"For me, the fair is always somewhere between exciting and boring, which means I have to take it with a relaxed feeling to enjoy it, not expecting too much and being happy with what it is."
[Track updated] 
Made for OSC 193 using 12 instances of Thorn VST synth.
DAW Ableton Live, with its stock effects EQ, Reverb, Delay, Clean Amp, Compressor, Limiter

La Fiera (The Fair)

Used Thorns: Thorn CM, Thorn Beats

Used Plugins

Maximus, TDR NOVA, Lim No6, Lumo, Loudmax, Ozone 11 EQ, SpecTrend, TDR Prism, Microfuse Reverb, Panagement, Widefire, kHs Transient Shaper, Transpire, TAL Dub III, ZL EQ, Beatslammer, Fruity Parametric EQ, OTT, MCompressor

N O S T A L G I A

I'm diving headfirst into the JRPG vibes here. I originally set out to make a more subdued track but somehow a hint of epic flavor snuck in.

Thanks for listening!

Photo: Yi-hsin Cheng

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The World Tree [OSC193]

All ready, set to go...
Going Up There, to a better place.
A place at the window, comfortably looking down.
But instead you got a cold damp dump with bugs.
And just when you start to rest in peace,
it's time to dance to the tune of Dr.Voodoo
Who can't even play properly.

Next time, better go with ASHES2ASHES Funeral Services !

Stay Safe, Save Space !
And Rest Assured At Bargain Prices ! 
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A minor silliness for One Synth Challenge 193, perpetrated in Reaper using:

DS Thorn - 28 instances for 13 instruments, 6 of those percussion. 
All single layer, the difference due to voice spitting. 
light clean-up duties performed by TDR Nova.
Widening of pads by A1 Stereo Control
A minor amount of delay applied to said pads with HY-Delay 4.
A smidge of reverb on the bass by Supermassive.
Snipping of drums done by CHOP & Flux Bittersweet.
Reverberated by several Protoverb and Supermassive, 
with the assistance of HOFA Pan & Delay, TDR Nova, A1 Stereo Control & JS MIxer.
At the master level, general polishing was done by TDR Nova, A1 Stereo Control & Bittersweet.
All louderizing by Limiter No6.

Zombie Dance

Made in BitWig with 65 instances of BLEASS Monolit (the pads have like 10 instances on an instrument picker etc so not really that many, just lots of dupes)


using the following free vst and bitwig plugins:

TDR Kotelnikov
BX Masterdesk Classic
Dragonfly Room
TDR Nova
EpicPlateMk2
Valhalla Supermassive
OTT
Airwindows KplateD
Panagment2
Wider
KHS Transient Shaper
STFU
KHs Dual Delay
Raum
KHS Haas
Sound Delay
Chop
Pancz
TDR Molotok
Deelay
FreshAir
FerricTDS Mk2
GClip
Saturation Knob
BusterSE
Ozone Imager2
AirWindows BussColors4
KHs Clipper

BitWig:
Sculpt
Focus
Tool
Note Transpose
Key Filter
Instrument Layer
Instrument Picker
Delay-2
FX Layer
Humanize
Filter+
EQ-2
Convolution
Gate
Multiband FX3

Bless Moonlit Love

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)

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!

OSC#195 - FullBucket's Ragnarök 

DAW: MuLab
Instances: 40
FX: DearVR Pro 2, Deelay, Supermassive, FrankCS, OTT, LoudMax, Magic Carpet, KSHMER EssentialKick, TDR Nova, TENSjr, IVGI2, Plateau2

Taron - Stealing the Ragnarök

Original animated film soundtrack. Music from Wheel of Life (Točak života), short animation directed by Tamara Maksimović, produced in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Akademija umjetnosti Banja Luka and AEON Production.

“Wheel of Life” is a visual poem about the cyclical nature of existence, presented through the unity of micro and macro dimensions.

Wheel of Life (Animation Soundtrack)

ETHEREAL AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES INSPIRED BY GAME OF THRONES AND THE  LORD OF THE RINGS AND MANY OTHERS. RELAX, ENJOY AND DRIFT AWAY.

ETHEREAL - ELENARDA

Phosphorus #trance #electronic #progressivetrance

Multi-instrumentalist making electronic music with acoustic flourishes and cinematic flair. Influences ranging from Yasunori Mitsuda to The Who to YMO and back again.

Real music. Real art. No AI.

The World Tree [OSC193]

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