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bmrzycki - Mon May 23, 2011 5:54 am

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VOTING DEADLINE IS MAY 30 2011, 14:00 UTC

Voting rules:

• TPC-01 has one simple rule; submit any preset for Tyrell N6.
  
• All votes are appreciated, and however one decides which patches stand out is the right way. A little feedback explaining votes is very welcome as well, just keep it short and to the point.
  
• The presets have not been normalized and are presented to you as they were submitted. It's up to you, the voters, to decide if a preset appeals to you (clipping, too quiet, or just right).
  
• Results will be tabulated one week from the date of this post when the poll stops running.
  
• The preset awarded the most overall points wins. Best of luck to all the entrants!
  

Patch authors:
Please post your numbered voting selections as replies in this thread. Please no hinting or saying which preset(s) are yours. Let's keep it anonymous until voting is closed. As a patch author you must vote, and you are not allowed to vote for your own preset(s)!

Everyone else:
Anyone is welcome to vote and if you wish to do so, please post your (numbered) place selections from this set in this thread.

Point Value:
Points are awarded by voters in the following manner:

1. 1st Place -> 5 points
   
2. 2nd Place -> 4 points
   
3. 3rd Place -> 3 points
   
4. 4th Place -> 2 points
   
5. 5th Place -> 1 point
   

If you prefer, you can use a simpler method of voting where points are awarded as follows:

1. 1st Place -> 5 points
   
2. 2nd Place -> 4 points
   
3. 3rd Place -> 3 points
   

Votes by patch authors and everyone else are weighed equally.

Results:
The winning patch author will receive their choice of 1 free u-he NFR (not for resale) software product. All patches submitted will be pubilically posted on the u-he Patch Library.

Voting Tally:
Nerve Runners (+ModWheel): 4 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 44
Pad - 7th wave: 1 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 5 = 36
something moist and plucked: 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 4 = 35
Echoes In The Dark: 4 + 2 + 5 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 27
The Lament: 3 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 24
bleach caustics: 4 + 5 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 21
Pendula +: 4 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 21
Digital Scream: 2 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 18
Cinematech: 5 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 15
FX Binar Man: 5 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 14
Psychedelic Language: 3 + 2 + 4 + 5 = 14
SYN End Of The World: 5 + 5 + 4 = 14
FirstPreset: 4 + 4 + 5 = 13
Lead - ModSelektor: 4 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 10
Rock Organ: 1 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 10
TranceMachine: 3 + 5 + 2 = 10
Cello: 4 + 5 = 9
Drumloop: 4 + 5 = 9
Phase Diverge: 3 + 5 = 8
Tyder: 1 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 8
wild one: 1 + 3 + 4 = 8
WakeupMan: 5 + 2 = 7
PumpinSyncBassStereoPingPongEchoThang: 2 + 4 = 6
Tyrellean Traverse: 3 + 3 = 6
chirp bass: 5 = 5
Glass Impulse: 1 + 3 + 1 = 5
Hugey Pad: 4 + 1 = 5
Wet Beaver: 1 + 2 + 2 = 5
drone generator 01: 4 = 4
machine startup: 4 = 4
Tubed Danger: 4 = 4
bikersgroal: 3 = 3
Sekvens: 3 = 3
spring marble: 1 + 2 = 3
mumbai nights: 2 = 2
Plecho: 2 = 2
Syncopated (use mw): 2 = 2
Asian Flavor: 1 = 1
Give your head a Wobble: 1 = 1
Sweller: 1 = 1
YardCore: 1 = 1

