One-Synth-Challenge 60: Any One Synth - Submissions, Voting & Results

[2DaT]

Or maybe "unhealthy dose of feedback".... I'm a bit shocked by the loss of soundquality on soundcloud with this track.
It is indeed very raw and has a lot of feedback and distortion and is pushed quite loud... but it sounds much better in full quality on winamp, i promise!!!
Distortions take on an annoying sound on soundcloud... and the white noise-hihat-type sound for example sounds just awful... I'm not a pro, but I'm not completely deaf neither... I'm a bit shocked how you probably here it on soundcloud now
Sorry for , but i was really liking the sound, and on soundcloud it's ruined...

Mp3 compression ?
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/the-si ... music.html

[xopher30]

[quote="Doc Jon"]After a bit of a break from the OSC the theme this month has tempted me back

Wanted to do a more chilled relaxing track this time
[/quote]

Great Track - well done

~Xopher

[MoZi]

Mp3 compression ?
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/the-si ... music.html

well, yes... it sounds quite good to me in cubase, it still sounds good in highest quality mp3 in winamp... but on soundcloud i got a little shocked... usually i really like the quality on soundcloud... but i think i have pushed it too far with the distortion... i guess it's not as bad as it seemed to me in the first moment... if you download it you can hear the difference

[V'ger]

Yes it's ironic that one of the biggest places for music has such poor sound quality, but part of it stems from SoundCloud's insistence to recode everything even if already in the correct format, so best results seems to be if you upload in uncompressed to get only one compression cycle. Also leave some headroom (levels not maxed out) as that will give better results after compression.

U-he Zebrify
U-he zRev

Man this was close. In less than three hours I´m leaving for vacation. I´m going to austria and I have no Internet connection there... so, whew... for me, today was the deadline!

Bad timing indeed as from what you say there will be no time to replace Zebrify and ZRev which are commercial plugins and therefore not allowed.

Um, sorry shortmanb, but I don't think Wuzik Station is an acceptable synth for this competition. It is sample based.

Yes but still time to change it out for a synth.

[ClaRago]

http://soundcloud.com/clauderagonnet/cl ... x-lush-101

52 LuSH 101 presets stuck into 19 instances ( it is possible to layer/ keyboard split up to 8 different presets per instance , each one with its own mod matrix, fx, etc...) Pancake on one instance and Camel Crusher on another. Logic 9 compression & EQ here and there.

[shortmanb]

https://soundcloud.com/shortmanb/shortmanb-another-8s

KVR OSC Any Synth Challenge

Synth: DuneCM (x21)

Title: Another 8's

DAW: Reaper v4.60pre2/x64

Effects: ReaComp, ReaXcomp, ReaEQ, JS: LOSER/DDC, JS: LOSER/DVC2JS, JS: LOSER/waveShapingDstr, JS: Liteon/bassmanager, JS: Guitar/amp-model, JS: LOSER/TransientController, JS: SstillWell/3x3, JS: BBE Sonic Maximizer, MBandPass, PanCake 2, Classic Reverb, Classic Chorus, Rhythm-Lab Twin Delay, Voxengo SPAN, Aradaz Maximizer5,

Thanks!

[MoZi]

I re-made my entry
https://soundcloud.com/maze-6000/dark-matters-test

DAW: Cubase 7
Synth: 8x Massive
FX: Cubase Tube Compressor, Brick Wall Limiter, EQ
Vladg Molot and Limiter6

Thank you V'ger for your advice!
I have now uploaded it as wave and didn't push it too loud and kept it at -1dB... it's so much better now!
The last version really sounded like crap... I can feel it now... if you feel it now is a matter of taste and dosage, but at least now you have the chance to

[photonic]

http://soundcloud.com/photonic-1/photon ... ght-dinner

26 instances of Zebra² in Cubase 5 Essential

Filter: IIEQPro, MQ57, BootEQmkII
Dynamics: TDRFeedBackCompressor, GClip, FluxBitterSweet-II, ClassicCompressor, Loudmax, diM_sixtyfive
Reverb: Epic-Verb
Stereo: MideSideMangler, MSED
Analyzer: Span, TT Dynamic Range Meter

Dynamik Range according TT Dynamic Range Meter: DR=9

Special thanks to Jasinksi for his guitar presets.
One of them was the basis of my guitar sound.

