One-Synth-Challenge: General discussion thread

[Aiynzahev]

1. C - Allow cover songs but not your own
2. 3rd Party banks allowed
3. Voluntary

Actually I'd prefer is 3rd party banks were not used, but I don't like too many rules. We want to keep it free and easy if you ask me. Lets not make it too serious. Thats my opinion on it. What synth we doing next month? I wish I had time to enter this month. I've been so busy.

[V'ger]

For point no.1 and no.2 one general remark. Of course these rules sounds really nice but the are in fact dead rules. Everybody will do what he is doing so far even in case he is not according to the rules, because nobod is able to recognise him.

True, but in a way it's the same for commercial effect plugins. No one can really find out if used, but the outlawing at least minimizes it. I think the end usage is greatly affected that there is a rule about it, even if virtually unenforcable.

[oxebe]

1. Cover songs:
C: Allowed but not made by you.

2. Paid (commercial) 3rd party patches/soundbanks:
B: Outlawed

3. List of used FX etc written in soundcloud songs?
B: Voluntary

[V'ger]

+1, I vote the same.

[satYatunes]

Coming back to the thread and reading the opinions, it made me think.. who the heck cares just make whatever you feel like cover or no cover, doesn't matter.. commercial presets, hell yeahhhhh.. after all, not that everyone is good in sound design, so they pay the price for that limitation and buy the sounds... you wanna keep the tools as your secret weapon, well okay then.. we all know that you put Vlad's Limiter at the end and used preset #5.. huh

But, at the end of the day we have to have some rules

Now let me go back and polish my Dune track.. where is that damn LimiterNo6?

[IrionDaRonin]

Here here

Have a good day

[SuperNoise]

True, but in a way it's the same for commercial effect plugins. No one can really find out if used, but the outlawing at least minimizes it. I think the end usage is greatly affected that there is a rule about it, even if virtually unenforcable.

This kind of thinking I always call - politics - the best solusion from all bad proposals and sugestions. In this sense you are completly right.

[evo2slo]

One B, Two B, Three B's for me.

On a side note: Seeing as we are using a magazine synth this month, and as for just $5 now anyone can easily download the entire CM collection, perhaps magazine plugs could be allowed? Maybe worth a vote?

[V'ger]

But I believe certain plugins will only appear in certain magazines and therefore not available to all? (those who missed that edition)

[evo2slo]

I only downloaded the mac version and many plugs were dating back a few years. I was surprised to see Dune CM in there as I thought it was only part of the previous month's issue. I can download the pc one tomorrow and make a list of what's there.

[V'ger]

Yes I know there will be a stash of 'permanent' stuff, but I mean sometimes they have one off features, like for example GURU CM that time or DiversionFX CM recently.

[evo2slo]

Yeah, just downloaded all the pc plugs and neither GeistCM or DiversionFX is there. Looking at the description on their website I could see how DiversionFX could be an unfair advantage.

Here's the weird thing though, on the DiversionFX website it says:

"HOW TO GET DIVERSIONFX CM

The plugin can be obtained from the CM176 DVD, as well as from DVDs of every subsequent issue of the magazine. Visit Computer Music website to learn more about the magazine."

Every subsequent DVD... maybe it's supposed to be there?

[evo2slo]

Turns out DiversionFX CM is included in the download, I just didn't see it. Here's the full list:

PC_Software:
energyXT:
Installing CM Studio software.rtf
Plug-ins:
AlphaCM:
Artillery2 CM Edition:
AudioRealism ADM CM:
Bass Rack CM:
Big Tick RhinoCM:
Blue Cat Audio FreqAnalyst CM:
Bluenoise Plugins Drummix CM:
Cableguys CurveCM:
CFA-Sound Dirty Panda DrumBox CM:
CM Vocoder:
CM WaveShaper:
CM-101:
CM-303:
CM-505:
CMFuzz:
CMorg:
CompressiveCM:
DDMF CM EQ Pack:
Dmitry Sches DiversionFX CM:
Dominator:
DS-404:
Energy Pro PC:
Expert Sleepers XFadeLooperCM:
FabFilter One CM Edition:
Guitar Suite CM:
Kong Audio CM ChineeGuZheng Classic:
KR-Delay CM Edition:
KR-Reverb CM Edition:
Kuassa Amplifikation CM:
LiquidSonics Reverberate CM:
Loomer Cumulus:
Martin Eastwood Audio Duet:
MeldaProduction MHarmonizerCM:
NuGen Audio Stereoizer CM:
OHMYGOD!:
Paax 3 CM:
Paax2 CM:
PSPCM Springverb:
PulseModulator:
Sanford Phaser CM:
Scanned Synth CM:
SR-202:
Synapse Audio Dune CM:
Synapse Audio Junglist:
Synapse Audio Plucked String:
VPS Philta CM Edition:
whiteLABEL Bolsteriser CM:
XILS-lab PolyKB II CM:
Zebra CM:
SynthMaker CM:

edit: really the only plugs I was hoping to use for OSC were the DDMF eqs, but I just tried them out and mid/side is disabled in the CM version - which is what I really wanted to use them for. So my personal interest in allowing magazine effects for the contest is rapidly waning. There really doesn't seem to be much there that would be useful within the parameters of the contest.

[V'ger]

Ok bad example with DiversionFX if it's a regular CM fixture, but Geist CM is not on the list and was in last edition (181). So if we're to vote on CM's, then it must be from the 'regular' software pack which I can foresee could become a source of confusion..

[IrionDaRonin]

edit: really the only plugs I was hoping to use for OSC were the DDMF eqs, but I just tried them out and mid/side is disabled in the CM version - which is what I really wanted to use them for. So my personal interest in allowing magazine effects for the contest is rapidly waning. There really doesn't seem to be much there that would be useful within the parameters of the contest.

http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_TripleEQ/

32 and 64 bits, Win and Mac, etc.
I'm very impressed with these BlueCat Audio stuff.

Have a good day