Name: Fifteen Apricots by BrainBeat
Duration: 4 min 1 s
Description: This is my entry for the 171st running of the KVR One Synth Challenge made using the Aprictol synth indie of the Ildaeil wrapper plugin in Ableton Live. The track is in a chilled EDM style.

There was a nice build here but watch those high frequencies

Nice sounds and mix. And you did pretty well getting contrast between sections, I think.

I really like this pad sound.   The beat felt a little "un-intense" (if that's a word) but I'm not an EDM expert.

Mayyyybe the drop could have been harder? Some sort of rumble? Or a note-long pause?

This is my entry for the 171st edition of KVR's One Synth Challenge - this month every sound was made using Apricot, a free synth by nakst.

There are just 10 instances of the synth this time, and it's an experiment in timekeeping. Seven out of eight people can dance to this - are you one of them?

Made using Ableton Live 11, with no third party effects. Each track has an EQ8, Utility, Saturator (in clip mode) and Compressor. No returns. The master has EQ8, Compressor, Glue Compressor, Utility.

Everything Is On The Seven - OSC 171

Final Placement: 39/42 (top 93%)
Made for KVR Audio's "One Synth Challenge" #171

This month, it was nakst's "Apricot:" a hybrid subtractive synth/sampler in CLAP and FL formats. Only one instance of Apricot was used. Other usual rules apply (no samples and no commercial effects). 

DAW:
FL Studio 21

Plugins used:
Apricot x1
(FL) Frequency Splitter x1
Cymatics Origin ("movement" and "chorus" disabled) x1
Fruity Balance x1
Fruity Parametric EQ 2 x1
LoudMax	x1
Magic Dice x1
Ozone Imager 2 x3

Art:
https://www.instagram.com/_thelowestkey/

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When cleaning up I found that cute, fluffy little monster under my bed and disturbed its slumber. Boy, was it cranky, such a drama! But listen for yourself...

My submission for KVR's One Synth Challenge, using Apricot as only sound source. All patches made from init.
Screencast: https://diode.zone/w/eB7R49oKuWU2iKBzQapjpD

DAW: Zrythm 1.0.0-beta.4.9.1-1-g623246531 https://www.zrythm.org/de/index.html on Archlinux
28 instances of Apricot CLAP synth https://nakst.gitlab.io/apricot/

Used effect plugins (all free and open source):
-LSP paramatric EQ (MidSide and Stereo)
-ZaMultiCompX2
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-LSP Multiband Dynamic Processor
-LSP Gate
-x42-eq 
-airwindows ToTape5
-airwindows Cabs
-airwindows Galactic
-ZamCompX2 
-Calf Vintage Delay
-x-42 MIDI strum

Master Chain:
-LSP paramatric EQ
-clean-machine
-LSP Multiband Compressor
-ReFine
-PeakEater
-x42-dpl Limiter

cranky!

A submission for the KVR One Synth Challenge #171.

The synth this month is Apricot by Nakst, a very capable 2 osc VA.  Great sound, and super light on the CPU, also loads like a demon.

13 instances in Reaper, some light processing from ReaEQ, ReaComp, and ReaLimit, plus Nova on the master.

OSC171 - Apricot

Kernel Panic

My entry to KVR One-Synth Challenge of May 2023

Synth - Apricot by nakst
DAW - Bitwig 30-day trial version
Number of instances - 45
Used in-DAW plug-ins - EQ5, Dynamics, Compressor, Tool, Arpeggiator, Filter
Third-party free/open-source plug-ins - OldSkoolVerb, PeakEater

Image by Bushunov A.A.

Pfefferminz

I am FWL - Pfefferminz OSC171

This is my entry for the 171st running of the KVR One Synth Challenge made using the Aprictol synth indie of the Ildaeil wrapper plugin in Ableton Live. The track is in a chilled EDM style.

Fifteen Apricots

OSC 171 - All sounds developed in Apricot by Nakst including percussion. 19 tracks in Reaper with ReaComp, ReaDelay. TDR Nova EQ, Valhalla Supermassive, and Limiter 6.

bh9090 - Chapter 3

Written and created by me with a single instance of the free Apricot synth by nakst, for the monthly KVR One Synth Contest. This synth produces an amazingly rich sound!
As this synth cannot use automation with Cubase, I could only use one preset, using only a few mod wheel inputs plus reverb and EQ to change the sound.

Amaretto

Spridgeon - Amaretto (single instance)

Created for the One-Synth-Challenge #171 with 25 Instances of the free Clap Plugin Apricot by nakst. All sounds are made from scratch.

Link to Plugin:  https://nakst.itch.io/apricot
Link One-Synth-Challenge Page: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-171-apricot

Technical Details:
DAW: FL Studio 21.0
BPM: 115.0

FX:
Analog Obsession SweetDrums [2]
Fruity Delay 2 [2]
Fruity Limiter [5]
Fruity parametric EQ2 [9]
Fruity Reeverb 2 [1]
Fruity Stereo Enhancer [2]
LoudMax [1 - Master] 
Maximus [1 - Master]
kHs Stereo [2]
kHs Transient Shaper [2]
Soundgoodizer [1]
TAL Filter 2 [1 - Volume-Mode: Gate for Reverb on Simmons Snare]
Valhalla Supermassive [1]
xfer OTT [2]
Youlean Loundes Meter 2 [1 - Master]

Thanks for listening!

Payload (OSC#171 Apricot)

This track was composed for the KVR One Synth Challenge 172 using the free software synth Lith. 

Definitely was inspired by Blade Runner and Clockwork Orange for this one. 

I used the random button liberally and then further tweaked the synth settings to finalize the patches.

25 instances of Lith synth were used in Ableton 10 to make all sounds and instruments. Stock effects used: EQ8 x 12; Utility x 13; Delay x 1; Autofilter x 1; Compressor x 3; Echo x 1; Reverb x 3; Saturator x 1; Limiter x 2.

Third Party plugins: Youlean Loudness Meter Free

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Photographer, Videographer, Producer, Graphic Designer, Digital Artist. I love EDM and am now exploring my passions in this area by releasing my own tracks. I also regularly stream my music production, visual arts and gaming at https://twitch.tv/BrainBeat_Gaming

Fifteen Apricots

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