Patch Authors:3ee                                Cello
3ee                                Tyder
Acronym                            Tubed Danger
Acronym                            YardCore
arm.xy                             Sharp Duck
arm.xy                             Wet Beaver
Breeze                             Nerve Runners (+ModWheel)
Breeze                             PumpinSyncBassStereoPingPongEchoThang
chroma                             chirp bass
chroma                             machine startup
compazz13                          Lead - ModSelektor
compazz13                          Pad - 7th wave
DavyAch                            FirstPreset
DavyAch                            SecondPreset
D N A                              SYN End Of The World
Exhile                             Syncopated (use mw)
hakey                              Pendula +
hakey                              Tyrellean Traverse
Irion Da Ronin                     Detuned Moving Bass
Irion Da Ronin                     Pluck of Dirty Sadness
JoeCat                             Cinematech
JoeCat                             WakeupMan
Julian Ray                         FX Binar Man
Julian Ray                         Rock Organ
LeVzi                              Give your head a Wobble
LeVzi                              Give your tush a wobble
Limeflavour                        Plecho
Limeflavour                        Sekvens
Markus Diedrich                    Prime Factors
Matt Bowdler                       Skyliner
pocvecem                           The Lament
pocvecem                           TranceMachine
ramdac                             Drumloop
ramdac                             Echoes In The Dark
R.A.W.                             BAS Deep Bass 9
R.A.W.                             LED Cutting Edge
Resonator63                        Sweller
Resonator63                        Tik Tak Drum
Roman Prokofev                     Digital Scream
Roman Prokofev                     Psychedelic Language
rsmus7                             bikersgroal
rsmus7                             wild one
satYatunes                         Asian Flavor
satYatunes                         Hugey Pad
TB4C                               HARPSINETTE
TB4C                               OMINUS PADARUS
tom lyle                           spring marble
Vivolator                          Glass Impulse
Vivolator                          Phase Diverge
xh3rv                              bleach caustics
xh3rv                              something moist and plucked
yasoda nandana das                 drone generator 01
yasoda nandana das                 mumbai nights

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 6:16 am

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Just woke up.. wow!!! so many patches, weee!!!

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 6:55 am

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As ever thanks to bmrzycki for running this end of the show!

Wow! Great turn out! Have we beaten the record we set with the Bazille contest? It must be close.

EDIT: Just had a quick audition of the patches and there are some *very* nice patches in there. The overall quality of the patches is, IMO, the highest yet for any u-he patch contest!

A close contest I reckon.

Oh, and welcome to all the new faces.

And, for everyone's attention, I've just announced next month's contest. See here:

ZPC#15 - Drum Kit In A Patch

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 7:28 am

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hinthint!




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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 7:40 am

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^ Hmm... yes, I think I'll give that a go.

Hoping that DIVA might have a modelled vintage chorus or two (Juno, Solina,..)?

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 10:16 am

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I notice that someone has subconsciously pinched one of my Synth1 patch names! Of course, it may just be a coincidence...

Not that I'm bothered either way. I've done it myself, more than once!

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The unshushable Coktor - Mon May 23, 2011 11:11 am

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Strange, what's my name doing in that list?

I didn't submit any patches, that's for sure. Did someone actually send in one of my older sounds, or what? Gotta look into that...

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 11:24 am

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really? I was checking out the patches and already had a hunch what might be your entries.

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Bronto Scorpio - Mon May 23, 2011 11:29 am

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I haven't checked the presets yet but some people might have opened one of your patches to get the VCA:Pan modulation (I think some of your factory patches use it).

Then they somehow forgot to delete your name from the preset data.

Cheers
Dennis

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 11:41 am

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Found an odd behavior with Tyrell.

do this:
-Select "FX Binar Man"
-Select evey next patch till you reach "HARPSINETTE" and play it.
-In order that Harpsinette to act like it should (polyphonic) you must change to another mode and back again.

I think that the bug is related with the stereo voice structure (VCA1:Pan for exemple, used in "FX Binar Man") and the voice mode.

I'm using Tyrell v. 1.0.1 on WinXP with FL Studio 10.

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 11:42 am

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Same here! In fact, more than a hunch - I would have put money on one of them...

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 11:46 am

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Yep - I've experienced this quite a few times. Changing patches Tyrell occasionally gets stuck in mono mode.

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chroma - Mon May 23, 2011 11:50 am

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wow, there is some cool stuff in here.

my votes:
5 pts - FX Binar Man
4 pts - Nerve Runners
3 pts - sekvens
2 pts - Digital Scream
1 pts - Pad - 7th wave

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 12:20 pm

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Noted 20 patches as favorites for consideration ... well 22 if you include mine
Don't wanna rush with my votes but anyway making a fair decision is gonna be harder than ever!

Didn't expect such great diversity of patches.
I love this synth... it's my fave software synth atm!
I simply can't wait much longer for DIVA!!!

So DIVA better show up with skins for every synth it will mimic... or else!

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Urs - Mon May 23, 2011 12:33 pm

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will look into that..?

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Urs - Mon May 23, 2011 12:38 pm

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Last week's work basically pre-defined Diva's visuals. No details just yet :-p

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 1:18 pm

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Will it have keys?

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Neverone - Mon May 23, 2011 1:22 pm

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I think I must have sent my patches in too late to participate this time. Rats.

