One Synth Challenge #84: Crisalys by MaxSynths (J.Ruegg Wins!)

[bjporter]

Welcome to the 84th One Synth Challenge! It's a friendly music competition where you can win cool prizes but most importantly, meet amazing musicians, and learn a lot about mixing, sound design, and more!


Crisalys was formerly a commercial synth by the mastermind MaxSynths. This thing can do some funky drums, and crazy arps. Some have been known to spontaneously combust while programming Crisalys, so please be careful.





Prizes:
(Would you like to be a donator? Contact me via PM or go ahead and post your intended donation here! Get a cool mention on our donator wall of honor)


MuTools : (First come first serve) MuLab 6 + MUX Modular 6 bundle (3 more to give out so far)


KV331 Audio : Synthmaster


Dmitry Sches : Diversion


Guda Audio : Euterpe XL


Wusik : 1 bundle of Wusik 8000, Wusik Station 8, and Wusik EVE v3


Abstract Cats Music : AbiTron Bank for Synthmaster (Soon to be released!)


Squaredheads : Nora Arpeggiator plugin


JRR Shop : UVI: Mello


satYatunes : One of any commercial product


stardustmedia : Professional studio mix down and mastering on one track of your choosing (See Disclaimer)


Xenos Soundworks : Choice of any 1 product


Ghostwave Audio : Any two soundsets of Choice


Twolegs Toneworks : Any one soundset


The Unfinished : Any two soundsets of Choice


Rob Lee Music : A soundset for either: Sylenth1, Predator, Largo, Blofeld, PPGV3 or Dune


Luftrum : One soundset free of choice.


Ridan: FM8 soundbank "Niteshade"
haunting soundscapes, atmospheric chords, layered pads, anamorphic guitars,
brass and woodwind-esque, rhythmic/melodic sequences, and macabre sound effects.


Kreativ Sound: RAW Bundle
(RAW Bass, RAW Drums, RAW TranSID, RAW Textures)


Aiyn Zahev Sounds: 2 Soundsets of choice
(Uplifting Trance Presets)


Studio 13.37: Pro audio studio on a USB stick


Pooya Payvar (Stonail) : 1 custom made Max for [Ableton] Live: controller, midi or audio effect


Mulperi : 1 Soundbank of Choice


Dream Audio Tools : 1 Indie Fingers bundle (Indie Fingers volumes One and Two)


Bjulin : Inspire soundset for Zebra²


LeapIntoTheVoid : Enchantment Of Absynth Trilogy


Bluff Munkey - 2 soundsets of choice


Solidtrax : 1 Soundset of choice


Any other offers of prizes will be greatly appreciated.


Questions? Comments? Concerns? You want some love? Just post here in this thread


Want to try out your skills in other contests / competitions /challenges?

• Indaba - Has a mix of popular and indie artists with various contests like remixing and song writing. Some people from OSC have had success here, including Irion Da Ronin.
• KVR Mix Challenge (see stickies) - Who can mix a song the best (Without adding extra recordings /musical additions)? Each person starts out with the same stems.
• Music Cafe (KVR, see stickies) - A thematic monthly competition. Use recording, real instruments, synths and samples.
• RemixComps - An aggregator for remix contests from a variety of artists and genres (mostly EDM) - indie and popular.
• Soundevotion (SDCOMPO) Competition - Even longer running than the OSC, the SDCOMPO is even more niche in that you must use a tracker, and set of specific effects. Great community. OSC participant OrganicIO has been a regular there.
• DiHalt Demoscene competitions

[wagtunes]

Good luck to everybody on this one. I will be skipping because I can't do the 32 bit synth thing anymore. My DAW simply doesn't like them and it's too much of a hassle to keep freezing tracks just to make things work.

See you all in March.

[Touch The Universe]

Good luck to everybody on this one. I will be skipping because I can't do the 32 bit synth thing anymore. My DAW simply doesn't like them and it's too much of a hassle to keep freezing tracks just to make things work.

See you all in March.

why not simply install a 32 bit daw?

[wagtunes]

Good luck to everybody on this one. I will be skipping because I can't do the 32 bit synth thing anymore. My DAW simply doesn't like them and it's too much of a hassle to keep freezing tracks just to make things work.

See you all in March.

why not simply install a 32 bit daw?

That would mean having to learn to use a completely different DAW. That is not so easy to do. I use Cubase. I have Reaper, have tried to use it and am completely lost with it.

I don't have the patience to learn a new DAW.

[DzAH]

May I suggest Mixcraft?

