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Midnight Hatsize - Jon Boyd
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Flex-N-Stein - 10
jb-barricde - 8
jb-omniverb - 7
IIEQ - 4
TLs2095 - 1
ADT - 1
One-Synth-Challenge11 - Xmas comp! - Flex-N-Stein 4!
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- KVRist
- 139 posts since 30 Mar, 2005 from oldwest
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
Great stuff Jon ... cheers for the submission 
Theres still plenty time for more folks
Theres still plenty time for more folks
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
How are we all doing? Any more tracks on the way?
Hoped to have mine finished today, but got caught up in that key correcting arp thing again .... then decided it was time I got some xmas decorations up!
... perhaps the presence of multicoloured blinking lights will provide some inspiration
Hoped to have mine finished today, but got caught up in that key correcting arp thing again .... then decided it was time I got some xmas decorations up!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
Got my track finished ... but my ears are frazzled ... I'll post it up when I get a chance to tweak the mix.
I think I'm gonna get another track started, I feel like that first one was merely a lesson in getting the hang of FNS4
... but my ears are frazzled ... I'll post it up when I get a chance to tweak the mix.I think I'm gonna get another track started, I feel like that first one was merely a lesson in getting the hang of FNS4
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- KVRAF
- 3922 posts since 15 Dec, 2009
Hi all
Long time KVR lurker here but thought I might join for this one.
Although I have doubts I will be able to finish a track to actually enter the competition, but as is said, this is a good learning experience as much as anything and good fun.
Also interesting to see what others have done with the same starting point (some good stuff already), what freebies there are and which are being used. Among those, the DDFF EQ II is really a revelation.
But the question is, how far can one go with effects as the rules talk about? I mean, it doesn't take much turning of knobs in f.i EQ II to totally transform the sound to virtually the unrecognizable and the same goes for some reverbs?
Long time KVR lurker here but thought I might join for this one.
Although I have doubts I will be able to finish a track to actually enter the competition, but as is said, this is a good learning experience as much as anything and good fun.
Also interesting to see what others have done with the same starting point (some good stuff already), what freebies there are and which are being used. Among those, the DDFF EQ II is really a revelation.
But the question is, how far can one go with effects as the rules talk about? I mean, it doesn't take much turning of knobs in f.i EQ II to totally transform the sound to virtually the unrecognizable and the same goes for some reverbs?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
Hi V'ger, welcome to OSC!
Yeah, you're right about the capacity of reverb and EQ to transform a sounds character, and the same can be said of compression and other permitted fx.
It all comes down to discretion really, and I think it's all about using the fx as they are supposed to be used in a standard production setup ... ie verbs and delays for space, EQ for cleaning up and enhancing, compression for emphasis and peak control.... but we can allow for these to be pushed a little if it is in the interest of making the best of a synth and the track as a whole.
I dont mind admitting I have used compression and gating to emphasise my kick and snare .. perhaps to a point where I am achieving more effectiveness from these elements than may be apparently available from FNS4, but that is still a long way from distorting, flanging, repitching/cutting/reversing samples, pitch shifting, granulising etc .... ie, if I turn the effect off, the sound will change, but not dramatically, and certainly not unrecognisable.
So I wouldn't worry an awful lot about it, but do try and get as much of the sound you want from the synth before leaning too hard on the fx
A good approach is to get a feel for the synths character first ... if its a scrapey, squeaky beast, then dont attempt a dub reggae sound. if its a bit pinky-plonky, dont do metal! .... go with the flow, and you will not to have to brutally squeeze a sound out with heavy fx use
... best of luck with your track!
Yeah, you're right about the capacity of reverb and EQ to transform a sounds character, and the same can be said of compression and other permitted fx.
It all comes down to discretion really, and I think it's all about using the fx as they are supposed to be used in a standard production setup ... ie verbs and delays for space, EQ for cleaning up and enhancing, compression for emphasis and peak control.... but we can allow for these to be pushed a little if it is in the interest of making the best of a synth and the track as a whole.
I dont mind admitting I have used compression and gating to emphasise my kick and snare .. perhaps to a point where I am achieving more effectiveness from these elements than may be apparently available from FNS4, but that is still a long way from distorting, flanging, repitching/cutting/reversing samples, pitch shifting, granulising etc .... ie, if I turn the effect off, the sound will change, but not dramatically, and certainly not unrecognisable.