Tyrell is a great synth, and I can't wait to go through all the patches and cast my vote.
Cheers to all the participants.

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 1:30 pm

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Have you checked the list of patches to see if yours are in there? The Unshushable Coktor is on the list of author's, but says he hasn't submitted a patch, so perhaps the patches bmrzycki has down as TUC's are yours?

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bmrzycki - Mon May 23, 2011 1:38 pm

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Sorry about the wrong name in the list. For some reason I thought tom lyle was TUC, maybe the patch author name wasn't erased when editing a preset? I'll PM TUC with the names of the presets and he can examine them...

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bmrzycki - Mon May 23, 2011 1:43 pm

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I didn't see any presets from you. It's possible gmail ate them (spam?). I checked my spam folder before posting to be sure but didn't see any in there.

Sorry for the bad luck. Some people PM me and give me a link to a dropbox or box.net account to pull them from. So far I've never lost any of those...

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JoeCat - Mon May 23, 2011 1:58 pm

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Just gave a quick run-through the submitted patches. I am properly humbled. Kudos to the competition.

After the contest, should we create a bank collecting our "third patches" - the ones we almost submitted, but thought "I like it, but doubt anyone else will"? My favorite leftover was an FX patch that my kids love but serves virtually no musical / sound design purpose (that I could think of).

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hakey - Mon May 23, 2011 2:26 pm

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Yeah, good idea! And no need to wait till after the contest...

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R.A.W. - Mon May 23, 2011 2:42 pm

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nice patches there.. well done, everyone!

it was very hard to find favorites with such a great range of sounds, but at last i chose the ones that i would most likely use in my own tracks.

1. (5 pts) cinematech
2. (4 pts) drone generator 01
3. (3 pts) the lament
4. (2 pts) something moist and plucked
5. (1 pts) wild one

and the patch that didn't make it to my top 5 but needs a honorable mention is "drumloop".. if it wasn't 4-to-the-floor it would be in the list.. but it still is a great idea!


i like the idea, too. but we should wait till after the voting because it might be possible to anticipate the author of sounds in the contest by comparing the "leftover" patches.

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Neverone - Mon May 23, 2011 3:03 pm

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No problem. I've got a bit of bad email mojo, I reckon.
The real fun is in creating the patches and seeing how all the participants push these synths in such different directions.

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3ee - Mon May 23, 2011 3:28 pm

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I got like 20 of them and counting!
The.... best patches ever made!

...in fact, some of them are so good that the didn't make it into this contest!

So yes, I'd say as well, that's best to wait till the voting stage is over.

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LeVzi - Mon May 23, 2011 5:37 pm

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Bloody hell lol plenty of entrants

Anyway, my list is as follows :


1. SYN End of the world
2. Hugey Pad
3. Physcadelic Language
4. Plecho
5. Sweller


Another set of cool patches man, crazy stuff

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GruvSyco - Mon May 23, 2011 6:49 pm

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1st The Lament
2nd Tubed Danger
3rd Bikersgroal
4th Cinematech
5th Glass Impulse

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IrionDaRonin - Tue May 24, 2011 12:40 pm

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Well, definitelly i'm not a sound designer, lol.

Great stuff in there, uh? I got impressed with some sounds.

Here goes my votes:

NerveRunners - 5 points
Great pads, i surely use them in futures songs.

Machinne Startup - 4 points
Although is a FX, it sounds like a kind of a pad too.

Wild One - 3 points
Lo-fi, just, how the hell...?

Psychedelic language - 2 points
Tyrell can talk and eat CPU at same time!!! (Sorry for the joke, my low equip is a shame)

Asian Flavour - 1 point
I love asian culture, and plucked sounds.

Good luck to everybody and cheers.

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evo2slo - Tue May 24, 2011 1:08 pm

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Having lots of fun playing with these patches! I'm in awe of the great sounds you wizards were able to come up with.

Here's my faves:

1. WakeupMan
2. Echoes in the Dark
3. The Lament
4. PumpinSyncBassStereoPingPongEchoThang
5. Rock Organ

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Acronym - Wed May 25, 2011 8:36 am

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This is my vote:

5pts - Tyder - For being a tight sound.

4pts - something moist and plucked - Sounds even nicer, when lowering env1 release.

3pts - Rock Organ - realistic.

2pts - Drumloop - I read about this on the SQ8L site, great to that this is also working with Tyrell.

1pts - Digital Scream - Cool Efx.

