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One Synth Challenge #172: Lith by Soda Devices

Favorite KVR One Synth OSC 172 Songs

Synthwave

Dreamz

All entries that I made for "One Synth Challenge" from first to last.

One Synth Challenge Entries

YouTube: https://youtu.be/IVXYGPJGeBE

Submitted for Songwriting Competition 045 - "Plug in, connect, make music" in May 2021.

It's nearly summer, but the whether seems to be not so pleasant, even in the warmest places of Earth.

So let's stay home and make music!

This entry made with Full Bucket synthesizers:
 - Mono/Fury for sweeping bass and stacked saw lead;
 - Fury-800 for organ-like synth and bells;
 - Tricent for 8th bass riff and strings;
 - ModulAir for making a soundscape.

Samples from LinnDrum were used for percussion.

Thread, related to this contest: https://mix-challenge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=438

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Storm Warning

YouTube: https://youtu.be/mghFNqKKr1E

Originally submitted for "Samples From Mars - Kawaii Dreams" contest in June 2021.

Samples From Mars: https://samplesfrommars.com/
Kawaii Dreams From Mars: https://samplesfrommars.com/products/kawaii-dreams-from-mars?utm_source=Active%20after%20Nov%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Kawaii%20Dreams%20From%20Mars%20%28U9HJ7u%29&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogImNWSkZuNSIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtYW1raW44OWtvbXBveml0b3JAZ21haWwuY29tIn0%3D#

All sounds created with "Kawaii Dreams from Mars" using TAL Sampler and it's internal features like layering, pitch shifting, filtering and modulation.

1. "Randroid" for the bass;
2. "Return Home" for wobbling drone;
3. "Warm Strings" for sweeping pad;
4. "Analog Strings" for sample & hold pad;
5. "Bell Air" for the bells;
6. "Air Bass" for the woodwind-like solo;
7. "Indie Organ" for synthesizer keyboard.

"Drumtracks from Mars" pack was used for percussion.

Composed, arranged and produced in FL Studio 20.7

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Martian Station Bar

Made for the KVR One Synth Challenge 155:
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2022/osc-155-any-one-synth
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=575714

All sounds made entirely from scratch with the Roland System-8 hardware synthesizer on the System-8 Model.
DAW: FL-Studio 20.9
Instances / Recordings: 40 Audio Tracks

DAW Plugins:
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [22], Fruity Limiter [3], Fruity Stereo Enhancer [14], Fruity Delay 2 [4], Fruity Delay 3 [4], Fruity Reeverb 2 [3], Fruity Convolver [1]

3rd Party Free:
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 [1], Melda MCompressor [2], Analog Obsession LOVEND [2], Xfer OTT [8], TAL Reverb 2 [3]

3rd Party Commercial:
Waves H-Reverb [II]

3rd Party I got it for free but it´s actually Commercial:
Izotope Ozone 8 Elements [1]

No wolves were harmed during the production of this track.
Mixed and Mastered by a Neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystal.

Impedance Music - DPSS (OSC#155 - Roland System-8)

All Sounds created with AudioNebula Aurora fm Synth for kvr's OSC155 challenge.

Prelude to Aurora - OSC 155

Made with 11 x Sinmad synth  [https://nusofting.com/plugins/sinmad-synth]

DAW: Ableton Live : Ableton FXs: Delays, Reverb, Compressor, Equalizers
+ BeatSkillz Max 1

OSC 155

Sinmad The Shamest

An unmastered, slightly-mixed, last-minute track for OSC 155.
All parts played live.

—Synth—
Behringer Model D (5 instances)

—Effects—
ReaEq
TDR Molotok
Voxengo Tempo Delay
Xfer Dimension Expander

Recorded in Reaper

You and Everything (OSC 155)

DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
19 instances of Synister
19 instances of Valhalla Supermassive
Some Cubase native AutoPan, EQ and Compression

Synister - Winter In Berlin

One Synth Challenge 156 @ KVR. Sequenced using 12x instances of Synister.

DLA (Osc156 - Synister)

The servant robots have sensed that an attack is eminent.

OSC156 Down Everybody (Synister) 22/25 88%

Monthly OSC contest track using Synister to create all sounds in Ableton Live 11. 
A melancholic track for the times.

