One-Synth-Challenge 64: Swierk by Saltline (Voting Done: Z.Prime Wins!)

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BK1 wrote:Out of curiosity, does anyone know if gates are allowed?
Allowed, i ask a few OSC before and use it in my tracks ... take a listen to Rotatio n21.

Have a great day :)
https://soundcloud.com/kraftraum
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Hi all together,
Rotation 21 is final. This time keep me much work: i have done Patches for the Swierk in the past and i
wouldn't use them in this contest.

So i make new ones from scratch (only one from my first patch work) to see what else i can make with Swierk :)

So here it comes:

Songname: Kraftraum - Rotation 21
Host: FL Studio 10.0.9
Swierk: 23 Instances

Insert FX:
IxoxDelay x 4, Lightweight Compressor x 2, Loudmax x 12,
Fruity Parametrics Eq2 x 14, Fruity Compressor x 2,
Fruity Reverb 2 x 1, T-Force Trance Gate x 4,
Fruity Filter x i, Fruity Delay 2 x 1

Master FX:
Fruity Parametrics Eq2 x 2
Soundgoodizer
Loudmax
(Fruity Spectroman)

DR: 9
All patches are done from scratch.

Enjoy the music :)

https://soundcloud.com/kraftraum/kraftraum-rotation-21
https://soundcloud.com/kraftraum
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BK1 wrote:As a noob, I find it difficult to understand why certain kinds of effects are legit and others are not. For example, the pitch-wheel automation of a keyboard or DAW is allowed, but a pitch-shifter plug-in is not. This seems like a rather fine distinction.
The issue is somewhat of a blurred line but the gist is: make a track with the one synth, with whatever it's limitations are. So, if a synth didn't allow pitch bend, for example but you were to use a pitch shifter, it would be circumventing the limitations of the synth.
As an experienced OSC'er and synth programmer, I find that the restrictions on plugins for the most part is pretty silly and it only serves to increase the number of instances used and increase my irritation level... e.g. getting a chorus effect is pretty easy by just duplicating a sound and adjusting the microtuning slightly or modulating something with an LFO but then to edit that sound I need to do it in 2 places...
Just for fun this time around, I downloaded the effects Saltline put together and played around with them a bit... I will say a few of the sounds I got out of 'em would have been REALLY hard to achieve with the synth alone so I had to scrap them from the project. So, I do think there are limitations. The overarching rule is: no effect that makes the sound unrecognizable as having come from the synth... but lots of gray in there. :)
BK1 wrote:Would "stutter" effects be allowed, then, as long as they don't alter the pitch?
If you're referring to a gate effect, as previously mentioned I believe that should be fine if it's basically just automating volume.

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kraftraum wrote:Hi all together,
Rotation 21 is final. This time keep me much work: i have done Patches for the Swierk in the past and i
wouldn't use them in this contest.

So i make new ones from scratch (only one from my first patch work) to see what else i can make with Swierk :)
A Swierk pro by now; cheers for the submission... listening promptly :)

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z.prime wrote:
kraftraum wrote:Hi all together,
Rotation 21 is final. This time keep me much work: i have done Patches for the Swierk in the past and i
wouldn't use them in this contest.

So i make new ones from scratch (only one from my first patch work) to see what else i can make with Swierk :)
A Swierk pro by now; cheers for the submission... listening promptly :)
Oh man, red in my face :oops: I learn much from you and other in this contest ... and the swierk is a great bread and butter synth with a great touch for bass sounds to layer (as you allways say) ;)

Have a great day :)
https://soundcloud.com/kraftraum
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z.prime wrote: I, personally, would love for allowing everything! :pray:
I'm just getting involved with these contests, I've gone back & listened to several of the entries. To me, they provide a musical example of each synth's capabilities & versatility.

With that said, I'd love to hear a no holds barred entry.

If any of the synths offered inspire you to do so, would there be a problem with you doing a remix of your track with no rules & sharing it on another thread?

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BK1 wrote: ...
Ferox
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3 instances of SuperCharger
...
I believe these are commercial effects and would violate the rules. Nice track, though.

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My entry for One-Synth-Challenge 64: Swierk

https://soundcloud.com/peter-macmurchy/ ... ik-animalz

Originally inspired by Plastikman EX and Martin Garrix - Animals, although it ended up sounding like neither.