(made an edit to avoid mistake)

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synaesthesia - Wed May 25, 2011 11:41 am

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My votes are based on what I feel I would use most myself, so:

1. Nerve Runners (5 pts)
2. Pad 7th Wave (4 pts)
3. Tyder (3 pts)
4. Syncopated (2 pts)
5. Give Your Head a Wobble (1 pt)

A special mention to Digital Scream. Unuseable for me, but highly entertaining sound design.

Cheers,
Matt

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rsmus7 - Wed May 25, 2011 12:11 pm

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my vote:

1) 5 points = SYN End of the world

2) 4 points = Pad 7th wave

3) 3 points = Glass Impulse

4) 2 points = Echoes in the dark

5) 1 point = Tyder


good luck to everyone,

and thanks for this great contest

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Breeze - Thu May 26, 2011 7:01 am

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My 2 cents:

1. Echoes in the Dark
2. Pendula +
3. Phase Diverge
4. Digital Scream
5. Wet Blanket

This was one of the hardest ones to vote for! What a variety!

Notes:

1. I'm not sure I understand why the tally must be displayed as it comes in. Wouldn't it make more sense to reveal the results at the end of the voting period and avoid any influence it might have on the voting?

2. I still find it odd that the criteria for voting is so personal. But hey, it does yield amazing variety!

3. Urs: IMHO you've created the next Synth1 This little gem sounds great and offers remarkable flexibility for its "simple" design. Wow!

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bmrzycki - Thu May 26, 2011 9:01 am

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I assume you meant "Wet Beaver" since "Wet Blanket" doesn't exist. Let me know if you meant another patch.
It's not a matter of must, I just do it because it's a lot easier to keep track of the patch votes as they come in. I also find it interesting seeing the tallies over time. Since the votes are public posts to this forum anyone could count them up themselves to see who's winning.

Or are you concerned that people see the leaders and think they have to vote for them too?

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DavyAch - Thu May 26, 2011 9:14 am

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OK, taken my time over this. I'm afraid my penchant for pads is showing itself here....but it seems I'm not the only one!!

5 points - Pad - 7th Wave (+ external delay / reverb = spine tingle)
4 points - Echoes in the Dark (great movement)
3 Points - Nerve Runners (ditto)
2 Points - Pendula+ (ditto again)
1 Point - FX Binar Man (fun, fun, fun!)

Wish I could add another point for drumloop - very cool, but I would never use it!

I have to say, I am slightly embarassed about the lower quality of my entries compared to this lot...but its nice to be rubbing shoulders with such talent!

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hakey - Thu May 26, 2011 9:43 am

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I think there may be a niggle that those patch authors who are in contention - ie with patches near the top of the leader board - might hang back and vote late and vote strategically.

The only way to absolutely fix that would be secret voting.

Personally I'd prefer to trust that people will simply vote for the patches they like. Maybe, now and again someone has that strategic mindset, but, oh well, life's too short.

Besides, I think watching the tally change over time is somewhat interesting.

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hakey - Thu May 26, 2011 9:52 am

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If I think I'm in with a shout of winning I try to vote early on, just to avoid any suspicion of tactical shenanigans (and I always vote for the patches I like anyway).

Doesn't look like that will be necessary this time...

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JoeCat - Thu May 26, 2011 10:04 am

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I was thinking the same thing. But even though I'm new here, my feeling is this is probably a real honest group.

IMHO, one advantage to being a later voter is that it's prompted me to listen more to some patches I might have more easily dismissed earlier. I've had about 20 "why didn't I think of that" moments!

Early voters probably have an advantage to being completely objective, and later voters have the advantage of more time, which I suspect balances out. In any case, it's been tons of fun.

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hakey - Thu May 26, 2011 10:18 am

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I agree.

I suppose there is the other argument, like bmrzycki says, that people are somehow influenced to vote for the patches that have more points - either out of subconscious group think, or just because being near the top makes people pay more attention to those patches.

Anyway, the cure (secret voting) is worse than the disease, IMO.

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Breeze - Thu May 26, 2011 10:51 am

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LOL! Of course... Now I'm wondering how interesting the sound of a wet blanket must be.

That's possible but I'm sure the group as a whole is on the good side of honest; however influence can be subtle thing. Even without taking any manipulative intent into account, it could still have an unconscious biasing effect on anyone's decisions.

Personally, I try to stay away from the thread while I audition. I listen to the whole lot and eliminate the ones that don't turn me on over a few days, then order the top that remain.

