This track has lots of beautiful moments but as a whole it somehow lacks direction for my taste. I think the part that starts around 1.50 steps a bit over the edge with its stubborn bass note while your harmonies are asking for something else.  In the end it all resolves beautifull again. Wonderful use of the Duduking preset with added noise and roughness, haha, wonderful !

nailed the vibe with this one. Great use of the vocal

def some intersting sounds going on i felt like that middle part separated me from the track a little bit as it felt like there were two different keys going on simultaneously and wasn't sure what to pay attention to, nice use of some of the synths unique features

Ah cool another vocal "sample" :) Lovely!

Really nice and chill atmosphere with a touch of melancholy, just the way I like it.

that totally out of tune "tuba" sound is hilarious.

If I had a relaxation playlist, this would be on it!

a bit of a weather channel vibes here 😀

One Synth Challenge #201: Kontrast by Dawesome

Beyond the light speed!(707)

Disquiet Junto 0716 challenged all of us to record a song for our band, Dense Fog Advisory.

This prompt really took me back— I actually did my Masters thesis on the DFA. I was fascinated with the story of how these two musicians from opposite sides of the planet, who never even knew each other's real names, could collaborate so closely, so intimately. Over the two years I spent among them, I learned what it is to play, what it is to work, and what it takes to recycle chloroflourocarbons at home. But most importantly, they taught me how to listen. ("Listen, Coraline," they said to me over and over.)

Anyway, I dug through my archives and found this dusty old mp3, an early version of one of my favorite deep cuts: "The Berners Street Hoax". What a great memory! One for fans of Dense Fog Advisory old and new.

Features Moog Minitaur, Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02, live guitar, and programmed drums.

More on the 716th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Dense Fog Advisory — The Assignment: That’s your band’s name; now record something — at https://disquiet.com/0716/.

The Berners Street Hoax (disquiet0716)

I was at a talk by the great animator Yuri Norstein many years ago and he talked about using the light from factories to read by when his family had no domestic electricity at nighttime.

BY THE LIGHT OF THE LIGHTBULB FACTORY (ii)

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Yatsuka Ishihara’s poem “faring over the lake / drawing the light / an autumn butterfly”.

Tracklist:

Jimmy Lem · Amplitude Of Acoustic Vibration https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/amplitude-of-acoustic-vibration-naviarhaiku612
zenbytes · autumn butterfly https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/autumn-butterfly
Meccaniche del Suono · Over the lake https://soundcloud.com/meccaniche-del-suono/over-the-lake-naviarhaiku612
Stan Magendanz · an autumn butterfly https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/an-autumn-butterfly-naviarhaiku612
windspace · Drawing The Autumn Light https://soundcloud.com/windspace/drawing-the-autumn-light
Night Note · faring over the lake https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/faring-over-the-lake-naviarhaiku-612

Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/

Naviar Broadcast #382 –  Faring over the lake – Wednesday 8th October 2025

klorfyil

🔗 Listen & support:
Spotify · Bandcamp · YouTube · more → linktr.ee/amb1Matt3r

🎧 Music for:
sleep · deep focus · meditation · inner drift · slow time · space dreaming

📎 Tags:
#ambient #drone #granular #spacemusic #sleepmusic #darkambient #soundscape

We Were Always Drifting

I am in after being convinced by Richard and some other equally friendly OSC friends. Thanks!
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9156348#p9156348

DAW: Reaper 7.52
Kontrast: 10 instances
plugins: Sparkverb, Body and Soul Intro, Nasty DLA m3, Shade, Frank CS
Mastering: smartLimit and smart EQ4 by Sonible

Iceberg Ahead (OSC #201)

This episode features music made by Naviar's community inspired by Saitō Sanki’s poem “an autumn nightfall / the skeleton of a huge fish / drawn back by the sea”.

Tracklist:

windspace · Autumn Nightfall by the Sea https://soundcloud.com/windspace/autumn-nightfall-by-the-sea
zenbytes · fish skeleton https://soundcloud.com/zenbytes/fish-skeleton-naviarhaiku617
vheissu77 · autumn beach https://soundcloud.com/vheissu77/autumn-beach-naviarhaiku617
Stan Magendanz · the skeleton of a huge fish https://soundcloud.com/stan_magendanz/the-skeleton-of-a-huge-fish-naviarhaiku617
CJ McGregor · cycles https://soundcloud.com/cjmcgregor/cycles-naviarhaiku617
Night Note · an autumn nightfall https://soundcloud.com/mmastalka/an-autumn-nightfall-naviarhaiku-617


Credits:

music intro: “This ruined house”by Tuonela
voice intro: Ian Joyce
cover image: Micah Hallahan

Naviar Broadcast is a radio programme curated by Naviar, broadcasted on Resonance Extra every Wednesday at 7pm UK time. Thirty minutes of experimental music made in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem.