Techquiem (OSC 156 - Synister)

My submission for the One Synth Challenge, using Synister https://the-synister.github.io/ as only sound source.

YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ3wYgS0TIM

DAW: Ardour 6.9 on Archlinux
38x Synister instances via yabridge/wine

Audio Effects:
-LSP Parametric Stereo EQ
-Calf Vintage Delay
-ZaMultiCompx2
-ACE Compressor
-airwindows Reverb
-TAP Tubewarmth
-Dragonfly Hall Reverb
-Wolf Shaper

MIDI effects:
-B.Schaffl
-x42 MIDI Strum

Masterbus:
-Luftikus EQ
-LSP Parametric EQ (Stereo and MidSide)
-LSP Stereo Compressor
-airwindows ToTape5
-Refine
-x42 DPL Limiter

MyLoFy - Shattered

My submission for OSC156, the One Synth Challenge for Februrary 2022.
All of the sounds were created out of the Synister synth by QUL at the University of Berlin.

This track was made with Reaper on Linux.
There are 17 instances of the Synister.

Ritual [OSC156]

My entry for KVR OSC #172 using only Lith by Soda Devices was made today June 6th 2023 from scratch: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=597641

# of Lith instances used: 63
DAW: Cubase 12
DAW FX: Steinberg Compressor, PingPong Delay, Autopan
FREE FX: Toneboosters Reverb, ValhallaSupermassive & TDR Kotelnikov

Lithuanian Samba Festival

Track made for KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC-172) using the Lith VST Synth.
I was thinking about the electric feeling when things go well combined with the gifts of the imagination. A track for the promise of sunshine for summer 2023.

Liths = x6
DAW = Presonus Studio One
Plugins: De-Esser. Fat Channel, Klanghekm IVG12, Beat Delay, Pro-EQ, Room Reverb, Valhalla Super Massive, Analog Delay, Melda MCompressor, MEQ, Frontier Limiter

FrankH - Filaments And Figments

Made for KVR OSC #172
FL Studio 20.6
14 instances of  Lith by Soda Devices

DAW FX's:
9x Fruity parametric EQ 2
4x Maximus
1x Fruity Delay 3

Other FX's:
5x zOne ArxOne
2xOrilRiver

Keyboard Warrior (Lith)

One Synth Challenge #172 Lith synth.

DAW:
Studio One 5 pro

18 instances of Lith

FX:
Cramit
kHs Transient shaper
Valhalla Supermassive
TDR Nova
Wider
Sonalksis FreeG
STFU
LoudMax64
Tal Reverb2

Subway

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

Maltoné - Cosmolith - OSC172

Kvr "One Synth Challenge" #172 - Lith by Soda Devices

Rubber Tip

ZioMau - Rubber Tip

KVR One Synth Challenge submission
sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-172-lith

Ermine

Can you find all the tracks referenced? Feel free to guess!

Made with 150 instances of the free VST Synth  Lith by Soda Devices in FL Studio 21 for the One Synth Challenge #172.

Used effects:
Fruity Stereo Enhancer [11], Maximus [1], Fruity Parametric EQ2 [25], LoudMax [1], Mixertrack Equalizer [27], Fruity Multiband Compressor [17], Soundgoodizer [10], Fruity Compressor [4], Fruity Reeverb 2 [44], Fruity Delay 2 [5], Fruity Delay 3 [1], kHs Transient Shaper [2], xFer OTT [1], Fruity Limiter [11], kHs Reverb [2], MCompressor [7], TAL Reverb 4 [1], MConvolution EZ for Reverb [1], MAutopan [1] 

Litfaßsäule means advertising pillar in German in case you wondered.

Impedance Music - Die Lithfaßsäule (OSC#172 Lith)

YouTube version has better streaming quality: https://youtu.be/Ym29_9b6RyU

"This summer! Things are going to get pretty hot in this new sci-fi thriller, a sequel to the award winning "Replicant City". The breathtaking story and special effects never seen before are awaiting! Coming soon to all cinemas across the country. Don't miss out an opportunity to see a "new kind of movie"! Make sure to bring all of your family members with you, with the bucket of caramel popcorn and ice cold drinks of course!"

Submission for One Synth Challenge #172 featuring "Lith" by Soda Devices.