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mcnoone - Thu May 26, 2011 1:26 pm

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Definitely not sounding as interesting as a wet beaver.

5points-Chirp Bass
4points-SYN End of the World
3points-Lead Mod Selektor
2points-Something Moist and Plucked
1-FX Binar Man

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bstageboss - Thu May 26, 2011 1:45 pm

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5 points - Pad - 7th Wave

4 Points - Nerve Runners

3 Points - FX Binar Man

2 Points - Pendula+

1 Point - Echoes in the Dark

Nice stuff, I wish I'd had more time to play with Tyrell (and figure out that panning thingie...)

Oh well, at least there's some great patches out there now

STV

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pocvecem - Fri May 27, 2011 5:39 am

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Oh boy! This was a hard decision! But finally:

1st: Pad - 7th wave (has a bit of Wavestation in it)
2nd: bleach caustics (simple & dirty, highly useful for me)
3rd: Tyrellean Traverse (reminds me of an old Kraftwerk song)
4th: Digital Scream (this is scary! )
5th: FX Binar Man (nice Robotalk)

Btw, really had to laugh when I played bikersgroal. Had something similar on my old Poly800 and even used this sound in a song, hehe.

A lot of great sounds in this contest!

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3ee - Fri May 27, 2011 7:57 am

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Here's my votes but it wasn't easy to cast them.
There are patches that have a very cool tone but are too simple or static or badly tweaked.

1. Nerve Runners (5p)

2. something moist and plucked (4p)

3. Pendula+ (3p)

4. Wet Beaver (2p)

5. YardCore (1p)

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1. This one is getting on my nerves
2. Really like this one but IMO it badly needs couple of more tweaks. for exemple the filter keyfollow, env1 keytrack for keyboard balance and env2 velocity for a bit more expressievness.
3. Like the tone, feel and the random expressiveness.
4. Now this is what Tyrell should sound like!
5. Ahaaa!... so this is how they are made: ring mod! Like the fact that's tight and it's got me thinking of Arp2600 spring reverb a bit.

Shoutouts in no particular order:

-SYN End of the World
-Echoes in the Dark
-Pad 7th Wave
-machine startup
-Asian Flavor
and more...

Cheers and good luck!

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hakey - Fri May 27, 2011 9:59 am

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1st...bleach caustics........5pts
2nd...First Preset.............4pts
3rd...Nerve Runners..........3pts
4th...Echoes in The Dark...2pts
5th...Lead - Modselektor...1pts

Sorry I can't give more points. I could easily have included any of the following, all of which made it to my shortlist:

Cello, Digital Scream, FX Binar Man, Pad - 7th Wave , Phase Diverge, PumpinSyncBassStereoPingPongEchoThang, Rock Organ, something moist and plucked, spring marble, The Lament, Tyder.

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JoeCat - Fri May 27, 2011 10:43 am

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Voting was way tougher than I thought. In the end, I went with what (for me) where the patches I simply enjoyed the most:

1: something moist and plucked (5)
This one just made my fingers happy! Put and amp sim and some verb on it, turn the vibrato up a bit, hit some low notes, and you've got this weird 50's hollow-body-guitar-with-wooden-strings thing going.

2: Cello (4)
Underrated IMHO (and maybe because my daughter is a cellist). But it looks like great care was taken here to make a patch that sounds and plays exactly like it should - love the gentle vibrato on the MW and pressure adding bow pressure. I didn't notice how good this was until I put some verb on (you would never hear a cello without some reflections).

3: Lament (3)
I'm a sucker for dark pads, and this one sounds just right

4: Pad - 7th Wave (2)
Really inventive use of noise. Took a while to notice what was going on - this one is subtle.

5: Glass Impulse (1)
I may use this with a little tweaking in the Tyrell OSC (assuming I finish something on time!), so it has to count

Honorable mention:
PumpSyncBass... - what can't you do with this?
Drumloop and bikersgroal - just plain creative
Echoes In the Dark - for those Floyd tunes.

To all the above:
Good luck all!

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ramdac - Fri May 27, 2011 1:13 pm

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It was not easy but here are my votes:

5pt - Phase Diverge
nice modulation with pressure

4pt - bleach caustics
absolutely dreamy lead sound

3pt - something moist and plucked
sounds very emotional

2pt - Wet Beaver
soft and warm as it must be

1pt - The Lament
perfect for melancholy

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JoeCat - Fri May 27, 2011 4:54 pm

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Additional shout-out to Digital Scream - just used a tweaked version of it in my Tyrell OSC. Never know what patch is going to come in handy.