To have your music featured on the show, you'll have to participate in the Haiku music challenge: https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Support the show: https://www.naviarrecords.com/support-us/


Naviar Broadcast #387 – An autumn nightfall – Wednesday 12th November 2025

movement no6

prozfrell_01

Blue Road Glare (1+2)

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge #201. All sounds generated by the VSTi Kontrast.

All FX are those within the Kontrast VST. Only minimal EQ on all tracks, and a very simple master chain of EQ, M/s and Limiter.

DAW: Reaper

Track Details: 25 * Kontrast, 24 * ReaEQ, 2 * TDR Nova GE
Master: Focusrite Red 2 EQ, Voxengo MSED, TDR Limiter 6 GE
Meter: SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter
Stats: LUFS-I -13.6 , DR 8

Enjoy

Beware the Dark - OSC #201 - Kontrast

This track is made for the OSC201 with Kontrast by Dawesome

31 x Kontrast

JS: MIDI Transpose Notes
JS: Volume/Pan Smoother v5
VST3: BUSTERse (AnalogObsession)
VST3: Blackhole Immersive (Eventide) (16ch)
VST3: Bloom (UVI)
VST3: CHANNEV (AnalogObsession)
VST3: Cascade (Phonolyth)
VST3: Deelay PE (Sixth Sample)
VST3: MAnalyzer (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MEqualizer (MeldaProduction)
VST3: MStereoSpread (MeldaProduction)
VST3: Opal (UVI)
VST3: kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)

Master:
VST3: smartEQ4 (sonible)
VST3: L4 Ultramaximizer Stereo (Waves)
VST3: POORTEC (AnalogObsession)



Reptilian Tide OSC201

One Synth Challenge #201: KONTRAST by Dawesome

https://www.dawesomemusic.com/plugins/kontrast
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-201-kontrast
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9149989

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@J.Ruegg
@Taron
Thank you so much for sharing your presets (at Discord). They were a good base to start from! :)

Thanks to all followers and last month's track liker. :)

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When the call of the ancestors echoes through the night, the shaman knows that new trials are beginning to stir. 
Within the circle of forebears he finds that quiet, ancient force that prepares him for whatever is to come. 
From ember, breath, and remembered wisdom the Iron Runes (Járnrúnar) arise — symbols of transformation, forged for those willing to grow from within and step strengthened into a new dawn.

Wenn der Ruf der Vorfahren durch die Nacht hallt, weiß der Schamane, dass sich der Schleier vor neuen Prüfungen lichtet. 
Im Kreis der Ahnen findet er jene leise, uralte Kraft, die ihn befähigt, dem Kommenden standzuhalten. 
Aus Glut, Atem und erinnerter Weisheit entstehen die Eisenrunen (Járnrúnar) – Zeichen des Wandels, geschmiedet für jene, die bereit sind, aus der Tiefe heraus zu wachsen und gestärkt in eine neue Zeit zu schreiten.

nJoY.

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SiL3NC3_SWX - Járnrúnar (Danheim Tribute) {Iron Runes}
https://soundcloud.com/soulwerx/sil3nc3_swx-jarnrunar-danheim-tribute-osc201

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DAW: Bitwig 6 Beta 6
18 instances of KONTRAST

FX:
- Bitwig:  Dynamics, Convolution, EQ+, Filter+, Delay-2, Compressor+, Reverb, Amp, FX Grid
- Valhalla Supermassive
- Wider

Mastering:
- Free Clip 2
- LoudMax
- TDR Kotelnikov
- Peak Limiter (Bitwig)

Analysis:
- MAnalyzer
- YouLean Loudness Meter2


Keep on Looping... ;)

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~ Copyright : SiL3NC3 - 2025 : All Rights Reserved.

SiL3NC3_SWX - Járnrúnar (Danheim Tribute) [OSC201]

It's that joyful music in a forest! an exceptionally beautiful forest if I do say so myself!
Made for OSC #201 - Kontrast (17 instances) - Made in Bitwig with TDR Kotelnikov GE, TDR Nova GE, TDR Limiter 6 GE, Sixth Sample Deelay, Eventide Ultrareverb, using modified presets from Databroth, The Sound Of Merlin, Tomavatars, Brad N Butter, Dawesome.

Spring Goose - Spinny Winny

Composition, Production, Sound Design done By myself.
2 Patches based on Preset, but modified. 
(The Melody is based on TSOMs great Duduking preset, but with added noise and roughness)

Only The Speech sound uses a self recorded sample that is linearly played, the sound is still strongly modified by Kontrast.

Image as usually made by me. 

Thnx to z.prime for final checking and some helpful tips.


Made in Ableton Live 12.3 with:

Kontrast 			17x

Neutron 4 		5x  (without the anyway bad Automatic)
Boba 			1x
Bus PEAK 			4x
Glue Comp 		5x
EQ Eight 			3x
Utility 			2x
Shade 			3x


Fbr - OSC201 - wrld! d#mntn

Join the challenge by going here: https://shorturl.at/bhBFQ

Fbr - OSC201 - wrld! d#mntn

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