[TB4C]

https://soundcloud.com/dj-tb4c/tb4c-syn ... ancemaster

My submission for the OSC 60

Dance Track done for One Synth Challenge 60 on KVR using 19 instances of SynthMaster of KV331 Audio.All sounds are from the included Factory sounds that come with SynthMaster and no expansions were used. Daw efx that were used is From Sonar 8.5 Pro namely reverb on snare, compressor, multibandcompressor, and 5 band parametric eq for mixing and mastering within the DAW ..done by Winston Hulley AKA TB4C.... best to first download it to your PC to enjoy at best fidelity and PLAYED LOUD!!!

[jasinski]

Rock on Photonic!!! Made my day.

[loft_electronics]

Hello! Nice to be back.

https://soundcloud.com/loftelectronics/ ... x-robot-7b

All made with DIVA, using Studio One, stock EQs and Bootsy's new SlickHDR on everything. I made the track at first on Studio One running under Wine on Linux, which was absolutely not fun once I got more than about 10 instances of DIVA... ended up scrapping the whole setup and reinstalling Windows. Ah well, the thought was there.

[adagiocm]

Hi folks,

Here is my submission:

http://soundcloud.com/adagiocm/adagiocm ... -neolithic

Gods of the Neolithic Era

Synth: NI Massive (28 instances)

DAW: Sonar X3 Producer

Plugins used:

Master channel:
Vintage Channel VC-64
Sonitus Compressor
Freeverb3 STRev
Moto Q (just for monitoring)
Drum/Percussion sounds:
NI Kore as drumkit container/host (including its reverb and EQ/filter effects)
PX-64 Percussion Strip
Camel Crusher
BREVERB 2
Other tracks:
Ixox Delay (one track)
Sonitus Surround (for autopan on one track)
Sonitus Compressor (several tracks)

I made all the drum/percussion sounds from scratch.

The vocal choir sound is a heavily modified version of the factory preset "PPG Male Choir".

All other sounds are somewhat modified factory presets.

Good luck!

[checksum]

Hey y'all,

thats my first post here, hope it´s ok to paticipate in this challenge

This is my entry:

https://soundcloud.com/checksumbeats/funk-itb

I used 17 x Zebra 2.7, started with init patches.

FX:
lkjb - Luftikus
Steinberg Cubase 7 FX - Studio EQ, UV22HR Dither, GEQ30
Tokyo Dawn Labs - Feedback Compressor II
Variety of Sound - Baxter EQ, Thrillseeker VBL, Slick HDR
VladG - Limiter No. 6

DAW: Cubase 7.5.0

DR 10

Cheers

[psmacmur]

My entry for the 5th anniversary OSC...

https://soundcloud.com/peter-macmurchy/ ... ter-sookes

I decided to try my hand at some entry-level trance. I chose Spectral again because I felt I barely scratched the surface during December, and even now I'm mostly using it as an advanced wavetable synth.

Made in Presonus Studio One v 2.6.2 x86 with 15 instances of LinPlug Spectral 1.0.1 32-bit.

FX:
TAL-Tube x4
RoughRider x1
Presonus Pro EQ x4
Presonus Compressor x3
Presonus Room Reverb x1
Variety of Sound DensitymkIII x2
Variety of Sound SlickHDR x1
Presonus Limiter x2
Presonus Spectrum Meter x1

DR 7

[abovethoughts]

https://soundcloud.com/abovethoughts/ab ... ngs-loomer
DensityMKII, NastyDLMKII, Limiter6, Rough Rider, Sony TrackEQ, Ambience, T-Force Trance Gate, Molot3, MeldaFree Bundle (MAnalyser, MLoudness Analyzer, Mcompressor) and a bit of sugar, milk and coffee

Chopping, Arraigning, and Mixing: Sony Acid7 Pro

Sound Design and Sequencing: AudioMulch using DrumBurst patterns Loomer-ed in AudioMulch using ndcMIDI and Metasurface and Blip1000