Nice composition, even if a bit fragmented. I liked the second half better, tbh. It sounded clearer and more balanced to me. The first half suffered a bit from overly loud leads and what I suppose is some form of sidechain compression on pads and/or reverb ?

I like the beat more than the melody, nice

Hmmm.. another Massive X track - time to take another look at that synth.  The intro sounds good

I like the melody but the sound is a little "thick" I think.

really nice piece, but I think some of the sound design (other than the percussion and efx stuff) could have been a little better tweaked for their parts.

Quite a journey. I think the distorted kick loses some punch to it probably from overdriving so the low mids get absorbed. You've got a lot of ideas going on. Some great sounds, great themes. Would be nice to revisit some of them to connect the track together. As it is, it sounds like of like a sampler demo for Massive X's capabilities. (Not a bad thing per se, but may be a bit tough in OSC? But what do I know.)

I really love this motif! This is definitively one of my favourites this month :D

The Pipers From The North
By Seap for One Synth Challenge 198, August 2025

Single synth of choice: Kult (Dawesome)

Each autumn, when the heather turned purple on the hills, the bagpipers came down from the highlands. At first, the village children heard only a faint drone, like the earth humming underfoot. They would freeze in their games, eyes wide, and scramble up into the oak trees to see better.

The sound grew, weaving and swelling, until it filled the valley like a storm of music—low drones rolling like thunder, sharp notes flashing like lightning. By the time the pipers emerged from the misted slopes, it was no longer a handful of men but an orchestra carried on the wind itself.

The villagers gathered in silence, listening. Year after year, the same mystery unfolded: a reminder that the mountains still breathed, and that the world above the clouds sent down its song to be heard.

Instruments:
9x   VST3i: Kult (Dawesome)

Effects:a
1x   VST3: A1PrimeDelay (A1AUDIO.de)
1x   VST3: MAnalyzer (MeldaProduction)
1x   VST3: Scaler EQ (Plugin Boutique)
1x   VST3: ValhallaVintageVerb (Valhalla DSP, LLC)
3x   VST3: kHs 3-Band EQ (Kilohearts)
1x   VST: PSP VintageWarmer (x86) (PSPaudioware.com)
2x   VST: ReaControlMIDI (Cockos)
2x   VST: ReaEQ (Cockos)


The Pipers From The North [OSC198]

Track for KVR's One Synth Challenge - 198:
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=622721

Only used Vital, free and stock plugins.

YYeet - Rattlepit

Entry for KVR One Synth Challenge #198 using Massive X by Native Instruments

DAW: Reaper

Plug-Ins Used:
35x Massive-X (Native Instruments)
11x ReaEQ (Cockos)
5x ReaComp (Cockos)
4x Raum (Native Instruments)
2x SPL BiG (Plugin Alliance)
2x bx_glue (Plugin Alliance)
1x Transient Master (Native Instruments)
1x SPL Vitalizer MK3-T (Plugin Alliance)
1x bx_console AMEK 200 (Plugin Alliance)
1x bx_masterdesk Pro (Plugin Alliance)
1x MAnalyzer (MeldaProduction)

Machinations [OSC #198 Any Synth - Massive X]

Endless journeys aboard The Restless Train, driven by soaring leads and beautiful guitars — a train that doesn’t just whistle, but sings along the way.

Synth: U-he ZebraHZ

DAW Studio One 7 (40 Instances)

Plugins:
Replika XT
Raum
Neutron 3 (Compressor and Equalizer)
DearVR pro 2
Ozone 9
Youlean Loudness Meter 2

Artwork by https://www.craiyon.com/

Eylumar - The Restless Train (OSC#198)

This track was created for KVRs One-Synth-Challenge 198. All sounds are exclusively synthesized using the Spline synthesizer with little post-processing.

Hangar 47

Here's my OSC for August 2025 made in Bitwig with all sounds coming from Serum 2 made from init.

using 29 instances of Serum 2 and the following vsts.

BX Masterdesk Pro
UADX Capitol Mastering Compressor
TDR Kotelnikov GE
UADX Hitsville Reverb chamber
UAD SSL G Bus Compressor
Kickstart 2
TDR Elliptical
TDR Arbiter
TDR Ultrasonic
TDR Infrasonic
Blackhole Immersive
UADX 175-b compressor
TDR Nova GE
QuantX
UAD 1176AE Compressor
UAD Manley Massive Passive EQ
Fresh Air
UAD 1176 FET Compressor
TDR Prism
TDR Limiter 6 GE
UAD Pultec MEQ-5 EQ
Khs Delay
UAD API 2500 buss compressor
UAD Studer A800 Tape Recorder

bitwig fx:
tool
note transpose
instrument layer
Humanize
Delay-2
instrument selector

A brief moment in time (when everyone had thought it had happened)

My entry for OSC198. All sounds made with the virtual synth Primer 2.

The Lure (by phankiejankie303)

Created for the KVRAudio forum's monthly One Synth Challenge #198 using the synthesizer: Diversion. About 30 instances of the synth were used to create all sounds you here.

Made in Ableton Live 12, EQ8, Delay, Izotopes Ozone 9, Neutron, UHe Satin, Pressworks, Valhalla Vintage Verb, OTT.

Machinations [OSC #198 Any Synth - Massive X]

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