One Synth Challenge #81: Oxe FM (z.prime wins!)
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- KVRAF
- 2166 posts since 7 Mar, 2014
Tricky one this - I find I always do an intro (aka the beginning) and try to "set the scene" with it - so this time round my thoughts were with the people of Paris and so it was a "French influence" for the first 15 seconds and then into the main theme. The next parts have a pretty normal progression of parts, including some key changes (boy bands, all stand up!), some take downs, and then finally a playout (aka the outro!).
Sometimes I end with a "fade to black", sometimes I end with something more "traditional".
I generally look to 3.5 - 4 minutes, although I have done one very short track (The TAL Bassline), which was a stunningly short 1.33 minutes of hectic Bluegrass inspired stuff - bending the classic dance bassline machine to areas never ever envisaged - hehe!
I simply have fun and enjoy presenting my different takes/inspirations to this audience.
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Sometimes I end with a "fade to black", sometimes I end with something more "traditional".
I generally look to 3.5 - 4 minutes, although I have done one very short track (The TAL Bassline), which was a stunningly short 1.33 minutes of hectic Bluegrass inspired stuff - bending the classic dance bassline machine to areas never ever envisaged - hehe!
I simply have fun and enjoy presenting my different takes/inspirations to this audience.
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- KVRAF
- 21196 posts since 8 Oct, 2014
When I first started composing back in the 70s, my mother, who was a concert pianist and opera singer and listened to tons of symphonies, piano concertos and opera scores, said to me, "Steven, when are you going to get off the merry-go-round?"
My songs were endless ramblings in sound, much like many of the OSCs. It was what I liked to do. But I soon came to realize that people didn't want to listen to this stuff. Finally, in the early 80s, I started composing more traditional intro-verse-chorus-outro 3 to 4 minute tracks.
With the short attention span of today's generation (that is not meant as a dig but just an observation of the world we now live in) I would think that things are even worse today. Most pop song intros are now under 10 seconds. Listen to Taylor Swift's Blank Space and time the intro. That's about as long as you can get away with today.
My songs were endless ramblings in sound, much like many of the OSCs. It was what I liked to do. But I soon came to realize that people didn't want to listen to this stuff. Finally, in the early 80s, I started composing more traditional intro-verse-chorus-outro 3 to 4 minute tracks.
With the short attention span of today's generation (that is not meant as a dig but just an observation of the world we now live in) I would think that things are even worse today. Most pop song intros are now under 10 seconds. Listen to Taylor Swift's Blank Space and time the intro. That's about as long as you can get away with today.
- KVRian
- 1209 posts since 28 Jun, 2005
Uploaded mine, it's called :
"Off Day Off".
Made In FLStudio.
I used : 16 x Oxe.
Track FX :
2 x LOSER Saturation (ReaJS)
2 x ReaComp
1 x Transient
1 x IVGI
1 x Tremolo
4 x Fruity Reverb 2
2 x Fruity Delay
3 x Fruity Parametric EQ 2.
Automation : No.
Master FX :
1 x TDR Nova
1 x TDR VOS SlickEQ
1 x Fruity Limiter.
Official DR value: DR9
Enjoy.
https://soundcloud.com/petervos/yeager-off-day-off
"Off Day Off".
Made In FLStudio.
I used : 16 x Oxe.
Track FX :
2 x LOSER Saturation (ReaJS)
2 x ReaComp
1 x Transient
1 x IVGI
1 x Tremolo
4 x Fruity Reverb 2
2 x Fruity Delay
3 x Fruity Parametric EQ 2.
Automation : No.
Master FX :
1 x TDR Nova
1 x TDR VOS SlickEQ
1 x Fruity Limiter.
Official DR value: DR9
Enjoy.
https://soundcloud.com/petervos/yeager-off-day-off
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- KVRist
- 39 posts since 7 Sep, 2015
"If you can't say it in 3 minutes, it’s not worth saying" – or at least according to Elvis Costello (possibly)
About enough time for some people's multi-minute epics to develop their percussion and bass.
