Interesting song with 108 instances... What a CPU hungry track. :)

it's very impressive. please forgive me for saying this. the main sound is so annoying. i guess like an alarm clock would be annoying I think. I'm sure it sounds how you meant. not saying it's bad.

the metal hit with the snare is really good

one of my favourites this month. if I'm in the mood for it. need not to be tired with a headache.

I like this part - I'm not sure how 108 instances equates to the kind of minimalistic feel, but good for you - 108 is a lot to keep track of!

It's really hard to pull off something like this -- quirky, weird, sfx-ish, etc... you did a really good job of it.  Congratulations.

Oh I missed listening to Monolit tracks 🤦‍♂️ this one is pretty interesting with great sounds bro! decidedly NOT a "cool 80s track" 👍

One Synth Challenge #194: Monolit by BLEASS

Turned comments off as I'm just really not feeling music lately. 

OSC193 Thorn
Reaper 7.33 60ish instances inefficiently used.
A1TriggerGate, kHs Trancegate, ReEQ, ReaLimit, Loudmax, OTT, Supermassive Valhalla and Vintage Verb, A1StereoControl, Trailbender delay, Raum, Replika, TDR Kotelnikov

OSC193 Filthyboy Ichabod (Thorn 23/44)

Song Information
DAW: Tracktion Waveform 13 Free
Synths:
- DS Thorn (10)
External FX:
- TDR Nova (9)
- kHs Transient Shaper (3)
- kHs Delay (1)
- MCompressor (2)
- MAutopan (2)
- MSteroScope (2)
- WaveObserver (3)
- TAL Reverb 4 Plugin (1)
- SPAN (2)
- Polyverse Wider (1)
Mastering:
- TDR Nova (3)
- LoudMax (1)
- Youlean Loudness Meter 2 Free (1)
- Voxengo SPAN (1)

Synth DX7 - Twilight Horizon, Obscurity Reigns. Nightfall (OSC #193 DS Thorn)

Entry for One Synth Challenge #193 with Dmitry Sches THORN

ZioMau - Fallen Cities

johnkhf - Short Circuit Shuffle OSC194

Comment whatever you like.

OSC 194 Monolit
Reaper 7.3 35ish instances
ReEQ, ReaLimit, Supermassive Valhalla, Raum, JS velocity and humanizer randomizer, JS: Saturation, LoudMax.

OSC194 Victimless Crime (Monolit 18/27)

Made for OSC#194

19 instances of Monolit synth

FX:
kHs Filter
kHs Clipper
kHs Transient Shaper
kHs 3-Band EQ
kHs Reverb
TAL-Reverb 4
kHs Compressor
kHs Haas
kHs Dual Delay
epicPLATE mkII
Limiter6
DAW: Renoise

finished: 7.04.2025, updated a little later


PeterBPL - Short-necked Giraffe on a Road Trip

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 track made for the KVR One Synth Challenge with all sounds created by the VSTi Monolit.

Thanks to Taron for letting me use a refined version of his bass patch.

DAW: Reaper

Track details:
15 * Monolit, Bass Professor, Piz midiPolyphony, Oril River, OTT, ReaEQ
Master Details:
TDR VOS SlickEQ, Voxengo MSED, Limiter No 6.
Meter:
SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter
Stats:
LUFS: -13.0, DR: 9

Enjoy

A Trio awaits us - OSC #194 - Monolit

Made for KVR One-Synth-Challenge 194
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-194-monolit

Loris - Wake Up!

Loris

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