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Neverone - Sat May 28, 2011 4:00 am

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Wow, great comp. I had a tough time trying to whittle down my list.

1. Nerve Runners(+ ModWheel)
2. PumpinSyncBassStereoPingPongEchoThang
3. Echoes in the Dark
4. Psychedelic Language
5. Something moist and plucked

Cheers to all the entrants.

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Roman Prokofev - Sat May 28, 2011 7:04 am

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1. Cello
2. Rock Organ
3. TranceMachine
4. Pendula +
5. something moist and plucked

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LeVzi - Sat May 28, 2011 7:58 am

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I can't take much more .......

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The unshushable Coktor - Sat May 28, 2011 8:44 am

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My votes:

1. Psychedelic Language
2. Cinematech
3. The Lament
4. Something moist and plucked
5. Pendula+

I also loved Digital Scream, WakeupMan, FX Binar Man, Spring Marble, Plecho, bikersgroal, PumpinSyncBass.

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3ee - Sat May 28, 2011 8:49 am

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JoeCat - Sat May 28, 2011 9:13 am

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Jeez - I JUST got it....

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xh3rv - Sat May 28, 2011 10:52 am

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Have you heard Zoe Keating? Saw her play a week ago - she has a vintage-looking mic, a footpedal board, and laptop running Live sort of becoming a third element in the human/cello existence ( http://music.zoekeating.com/ ). Use of effects is pretty sparse, I think more or less used to sort of enhance the layering at times, so basically it's cello tone and articulation doing all the work in that regard. It was very compelling!

(Since I'm plugging acts on tangents, also saw http://www.thebatteriesduo.com/ this week - I was actually the whole crowd so I got the free CD ... but the tangent is these guys took sort of the opposite approach with using the tech, something like whack-a-mole with buttons on MIDI controllers, also very compelling)

Votes:

5pts) TranceMachine - Arpeggiator hacks!

4pts) The Lament - Formant hacks!

3pts) FX Binar Man - pretty perfectly realized FX patch

2pts) WakeupMan - Multitimbral hacks!

1pts) Cinematech - There's a seamless blending of pad tones, dissonant tones, and noise that's really lively in this patch

General feeling about this contest was: "ineffable" Adjective
1. Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words: "ineffable beauty"

I think that's a subtle linguistic evolution of "unf***ngbelievable"

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hakey - Sun May 29, 2011 1:44 am

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Just over 24 hours until voting closes and there's still a fair few who've yet to vote:

arm.xy
compazz13
D N A
Exhile
Julian Ray
Limeflavour
Matt Bowdler
Resonator63
satYatunes
TB4C
tom lyle
Vivolator

If you submitted a patch you are expected to vote (no vote = no prize ).

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D N A - Sun May 29, 2011 2:50 am

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5p - bleach caustics
4p - First Preset
3p - Digital Scream
2p - Trance Machine
1p - Pendula+


First time taking part of some sound design contest - good fun I like that such mini soundbank offers many totally different sounds, different styles etc.

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Limeflavour - Sun May 29, 2011 3:14 am

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You can add me to the voted list now

5p - Something moist and plucked
4p - Nerve Runners
3p - Echoes in the dark
2p - Rock Organ
1p - Pendula+

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Resonator63 - Sun May 29, 2011 4:44 am

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My votes are

5pts First Preset
4pts something moist and plucked
3pts Cinematech
2pts The Lament
1pt Nerve Runners

Some really great patches,well done everyone

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JoeCat - Sun May 29, 2011 5:26 am

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Yeah, my daughter's mentioned her also. Very stylish. Same with the Batteries Duo.
Loopers and such have given solo musicians the opportunity to do their thing without needing the support of pesky accompanists (What's a drummers last words before the band fires him? "Hey, lets do one of my songs!")

What's cool about electronic music is it also gives people who may not have great dexterity and coordination the ability to express themselves musically. Biggest problem now (as evidenced here, for example), is there's too much talent, and not enough time to listen and follow an artist's work.

Can't wait to see the results of the voting (will Urs vote ?) Meanwhile, I will be consumed with my kids, finishing the OSC, and deciding whether to buy the fragile, useless to me, but loads-of-fun Dark Star synth this guy's selling on Craigslist

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hakey - Sun May 29, 2011 8:01 am

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Still waiting for votes from:

arm.xy
compazz13
Exhile
Julian Ray
Matt Bowdler
satYatunes
TB4C
tom lyle
Vivolator
yasoda nandana das

Less than 24 hours to go folks.