I couldn't resist to join this round with another synthwave "banger" and use my own presets for this synth. I remember it was on OSC several years ago and I found it very good for drums and FM style sounds. It also has a really nice wave-shaping functions, like on the expensive commercial synths. It's kinda CPU hungry, but thanks to quality selection I can use it even on my old laptop (why the heck big companies cannot implement such a simple and genius feature?). 

31 instances of "Lith" used to create a track.

Prequel: https://youtu.be/h-OUJfDq0MA

One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2023/osc-172-lith?authuser=0
Thread, related to this round: https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=597641&sid=3700976063c998be19f175e1fb118b94

***Additionally, you can find download links on my Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/infravolt. The links for this track will be available for public till the end of July. After that, they will be available only for patrons.***

Return To The Replicant City

Return To The Replicant City (OSC#172)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #195 - "Ragnarok 2".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-195-ragnarok-2

A new enhanced edition of this song is out on my YouTube channel. A slightly revisited mix and a few sounds added. Plus I recorded my bass guitar for it: https://youtu.be/141BdyqeZP0

More music:

Mercenaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc6QpwOlc0c&pp=0gcJCbAJAYcqIYzv
All Gunz Blazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojxE-rMtfOI
VVasabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHc3NVnn4s
Trailblazer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiEgYpJuoZQ
Ashes Of Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CSN9S2Vq7U&pp=0gcJCbAJAYcqIYzv

I've been brought back to my video game soundtrack drafts lately. This song focuses on an atmosphere of a lush alien world that was turned into a battlefield. Although I'm happy with the usual Simmons style drums I made with this synth, there is a strange behaviour that occurs when two that uses noise instances playing simultaneously, some kind of weird phasing/flanging effect. I tried to minimize it as much as possible, but I can still hear it. The synth itself has good tone shaping capabilities and it's CPU efficient just like all Full Bucket instruments. I really like the sound of an overdrive and chorus effects, the much needed sauce for a virtual analog.

34 instances used to create a track.

Jungle Assault (OSC#195)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #196 - "Primer 2".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-196-primer-2?authuser=0

More music:

Jungle Assault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=141BdyqeZP0
VVasabi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WHc3NVnn4s
Hope Remains: https://youtu.be/90XBo9-Mqyg
Sabotage Mission: https://youtu.be/laUdrWRmTzA
The Dungeon: https://youtu.be/LkhNily5ZTg

I created this song in the last few days, it was a busy month. The synth itself is a decent one, could be someone's first synth as it's designed to learn. The controls are pretty basic and the FX section lacks some crucial parameters (like low/high filtering for reverb/delay). The synth has its own character though. It's reminiscent of 90's virtual analog synths with that characterful phase restart effect when unison mode is turned on. I could even make some cool rave sounds with it.

Run & Gun

Run & Gun (OSC#196)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #197 - "ODIN 2".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-197-odin-2?authuser=0

My first mixtape of original darksynth music is out! Check that out if you like music that brings a dystopian atmosphere.
https://youtu.be/YwRD0TQrQrs

My submission:

27 instances used to create a track.

This is my new slow rolling darksynth song with doom/power metal influences as I think this sound fits the synth really well. I've been working with ODIN 2 few years ago. The synth has really good layout and selection of modules and I especially like it's feature of multi stage saturation/distortion that you get from filters and amp section. You can create a really thick analog style sounds with it. I also like the new UI and new features. 

Here Comes The Atlas

VCA-089 - Here Comes The Atlas (OSC#197)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #198 - "Any synth".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-198-any-one-synth

My first mixtape of original darksynth music is out! Check that out if you like music that brings a dystopian atmosphere.
https://youtu.be/YwRD0TQrQrs

My submission:

27 instances used to create a track.

I decided to spend another weekend with ODIN 2 and explore its other side. Also, I wanted to use Photonic's piano patch, the only time I can use piano for OSC. The song is a bit different compared to what I usually make with a much more peaceful attitude, but it is still heavily influenced by retro sci-fi videogames. It is intended to be played in the main menu or in between missions.

