth)
Solaris (Adam Szabo)
SPAN (Voxengo)
Spiral Delay (Davisynth)
SumChannel S2 (Tukan)
TAL-Filter-2 (TAL-Togu Audio Line)
TDR Kotelnikov (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
TDR Nova (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
Unlimited (Sonic Anomaly)
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 (Youlean)
ZL Equalizer (ZL)

JA JAJA [OSC 184]

My submission for the KVR One Synth Challenge #184.
All sounds created from init using free ToneZ synth vsti.

Boopety Doopety (OSC 184 - ToneZ)

OSC#187: nakst's "ExtraBold"
DAW: MuLab (www.mutools.com)
Instances: 28
FX: Auburn Sounds Panagement 2 (free), TD-Nova, OTT, LoudMax, Dimension Expander

In fact, no Delay or Reverb plugin was used (not even with Panagement; wet on 0%), but only the internal FX within ExtraBold. Reverbs in there are a bit long and there's literally no control over them other than wetness. Curious concept. But, hey, it all works quite well for its simplicity. All in all, pretty neat little synth with just enough control to get plenty of complexity and variety. I like it! 😎👍

Taron - Boldilocks [ExtraBold]

OSC#187: nakst's "ExtraBold"
DAW: MuLab (www.mutools.com)
Instances: 23
FX:2 Band EQ, Level Compressor
3rd party FX: Auburn Sounds Panagement 2 (free), RoomReverb, TDR Vos SlickEQ, TDR-Nova, OTT, LoudMax, Dimension Expander, Airwindows ToTape8

Taron - Prognosis [ExtraBold]

OSC#193: DS Thorn

Instances: 17
DAW: MuLab
FX: Panagement 2, Frank CS, OTT, LoudMax, Supermassive, KSHMR Essentials Kick, Protility, WideFire, smartEQ, ZL Equalizer, TDR Nova, Airwindows Tube2, bx_subfilter, Frontier.

Taron - FrontlineRobot [DS Thorn]

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 submission to the #kvraudio #OneSynthChallenge #195 featuring the VST Synth Ragnaroek by FullBucket. 
All sounds are coming from the Synth acompanied by a number of moderate tone shaping, mixing and mastering fx. I Mix/Master with MeldaProduction EQ/Compressor, Auburn Lense, Loudmax Limiter. All fx free or built into the DAW. DAW is Bitwig 5.3.x. No Samples. No Postprocessing after the audio export.
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Ragnarök 2 by Full Bucket and Crimson Warlock

Last encountered in OSC70 this synth is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Ragnarök 2 is an update of this unique synth simulating a custom-built one-of-a-kind analog synthesizer from 1980. It is written in native C++ code for high performance and low CPU consumption.

Ragnarök is the collaborative work of Hans Peter aka CrimsonWarlock aka TechnoGremlin (synth concept, GUI design, user manual, patch programming) and Björn aka Full Bucket (DSP+GUI+patch programming). Read more about the background of this project in the user manual and in the respective KVR thread! https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620481

░▒▓  ømph ▓▒░

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

Entry for One Synth Challenge 195 - Full Bucket Ragnarök2

Concocted in Reaper, using 35 instances of Full Bucket's Ragnrök2.
9 instruments, 7 effects, and 18 percs ( layering involved this time. ) No 3rd party sounds present. 
Lightly massaged, here and there, by TDR Nova at track level. Also present: HOFA System Gain & Hy-Delay 4.
Drums snipped by KClip Zero, subsequent light revitalising by Flux Bittersweet
Reverberated by U-he Protoverb and Valhalla Supermassive, aided by TDR Nova, HOFA System Pan & Delay, JS Mixer & A1 Stereo Control
Light manipulations at master level by TDR Nova, Flux Bittersweet, A1 Stereo Control & Limiter No6

Bouquet de Fleurs

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)

This month's One Synth Challenge uses Ragnarok by FullBucket (and CrimsonWarlock). The slightly odd interface took a wee bit of getting used to but I'll not use that as an excuse for this effort. It does contain some passable bird type noises hence the unrelated reflection of a jungle in my living room. This is a first outing for my Exquis so most of it was recorded from live rather than my usual generated MIDI.

Anyway, this is brought to you with Bitwig Studio 5.3 and 19 instances of Ragnarok.  The following plugins were also used:

- dpMeter5, Blue Cat's Gain 3 and KClip Zero on clip to zero duty
- khs Delay, Reverb and Stereo to tart things up a bit
- Panflow to get it moving
- Bitwig's compressor+, eq+, drum machine, delay+ and multi-note
- the inevitable Valhalla Supermassive and almost as inevitable Raum for some reverb flavours
- TDR Kotelnikov and Nova for mastering with a wee bit of KClip Zero 

Also used Modalics Beat Scholar to generate the MIDI for the percussion and iZotope's Tonal Balance for, er, tonal balancing...

Unrelated Reflections

Made all sounds from only Full Bucket Music's Ragnarok 2
https://www.fullbucket.de/music/ragnarok.html

Ragnarok 2 x 27
Bitwig 5.3.8
Bitwig FX: Delay+, EQ+, Compressor+, Dynamics, Tool
Other FX: vladg Limiter no6, TDR Nova, XFer OTT, Dragonfly Room, Valhalla Supermassive

z.prime - Boom Boom Tss

Submission for One Synth Challenge #195 - "Ragnarok 2".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-195-ragnarok-2

A new enhanced edition of this song is out on my YouTube channel. A slightly revisited mix and a few sounds added. Plus I recorded my bass guitar for it: https://youtu.be/141BdyqeZP0

More music:

Mercenaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6QpwOlc0c&pp=0gcJCbAJAYcqIYzv
All Gunz Blazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojxE-rMtfOI
VVasabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHc3NVnn4s
Trailblazer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiEgYpJuoZQ
Ashes Of Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CSN9S2Vq7U&pp=0gcJCbAJAYcqIYzv

I've been brought back to my video game soundtrack drafts lately. This song focuses on an atmosphere of a lush alien world that was turned into a battlefield. Although I'm happy with the usual Simmons style drums I made with this synth, there is a strange behaviour that occurs when two that uses noise instances playing simultaneously, some kind of weird phasing/flanging effect. I tried to minimize it as much as possible, but I can still hear it. The synth itself has good tone shaping capabilities and it's CPU efficient just like all Full Bucket instruments. I really like the sound of an overdrive and chorus effects, the much needed sauce for a virtual analog.

34 instances used to create a track.

Jungle Assault (OSC#195)

OSC#196: Primer 2 

Instances: 20
DAW: Reaper
FX: DearVR Pro 2, Panagement 2 (free), TENSjr, Deelay, FrankCS, LoudMax, ZL Equalizer


Taron - Stealing the Ragnarök

Taronium