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arm.xy - Sun May 29, 2011 6:48 pm

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This was tough choice

Pad - 7th wave : 5 points
wild one : 4 points
Tyrellean Traverse : 3 points
Lead - ModSelektor : 2 points
spring marble : 1 point

kudos to all competitors

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Exhile - Sun May 29, 2011 11:05 pm

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Votes:

1.Nerve Runners
2.Digital Scream
3.Echoes In The Dark
4.Pendula +
5.bleach caustics

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hakey - Mon May 30, 2011 12:44 am

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A few hours until voting closes and we've yet to hear from:

compazz13
Julian Ray
Matt Bowdler
satYatunes
TB4C
tom lyle
Vivolator
yasoda nandana das

(Everyone who submitted a patch is expected to vote. )

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blurk - Mon May 30, 2011 4:10 am

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Here are my votes.

1. Drumloop (maybe not the most versatile drum loop, but a very effective patch given the constraints)
2. something moist and plucked (not an overly fancy sound, but effective)
3. Tyder (I'm a sucker for this style of bass sound)
4. Pendula +
5. Hugey Pad

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bmrzycki - Mon May 30, 2011 5:46 am

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Last call for votes! We're down to 15 minutes remaining!

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bmrzycki - Mon May 30, 2011 6:01 am

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Voting is closed!

And now our top 3 presets:

1. Nerve Runners (+ModWheel): 44 points - Breeze
2. Pad - 7th wave: 36 points - compazz13
3. something moist and plucked: 35 points - xh3rv

Congratulations Breeze on well-earned and difficult competition win!

(I'd appreciate it if someone else could tally up the points to double-check my math....)

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Bronto Scorpio - Mon May 30, 2011 6:13 am

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Congratulations Breeze

Cheers
Dennis

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hakey - Mon May 30, 2011 6:14 am

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Well done Breeze!

(@ bmr: according to the patch author list 'something moist... etc' was xhr3v's patch.)

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bmrzycki - Mon May 30, 2011 6:15 am

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Yes, thank you. The dangers of ctrl-c/ctrl-v...

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Urs - Mon May 30, 2011 6:31 am

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Congrats Breeze! Again

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3ee - Mon May 30, 2011 7:03 am

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Congrats Breeze ...and all contestants! This was a very cool contest with lots of great patches and thanks to Urs, Brian and Hakey for the obvious...

If anybody learned something during this contest, you can share here!

I learned that using sync with fm cold generate a great variety of tones (including many acoustic ones) + combined with the super "voice" feature, Tyrell is unbeatable... I assume that DIVA will be glorious!

And in case you didn't notice you can use the BP filter mode as a phaser.


I got like 30 patches I've made durring this competition...
Will be posting them here after optimisations.
So stay tuned... you don't wanna miss out on "the... best Tyrell patches ever made" .... well at least a couple of them

C ya!

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JoeCat - Mon May 30, 2011 7:06 am

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Congrats, Breeze!
(& compazz13 and xh3rv for place and show )

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Resonator63 - Mon May 30, 2011 7:14 am

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Congratulation Breeze

Good fun and lots of great patches.
Thanks to Urs, Brian and Hakey for running this.

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rsmus7 - Mon May 30, 2011 7:19 am

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congrats to the winner

and thanks to everyone for making it a great contest

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JoeCat - Mon May 30, 2011 7:32 am

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...slap upside my head for not saying the same!

Yes! I've made a tone of patches sweeping the BP around - good fun!

Now that voting is closed - dying to know if Urs had a personal favorite(s)

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hakey - Mon May 30, 2011 7:32 am

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Might be an idea to start a new thread where people can share their left over contest patches, or new ones they've come up with since.

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Urs - Mon May 30, 2011 7:42 am

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That's always too difficult for me

I do however always like those patches that make me scratch my head while I go "How did they do this...?"

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arm.xy - Mon May 30, 2011 8:15 am

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if you use VCF as one of sources in ring mod with BPF, you can restore considerably low order harmonics even with BPF way up. Actually, ringModFeedback is IMveryHO single greatest feature of TN6 (among bunch of really great features). I have made one cute bass patch with sine osc only, where all of the tone is "tone of filter".