Loadout

VCA-089 - Loadout (OSC#198)

Submission for One Synth Challenge #200 - "Zebralette".
One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2025/osc-200-zebralette-3-beta

My first mixtape of original darksynth music is out! Check that out if you like music that brings a dystopian atmosphere.
https://youtu.be/YwRD0TQrQrs

38 instances used to create a track.

"A small breach in our defenses was enough to open a portal to another dimension. Right after that, the Earth was flooded by the horde of hostile alien life forms consisting of hybrid bio-mechanical creatures that are not only superior to our technology but also capable of psychic abilities. Within a few hours all major country governments were taken down and the alien occupation regime emerged. We are the rebellion, a group of scientists and brave soldiers who still stand against the alien tyranny after nearly two decades. But our chances of success in our mission are very low without a true hero..."

I'm back into my usual style of making music, it's pretty dark out there after all. The song is inspired by the old low budget sci-fi horror movie that tells a story of a hero who is stuck in a parallel timeline where planet Earth was invaded by a highly advanced and scary looking alien race. Can't you remember that movie (of course you can't, it doesn't exist). 

Biomechanoid

VCA-089 - Biomechanoid (OSC#200)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/wgN3i_vGJc4

Originally posted as a submission for One Synth Challenge #128 in October 2019.

The goal was to create a track using discoDSP's "Ob-Xd" virtual synthesizer as a source for all sounds.

43 instances of "OB-Xd" used to create a track. All sounds from "init" patch.

This is mostly a mix and master revision. The original arrangement is preserved.

I heard about OB-Xd many times and listened for some demos in the past. I also had an experience of using this instrument in one of my productions. It sounds good and there is a great potential for analog style sounds, and with the individual voice panning and unison things can get even more drastic. Any kind of lush pads, strings and choir-like sounds are just a few clicks away. I used some instance layering techniques to achieve some special sounds but for an authentic analog sounds one instance is more than enogh. 

I want to point out that synth's architecture is pretty limited in some ways. The lack of more developed modulation section can be a problem when creating some unusual and experimental sounds. I may be a part of hardware authenticity, but it could be more useful to have at least LFO tempo sync on the front panel, as we can stack more than 16 voices in unison which was't possible on hardware.

Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered in FL Studio 20

One synth challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2019/osc-128-ob-xd?authuser=0

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Highway Rush

Highway Rush (OSC#128)

YouTube: https://youtu.be/h-OUJfDq0MA

Originally posted as a submission for One Synth Challenge #129 in November 2019.

The goal was to create a track using Soda Audio's "Lith" virtual synthesizer as a source for all sounds.

27 instances of "Lith" used to create a track. All sounds from "init" patch.

This is mostly a mix and master revision. The original arrangement is preserved.

My little experiment with an oddball free synth. It has a retro-futuristic design with some pretty cool visualizations of modulation signals and a very extensive sound design options, especially with waveform manipulations. It was pretty useful for creating synthetic drums. 

Sadly, I didn't spend much time with this instrument that month. Literally, this composition was made within two days, or may be even less. Inspired by an old movie we all know (probably) which actions starting in November 2019.

Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered in FL Studio 20

One synth challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2019/osc-129-lith?authuser=0

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Replicant City

Replicant City (OSC#129)

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fX0jg7LO0

Originally posted as a submission for One Synth Challenge 136 in June 2020.

The goal was to create a track using Wave Warden's "ODIN 2" virtual synthesizer as a source for all sounds.

This track represents a naive joy of summer, interrupted by pandemic, disasters and mass riots in 2020.

This is mostly a mix and master revision. The original arrangement is preserved.

I'd like to say that ODIN 2 is a great synth. The possibilities are huge and I particulary liked the "analog gain staging" feature that makes everything passed through filters and amp section more fatter and characterful. I also liked the potential variety of digital sounds with different modules and I found wave/spec drawing oscs to be useful for some sounds I made. However, I was always comparing this synth to "Surge", which has a similar set of features but it's wavetable engine are much more flexible and it has slightly better LFOs. Still, ODIN 2 is outstandingly good at analog sounds.

One Synth Challenge archive: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2020/osc-136-odin-2?authuser=0

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Lost Vacation

Lost Vacation (OSC#136)

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I upload my freshest works here because I reached upload limit on main account. I also keep posting on YouTube, so it's better to subscribe there. Don't forget to check out Patreon and support if you like the music...