I guess we should be accept a degree of indulgence, as your average OSC synth based instrumental is a totally different kettle of VSTi fish to a top 40 pop song. That said though, straying into 6+ minute territory (and certainly double figures) is beginning to stretch a listeners tolerance, not to mention concentration.
About enough time for some people's multi-minute epics to develop their percussion and bass.
I guess we should be accept a degree of indulgence, as your average OSC synth based instrumental is a totally different kettle of VSTi fish to a top 40 pop song. That said though, straying into 6+ minute territory (and certainly double figures) is beginning to stretch a listeners tolerance, not to mention concentration.
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- KVRian
- 711 posts since 11 Mar, 2014 from Netherlands
Work hard ...z.prime wrote:WWOD (what would the oxe do)?rghvdberg wrote:man I'm running out of time ...
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 16 Nov, 2015
hi, im new to the group and to the contest. hopefully i've done this right.
Uploaded track, called :
"Cassava Root".
Made In Ableton Live 9
I used : 17 x Oxe.
Track FX Stock :
17 x Eq
7 x Reverb
4 x Compressor
4 x Delay.
Master FX :
Stock Side Chain
1 x Compressor
1 x Eq
1 x Limiter
Official DR value: DR10
Enjoy.
https://soundcloud.com/zehab-wolf/cassava-root
Uploaded track, called :
"Cassava Root".
Made In Ableton Live 9
I used : 17 x Oxe.
Track FX Stock :
17 x Eq
7 x Reverb
4 x Compressor
4 x Delay.
Master FX :
Stock Side Chain
1 x Compressor
1 x Eq
1 x Limiter
Official DR value: DR10
Enjoy.
https://soundcloud.com/zehab-wolf/cassava-root
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- KVRist
- 178 posts since 13 Dec, 2009 from Sweden
Here's my submission this month! Not the greatest piece of music I've ever written, but it was good fun nonetheless. Despite a shaky start with OXE, in the end I really came to like it! Fairly decent sound, but just a good solid set of FM functionality. It was nice also having everything accessible from the one screen – something which seems to be a bit rare amongst traditional FM synths of this kind.
This was done in Renoise with 19 instances of OXE, and using just native Renoise EQs, compressors, delay and a touch of reverb.
https://soundcloud.com/atype808/a-type- ... -81-oxe-fm
This was done in Renoise with 19 instances of OXE, and using just native Renoise EQs, compressors, delay and a touch of reverb.
https://soundcloud.com/atype808/a-type- ... -81-oxe-fm
- KVRian
- 628 posts since 5 Mar, 2011 from Austria
deleted!
soundcloud.com/photonic-1
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- KVRer
- 25 posts since 14 Feb, 2015
https://soundcloud.com/lhaastdaiz/lhaas ... hree-seeds
Renoise 3.1
21 x OXE
21 x Filter
21 x Compressor
01 x EQ
Renoise 3.1
21 x OXE
21 x Filter
21 x Compressor
01 x EQ
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- KVRist
- 125 posts since 28 Oct, 2012
Hello for everyone! Here is my One Osc 81 challenge track. Hope you enjoy my track
Synth is Oxe FM
In my track there is 24 instances.
Cubase 8 Pro 64 bit
Cubase Effects: PingPongDelay, BrickWall Limiter, Curve EQ, standard EQ, Compressor, Revelation reverb, Maximizer
Freeware effects: SanfordDelay, Limiter6
https://soundcloud.com/jkflashico/jkflashico-tight-time
Synth is Oxe FM
In my track there is 24 instances.
Cubase 8 Pro 64 bit
Cubase Effects: PingPongDelay, BrickWall Limiter, Curve EQ, standard EQ, Compressor, Revelation reverb, Maximizer
Freeware effects: SanfordDelay, Limiter6
https://soundcloud.com/jkflashico/jkflashico-tight-time
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- KVRist
- 112 posts since 22 Apr, 2015
Here's mine!
