the ambiance is my favorite part of the song. Nice work with the speech wavetables

The talking robot / alien voices are awesome... As usual excellent work on atmos and pads.

Awesome work with the Voice in the Intro Part!

This was my favorite part. :) The Rock section before left me very unsure about how to feel, but this is a distinct vibe for me. :)

I recognise the Greg signature so much here!

In this track for the OSC # 159 I used 33 instances of the free Surge XT synthesizer.

DAW: Cubase 11 Pro (Frequency, GEQ-30,  Stereo Delay,  Revelation, Tube Compressor, AutoPan and Maximizer)

Free 3rd party plugs: Panagement 2 by Auburn, Baby Come Back by Baby Audio, MCharmverb by Melda Production, Wider by Polyverse Music and Supermassive by Valhalla.

All sounds are TSOM originals. Except: Flutish Organ and the 10CC Choir Pad are tweaks I did with some wonderful presets by Martijn Deluxe. The Alien Voice has been created using the Vowel/Speech wavetable in Surge's TWIST engine.

Surge XT - Utopian Mornings

Composed and produced for the KVR One Synth Challenge 159, Surge XT.

26 instances of Surge, with all effects in the Surge patches. 

Cakewalk DAW processing:
- Gain on buses, for mixing.
- EQ on final bus: High pass, low pass, small bump at 3kHz.
No compression, etc.

**Surge Storm** is an exploration of sound design in physical instruments and sounds. These are all my own patches, some of which are included in Surge. Most of the physical instruments here mimic generation and body resonances researched from real instruments, driven by controllers for mechanical setup and playing actions. This gives me a dynamic instrument that responds in a variety of articulations and styles, without needing samples.

Here, I've used a few time signatures. It has a wide dynamic range and frequency coverage, so you'll get the most from ideal listening conditions. Unfortunately, the thunder sound has lost a lot of its character here in the lo-fi Soundcloud playback. The download will give you the best experience.

Comments and crits appreciated.

Surge patches:

Tuned
- Pianos
- Tongue drum
- Soprano soloist
- Violin soloist [http://johnvalentine.co.uk/?art=surge_violin]
- Violin string section
- Cello strings
- Rimba strings
- Bass strings
- Bass guitar
- Synth brass
- Sequenced bass x 2
- Power buzz
- Pad (distortion + sweeping EQs)

Percussion
- Snare clap
- Cymbal / Gong (change via macros)
- Taiko
- Sticks
- Hat

Other
- Sea
- Breathy Huh
- Thunder x 2
- The Booj

Cover art (c) John Valentine.

Surge Storm

j5v - Surge Storm

This track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge #159 using sounds made by the VSTi SurgeXT. Only DAW and free 3rd party FX used.

DAW: Reaper

Track details:
23 * SurgeXT
ReaEQ
Oril River
Bass Professor Mark 2
LFX-1310
TAL Dub Delay
Twin Delay
OTT

Master:
TDR VOS SlickEQ
Ferric TDS
MSED
Limiter No. 6

Meter:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness

Stats
LUFS: -14.1
DR: 7

Another Surge Of Ambience - OSC #159 Surge XT

This track is made for the One Synth Challenge #159 using 27 instances of Surge XT along with Surge XT's internal effects and the following 3rd party FX:

Reaper Stock FX:
ReaEQ, Transient Controller, ReaLimit, ReaDelay, Volume Adjustment, Ping Pong Pan

3rd party FX:
Tukan: Dis-Treasure, SumThing, LA-1A
Geraint Luff: Droplets
Saike: Nostalgizer
D16 Frontier
Nitsuj ReEQ
lkjb: Luftikus, ReFine
Airwindows: StereoFX, Air
TDR Nova, Limiter No6, Kotelnikov
Xfer OTT
Valhalla Supermassive, FreqEcho
Dragonfly: Room Reverb, Hall Reverb

Analyzers:
Voxengo SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
Goniometer

Orange & Blue

KVR OSC#159 Surge XT

DAW: Reaper
30 home made instances of Surge XT
FX:
ReaEQ, Dead Duck Delay & Filter, Surge XT Effects, Valhallah Supermassive Delay, Limiter No6, SPAN.

Silverpants - Encounter At Esperi

ZioMau - Sparkles

Entirely made with Surge Xt synth using reaper for the kvr's  One Synth Challenge #159

I went for a big contrast... so watch out your volume  setting  :)

Made everything from scratch as I like to do. I had the impression I could have made 5 distinct tracks but that distorded sound I found out put me on rails for kind of a RATM tribute. So it got out pretty despaired and harsh, but I hope you enjoy listening to it nonetheless.

Surge of the Machine

Reaper 
30 instances of SurgeXT
ReaComp
ReaEQ
MEq
OrilRiver
ReaLimiter
StereoWidener
OTT
DDUtility
DDAutofilter

Loris - Rolling

"All is not well in the land of Osk. Not well at all ! The Cord Police are keeping the people in a stranglehold under the evil Eye of Roolz. Can the H:oly H:ost of  Righteous Digits save the day ? Or will it drown in blood ?" ---  Watch all new drama on the SameOldChannel !

Oh,nooo....we can't let the kids watch that, honey. Better switch to Foonk TV. Keep 'em safe and sane...

An entry for One Synth Challenge 159 - Surge XT ( details below )
‍
‍
made in REAPER 6 using:
- Surge XT  ( 27 ;  7 ( voice split ) instruments, 7 percussion and 4 FX ) 
- TDR Nova ( 23 )
-  A1 stereo control ( 3 )
- M/S decoder 
- M/S encoder (2)
- Oril River (4)
- Protoverb ( 5)
- Supermassive ( 5 )
- LoudMax
- Limiter no6
- Platinumears G8
- Hy-Delay free
- BlueARP (2 )
- BitterSweet ( 2 )
- JS mixer
- HOFA System Pan
- JS Channel Time delayer (2)

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