So I wouldn't worry an awful lot about it, but do try and get as much of the sound you want from the synth before leaning too hard on the fx
A good approach is to get a feel for the synths character first ... if its a scrapey, squeaky beast, then dont attempt a dub reggae sound. if its a bit pinky-plonky, dont do metal! .... go with the flow, and you will not to have to brutally squeeze a sound out with heavy fx use
... best of luck with your track!
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- KVRist
- 124 posts since 15 Nov, 2007 from Brigadoon, Scotland
tattiemannie wrote:Anybody out there?
Red peppers in dynamite sauce? I must have been out of my mind!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 3257 posts since 28 Dec, 2007
Hello MJB! Good to see you back again ... I was thinking about you actually, ... the sequencer in FNS takes me back to that infectious 'get out the house if you wanna go fast' phrase which featured in your last(?) OSC submission
Well thats my track uploaded!
I have the guts of another written, but not sure if I'm gonna have time to finish it off ... fingers crossed
... I was thinking about you actually, ... the sequencer in FNS takes me back to that infectious 'get out the house if you wanna go fast' phrase which featured in your last(?) OSC submission Well thats my track uploaded!
I have the guts of another written, but not sure if I'm gonna have time to finish it off ... fingers crossed
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Mac of BIOnighT Mac of BIOnighT https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=70598 - KVRAF
- 2521 posts since 3 Jun, 2005 from Italy
Sorry it took me a while, but my dayjob's been taking like 11 hours a day off my life 
Anyway, here it is:
Mac of BIOnighT: The Brightest Star
FnS x 12 (I think)
delays
reverbs
rubytube
eq
stereo field widener
Antress Exciter
Since it's Christmas and all, I decided to go with a cheerful and merry track pretty much in the vein of my Space Station Happiness album
(which can be downloaded for free along with all the others in this series here
http://www.macvibes.com/spaceadventures/ - end of shameless self-promotion (hey, I'm giving them away for free, anyway
)
Back to work, now
Anyway, here it is:
Mac of BIOnighT: The Brightest Star
FnS x 12 (I think)
delays
reverbs
rubytube
eq
stereo field widener
Antress Exciter
Since it's Christmas and all, I decided to go with a cheerful and merry track pretty much in the vein of my Space Station Happiness album
(which can be downloaded for free along with all the others in this series here
http://www.macvibes.com/spaceadventures/ - end of shameless self-promotion (hey, I'm giving them away for free, anyway
)Back to work, now
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- KVRian
- 1209 posts since 28 Jun, 2005
And here's mine:
A track called : Fast 'n Slow.
14 Flex-N-Stein 4.01
Track Fx :
1 x Classic Chorus
1 x BootEQmkII
1 x Jb Omniverb
2 x ReaComp
1 x ReaDelay.
Some trackEQ, no automation.
Master Fx :
1 x CLAS
1 x Tls Maximizer.
Enjoy.
P.S. Thanks Mac
A track called : Fast 'n Slow.
14 Flex-N-Stein 4.01
Track Fx :
1 x Classic Chorus
1 x BootEQmkII
1 x Jb Omniverb
2 x ReaComp
1 x ReaDelay.
Some trackEQ, no automation.
Master Fx :
1 x CLAS
1 x Tls Maximizer.
Enjoy.
P.S. Thanks Mac
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Mac of BIOnighT Mac of BIOnighT https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=70598
- KVRAF
- 2521 posts since 3 Jun, 2005 from Italy
Er... what for? You're welcome, anywayYeager wrote: P.S. Thanks Mac
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- KVRian
- 1209 posts since 28 Jun, 2005
Eh...The FREE download ?Mac of BIOnighT wrote:Er... what for? You're welcome, anywayYeager wrote: P.S. Thanks Mac
BTW ..the youtube song reminds me a bit of Gree....
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Mac of BIOnighT Mac of BIOnighT https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=70598
- KVRAF
- 2521 posts since 3 Jun, 2005 from Italy
Oh, that... thank you if you listen to them!Yeager wrote: Eh...The FREE download ?
Yeager wrote:BTW ..the youtube song reminds me a bit of Gree....
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- KVRAF
- 3471 posts since 19 Aug, 2008 from USA-lien In the 8th Dimention
DAMN!! dude! Killa' Kick and snare and composition over all, I'm thinking your in for a prize! Nice! Also, I hope you get into VST developing more. FlexNstein is really great!tattiemannie wrote:Got my track finished
I think I'm gonna get another track started, I feel like that first one was merely a lesson in getting the hang of FNS4
Also, Mac and Yeager, great stuff as allways, and I haven't listened to all the tracks yet
Oh! And do I understand that the actual Minimonsta instrument is a prize
I think I just
myself!!!