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IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:29 pm

Thanks to donators, this will make more interesting the contest.

Have a good day everyone

solidtrax · Post by **solidtrax** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:24 pm

V'ger wrote:INTRO sounds good but can be a bit unstable and uses relatively much CPU. Might be included in a vote though..

But new prize donated to the contest! Thanks to Xhun Audio

Xhun Audio: LittleOne

Great to have a chance to win this price in the OLGA contest, good job V'ger!

Pulse Width Modulation · Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:03 pm

So far I started out my project by building patches. I specifically wanted particular acoustic instruments for my song idea (fiddle, flute, hammered dulcimer, and accordian) and I'm impressed with Olga! By turning up the distortion knob it all of a sudden injected the initial cartoonish analog tones with the acoustic character of a real resonating body! The effect works especially well with the filter set half between lowpass and bandpass, with a little stereo chorus added.

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:32 pm

Well, some days testing it and started a track, very very very ambient, almost hipnotic, almost no drum sounds, at the moment i didn't dive into the GUI, but i have the feeling that it's a bit difficult to make drum hits sounds. But let's see.

Olga = Gritty and raspy, but also, oniric and hipnotic. Not a bad mix after all.
CPU hit is ok too.

Good luck everyone and have fun with it.

jasinski · Post by **jasinski** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:40 am

Are using bit reduction effects (Redux in Ableton Live) allowed?

HiEnergy · Post by **HiEnergy** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:12 am

I guess that Redux is not allowed as it's a Live built-in effect.
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/3554 though should be fine as long as you don't automate it to become a "modulated effect".

InterSlotCall · Post by **InterSlotCall** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:07 am

HiEnergy wrote:I guess that Redux is not allowed as it's a Live built-in effect.

DAW FX are allowed.

"RULES: - DAW effects are allowed, but external (3rd party) effects must be freeware and easily available."

but then..

"- Any effect that transform the sounds to make them unrecognizable as being from the synth is not allowed."

jasinski · Post by **jasinski** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:20 am

yeah. that's where I'm not sure. Making a sound dirtier- does that equal unrecognized?

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:03 pm

Another prize added! Thanks to Reusenoise.

Reusenoise: Olga Heaven and Hell soundset

V'ger · Post by **V'ger** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:13 pm

About Redux it should be fine if done moderately as there's nothing specifically in the rules about bit reduction or distortion, just the alter-beyond-recognition -one like already pointed out.

Pulse Width Modulation wrote:So far I started out my project by building patches. I specifically wanted particular acoustic instruments for my song idea (fiddle, flute, hammered dulcimer, and accordian

Was not really expecting Olga to do acoustic stuff, will be interesting to hear the result.

jasinski · Post by **jasinski** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:57 pm

Thanks V'ger. I'll make sure not to mangle anything beyond recognition

I'm curious to hear those acoustic tones as well. I have managed to make a decent sounding bell/celesta.

bzur · Post by **bzur** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:17 am

Here's an early preview of my entry for OSC 38:

http://soundcloud.com/bzur/bzur-tundra-preview

Pulse Width Modulation · Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:53 pm

The acoustic tones are surprising, but not perfect, so I'll need some convincing emphatic playing on my performance to make it work. But there is something about that distortion control that seems to resemble FM synthesis in making the tone a little more complex.

jasinski wrote:I'm curious to hear those acoustic tones as well. I have managed to make a decent sounding bell/celesta.

jasinski · Post by **jasinski** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:22 pm

Thought I'd post these- made them while working on my contest track. Feel free to use them as a starting point or as is.
Sorry they aren't VST. I tried saving in VST format but on Mac, using Ableton Live, it was really screwy. Wouldn't save presets and sometimes saved the preset but not the name...

56 Olga presets, including drums (AU format)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1637444/Olga.zip

Dan_E10 · Post by **Dan_E10** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:03 pm

InterSlotCall wrote: DAW FX are allowed.

"RULES: - DAW effects are allowed, but external (3rd party) effects must be freeware and easily available."

but then..

"- Any effect that transform the sounds to make them unrecognizable as being from the synth is not allowed."

Do the Sonitus effects bundled with Sonar but also sold separately count as DAW FX?

Dan

One-Synth-Challenge 38: Olga - Submissions and gossip