I demoed a lot of daw and landed easly on Mixcraft... Its suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper intuitive... extremly easy to use.. its like u dont have to learn it at all...

I think u got 15 days to try it out
http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/



as for the synth.. It look GREAT. Im so hyped for this mounth

[wagtunes]

May I suggest Mixcraft?

I demoed a lot of daw and landed easly on Mixcraft... Its suuuuuuuuuuuuuuper intuitive... extremly easy to use.. its like u dont have to learn it at all...

I think u got 15 days to try it out
http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/



as for the synth.. It look GREAT. Im so hyped for this mounth

Which means I have to finish the OSC in 15 days.

Thanks but no thanks.

[surreal]

Ahhh... nice to see my suggestion taken!!

Awesome stuff... will check it out and try again after Melda Synth messed my brain and my system up...

[Touch The Universe]

Melda Synth messed my brain and my system up...

Crashed my pc 4 times

[RichardSemper]

Good luck to everybody on this one. I will be skipping because I can't do the 32 bit synth thing anymore. My DAW simply doesn't like them and it's too much of a hassle to keep freezing tracks just to make things work.

See you all in March.

why not simply install a 32 bit daw?

That would mean having to learn to use a completely different DAW. That is not so easy to do. I use Cubase. I have Reaper, have tried to use it and am completely lost with it.

I don't have the patience to learn a new DAW.

I don't understand. Its very easy to have both 32 and 64 bit versions of your DAW installed. That is what I do. I have both versions of cubase installed and use whichever is most appropriate for the synth. I also have both 32 and 64 bit versions of mulab. Many plugins also come in both 32 and 64 bit, so both versions are equally capable.
I admit it does need extra disk space tho.

[Eauson]

Does anyone understand how to play single notes without the sequencer being active? Have tried it with seq off and thru setting but still the same outcome.

[wagtunes]

Good luck to everybody on this one. I will be skipping because I can't do the 32 bit synth thing anymore. My DAW simply doesn't like them and it's too much of a hassle to keep freezing tracks just to make things work.

See you all in March.

why not simply install a 32 bit daw?

That would mean having to learn to use a completely different DAW. That is not so easy to do. I use Cubase. I have Reaper, have tried to use it and am completely lost with it.

I don't have the patience to learn a new DAW.

I don't understand. Its very easy to have both 32 and 64 bit versions of your DAW installed. That is what I do. I have both versions of cubase installed and use whichever is most appropriate for the synth. I also have both 32 and 64 bit versions of mulab. Many plugins also come in both 32 and 64 bit, so both versions are equally capable.
I admit it does need extra disk space tho.

Richard, I have no idea how to install the 32 bit version of Cubase at this point. I bought it boxed from Sam Ash, did the install and don't even know what I did with the disks at this point. And I don't recall there being two options (32 and 64 bit).

Yes, had I known I'd run into these problems and I knew I could have installed both versions, I would have. But that ship has long sailed.

[RichardSemper]

Richard, I have no idea how to install the 32 bit version of Cubase at this point. I bought it boxed from Sam Ash, did the install and don't even know what I did with the disks at this point. And I don't recall there being two options (32 and 64 bit).

Yes, had I known I'd run into these problems and I knew I could have installed both versions, I would have. But that ship has long sailed.

Steve, In case it helps, if you have a licensed copy of cubase you can go here to download the installer:-

https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads.html

use the dropdown list to choose your version. You should then be able to install 32 bit

[wagtunes]

Richard, I have no idea how to install the 32 bit version of Cubase at this point. I bought it boxed from Sam Ash, did the install and don't even know what I did with the disks at this point. And I don't recall there being two options (32 and 64 bit).

Yes, had I known I'd run into these problems and I knew I could have installed both versions, I would have. But that ship has long sailed.

Steve, In case it helps, if you have a licensed copy of cubase you can go here to download the installer:-

https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads.html

use the dropdown list to choose your version. You should then be able to install 32 bit

I don't want to mess with it Richard. What if it ends up overwriting my current Cubase which is 7.0.7 and not 7.0.0. I'll then have to go through the update procedure again and I just can't be bothered with the hassle. And if the install goes bad then I have no DAW at all.

I'm going to leave well enough alone.

[rootberg]

Does anyone understand how to play single notes without the sequencer being active? Have tried it with seq off and thru setting but still the same outcome.

No, I got stuck with this as well!

[Touch The Universe]

Is there no noise osc in this synth? Anyone figure the best method for creating a kick with this one? Bjporter, you mentioned this was good for making drum sounds, were there presets anywhere that have them?