Made in Studio One Producer 2.6 x86
16 Swierk instances

Presonus FX:
Compressor x 2
Limiter x 1
Pro EQ x 7
Phase Meter x 1
Room Reverb x 1
Spectrum Meter x 1
Tricomp x 1


Arto Vaarala - Kirnu x 1
AudioDamage RoughRider x 1
Greywolf BlueArp x 6
Voxengo Tube Amp x 2
Limiter6 x 1
Molot03 x 4
RunBeerRun RobotArms x 7
Saltline Lisc-delay x 2
Saltline Lisc Reverb x 2
TAL Tube x 5
VOS Density MkIII x 1
VOS SlickHDR x 2
VOS Thrillseeker XTC x 3

DR 8
(edit: all 32-bit plugins)
Last edited by psmacmur on Mon Jul 07, 2014 1:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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nineofkings wrote:
BK1 wrote: ...
Ferox
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3 instances of SuperCharger
...
I believe these are commercial effects and would violate the rules. Nice track, though.
I believe the SuperCharger thing was fixed already. Annoying as it was free at one point, but no longer. At some point there WAS a free JB Ferox, too, but it's disappeared from the site, it seems. :(

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z.prime - Epiphany

No single genre really defines this one... maybe just EDM. :)

If you don't like bass or beats or chords or notes or music, well, you might not like this. If you like any of those things, listen on!

All sounds made from scratch with Saltline Swierk VST, for the KVR One-Synth-Challenge #64.

DR: 7 :oops:

Track info:

Swierk - 50 instances
EasyQ
EngineersFilter
Equilibre
FerricTDS
Freeverb3
Limiter No6
np1136limiter
pseudostereo
MEqualizer
midi_transpose
Proximity
ReaComp
AtlantisFilter
ReaControlMIDI
ReaDelay
ReaEQ
ReaXcomp
SlickHDR
TDR Feedback Compressor II
TDR VOS Slick EQ

https://soundcloud.com/z_prime/zprime-epiphany

Enjoy!
Last edited by z.prime on Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:26 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Here is my entry for the month...
https://soundcloud.com/cytosonic/cytoso ... kle-swierk

I made this in Reaper, using 6 instances of Swierk (by Saltline).
I wanted to try to get a more aggressive, in-your-face kind of sound to contrast the almost silly melodic parts of the song. So I ended up using a lot more effects than usual (for me), and they are...
ReaDelay, ReaVerb, ReaComp, and ReaEQ (host effects)
SonEQ (Sonimus)
PhreePhuzz (LVC Audio)
IVGI (Klanghelm)
Transient (SleepyTime DSP)
Rough Rider (Audio Damage)
Feedback Compressor II (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
W1 (George Yohng)

There are only 5 distinct patches (the "organ" is the same sound on two tracks slightly panned out) and they were all made by me for this piece.

I hope you all enjoy it! :party:

-Brad

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BK1 wrote:
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Ferox
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3 instances of SuperCharger
...


I believe these are commercial effects and would violate the rules. Nice track, though.
I took Ferox off as well - turns out I didn't need it after all. I wasn't aware that it had disappeared from the web, though. It is listed here https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/re ... ed-plugins as one of the recommended plugins . . .

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But Ferox and other JB plugins can be downloaded for free on archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/201306081839 ... lugins.zip

So, would it still be OK to use any of them, as they're actually still available for everyone to download?

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Uploaded mine, it's called :

"Yield".

Made In FLStudio.

I used : 11 x Swierk.

Track FX :
1 x Rough Rider
1 x Fruity Parametric EQ 2
1 x ADT
1 x ReaComp
1 x Fruity Delay 2
1 x Ambience (send).

Automation : Yes 1x LFO speed.

Master FX :
1 x TDR VOS SlickEQ
1 x OTT
1 x SlickHDR
1 x Maximus.

Official DR value: DR2. :o

Enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/petervos/yeager-yield

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animehaus wrote:But Ferox and other JB plugins can be downloaded for free on archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/201306081839 ... lugins.zip

So, would it still be OK to use any of them, as they're actually still available for everyone to download?
Good question... the rule is: "... 3rd party effects if they are freeware and easily available". I would vote a firm no on this if someone other than JB is distributing his plugins but he's taken them down. This is not 'freeware' but rather piracy of previously free plugins. On the other hand if he's given the okay to distribute them, maybe due to not wanting to pay for hosting, it may be fine. But I assume in this case, it is probably because he's decided to no longer give them away. So, despite being able to find a copy of the plugins somewhere, they're no longer freeware.

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