All sounds are made from home made empty preset.
Track specs:
~25 Instances of OXE FM synth
DAW: FL Studio
DAW FX: Maximus, Fruity Reverb 2, Fruity Compressor, Fruity Parametric EQ1, Fruity Parametric EQ2, EQUO, Fruity Filter, Fruity Stereo enhancher, Fruity Delay 2, Fruity Peak controller.
https://soundcloud.com/meakaale/meakaal ... rassypants
All sounds are made from home made empty preset.
Track specs:
~25 Instances of OXE FM synth
DAW: FL Studio
DAW FX: Maximus, Fruity Reverb 2, Fruity Compressor, Fruity Parametric EQ1, Fruity Parametric EQ2, EQUO, Fruity Filter, Fruity Stereo enhancher, Fruity Delay 2, Fruity Peak controller.
https://soundcloud.com/meakaale/meakaal ... rassypants
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- KVRian
- 514 posts since 8 Oct, 2005
Elegy for Quintet No1
MICHAEL JOHN (aka Mike777)
SONAR professional
5 instances of OXE FM Synth with sounds of harp/piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, bells
Sonitus Reverb
image:Kelly Walker
https://soundcloud.com/mike_jf/mike777- ... uintet-no1
MICHAEL JOHN (aka Mike777)
SONAR professional
5 instances of OXE FM Synth with sounds of harp/piano, organ, clarinet, bass clarinet, bells
Sonitus Reverb
image:Kelly Walker
https://soundcloud.com/mike_jf/mike777- ... uintet-no1
- KVRian
- 628 posts since 5 Mar, 2011 from Austria
Hi all,
Pffhhuu ...that was close! I think I never worked till the last day on a track. But finally I made it.
FM is still a miracle to me. I made a lot of sound from scratch, but it was more or less try and error. But at the end I realy could realize some sounds the way I wanted.
https://soundcloud.com/photonic-1/photonic-oxymoron
28 instances of OXE in Reaper v5.0
Dynamics: TDRFeedBackCompressor, GClip, ReaComp, FerricTDS, FluxBitterSweet II
Filter: ReaEQ, MQ57, TDS VOS Slick
Delays: Ixox Delay, NastyDLA
Reverb: Sanford Reverb
Satturation: FerricTDS, Boogex, QX24
Stereo: MAutopan
Analyzer: Span, TT Dynamic Range Meter
Dynamik Range according TT Dynamic Range Meter: DR=13
Pffhhuu ...that was close! I think I never worked till the last day on a track. But finally I made it.
FM is still a miracle to me. I made a lot of sound from scratch, but it was more or less try and error. But at the end I realy could realize some sounds the way I wanted.
https://soundcloud.com/photonic-1/photonic-oxymoron
28 instances of OXE in Reaper v5.0
Dynamics: TDRFeedBackCompressor, GClip, ReaComp, FerricTDS, FluxBitterSweet II
Filter: ReaEQ, MQ57, TDS VOS Slick
Delays: Ixox Delay, NastyDLA
Reverb: Sanford Reverb
Satturation: FerricTDS, Boogex, QX24
Stereo: MAutopan
Analyzer: Span, TT Dynamic Range Meter
Dynamik Range according TT Dynamic Range Meter: DR=13
soundcloud.com/photonic-1
- KVRian
- 628 posts since 5 Mar, 2011 from Austria
Glad to see you back! You haven't been here for a whileMike777 wrote:Elegy for Quintet No1
MICHAEL JOHN (aka Mike777)...
soundcloud.com/photonic-1
- KVRAF
- 2133 posts since 29 Sep, 2011
Dewd! Welcome to the club!photonic wrote:...that was close! I think I never worked till the last day on a track. But finally I made it.