Thanks to Urs, Brian and Hakey. And thanks to Urs one more time. BTW, are Tyrell specs "set in stone" or we can expect some additonal feature here and there.

BTW2 Wet Beaver is homage to Swollen Pickle, Super Hardon and rest of toung-in-cheek pedals. Just like them, Tyrell is a bit esoteric (in market sense), with only features you actually need and (big AND) supreme sounding.

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bmrzycki - Mon May 30, 2011 8:21 am

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You're all welcome. I'm happy to help out, it means I and everyone else get to hear some pretty incredible presets. I think it also builds a sense of community surrounding the u-he toolchain. Good stuff all around.

Of course, I'd be lying if I wasn't a teensy bit relieved the next patch contest is 5 weeks away. This PC and the Bazille ones were quite a bit of work to tally and organize presets!

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3ee - Mon May 30, 2011 8:22 am

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http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4539061#4539061

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LeVzi - Mon May 30, 2011 8:31 am

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Grats to the winner Breeze

And big thanks to those running these comps , as always Very generous to give your time etc

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pocvecem - Mon May 30, 2011 8:43 am

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Congrats Breeze
Plenty of great patches in this contest!

And now ladies and gentlemen, get on your Zebras and make drum kits!

Btw, only one day left to join the TyrellN6 OSC. So hurry up.

Greetings,
Gerald

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DavyAch - Mon May 30, 2011 8:45 am

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Yes, congrats to Breeze, and thanks to all who facilitated and took part. Top job everyone!

First ever preset competition...quite new to all this. A great thrill to see some of you voting for one of my presets amongst this lot. I have booked appointments with the ear doctor for you

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Acronym - Mon May 30, 2011 8:54 am

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Congrats to Breeze

Hope there will be another Tyrell Patch contest soon.

Greetz
Acronym

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Breeze - Mon May 30, 2011 1:16 pm

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Wow! Thanks all!

I have to admit that it could have gone many ways, there were more than a few interesting patches. Maybe it was the name

Actually, Nerve Runners was derived from PumpinSyncBass... Fed up with optimizing that preset, I started slowing down the envelopes and introducing random timing. I honestly love that preset (I almost didn't enter it in the contest!). That I was able to create in on a totally free synth is a sign of the times.

BTW, try using the BP instead of the LP/HP for some heavier "rezzing". I preferred the lighter sound myself (more versatile too).

Thanks to Brian and Hakey for their generous legwork, and of course to Urs without whom literally none of this would have been possible.

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R.A.W. - Mon May 30, 2011 1:57 pm

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Congrats Breeze!

and thanks to all participants, we now got even more sounds to play with for this amazing free synth.

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xh3rv - Mon May 30, 2011 6:37 pm

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Congrats Breeze!

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ramdac - Mon May 30, 2011 10:37 pm

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Me too, congratulations Breeze!
And thank you for the 5 points you gave me!

This contest was a good experience, where I could learn a lot.

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synaesthesia - Tue May 31, 2011 2:00 am

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Ah, I notice I was down as not having voted. I am Matt Bowdler.

Not that i think it makes any difference as I don't think my sound got a single vote!

Anyway, congrats to all involved.

Matt

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hakey - Tue May 31, 2011 2:23 am

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^ Apologies on both counts.

I also mistakenly put Vivolator, aka bstageboss, on the no vote list.

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xh3rv - Tue May 31, 2011 5:30 am

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Just a suggestion for those submitting - I believe the easiest things to manage are .zip files with your KVR handle and contest info (e.g. xh3rv TPC1), expanding into a folder with the same name containing patches that can be dropped into the main contest folder (i.e. with no author info in them).

This assures no confusion with who voted or who authored a patch, and generally makes life easier for those running the contest, since it's easy to keep two folders - one with folders per author, one that mirrors what the eventual patch set will be.

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Julian Ray - Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:14 am

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I'm very sorry, on some reasons I wasn't able to reach my studio computer for few days
Congratulations to winner

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FiascoAndretti - Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:50 am

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Hey can anyone link me to these presets, i must be missing it. sorry to bump older thread

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JoeCat - Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:12 am

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Don't sweat it

Here's a link to all the u-He patch goodies:

http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib/

Just scroll down to the Tyrell link - you'll see the KVR patch bank in there, as well as a few others.
There's are some other goodies in there (look for the Device Skins link)

If you're a Tyrell fan, these skins are scary good:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4833113
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4831190

That should keep you busy!!!!!

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