One Synth Challenge #96: Nabla by Full Bucket (Voting Over)

[Taron]

If it wasn't for Luigi, I would've almost forgot posting this in time. I mostly did this in the first week, but then really didn't like the "demo" variety it had, rather than a song...and then forgot about it until TODAY! All I did was wrap it up and left it as this kind of eclectic rock shopping track... ah well.

https://soundcloud.com/taronium/taron-thopan-phootefear
OSC#96: "Thopan Phootefear"

Instances: 42
DAW:MuLab (www.mutools.com)
FX:delay_cross, Parameteric EQ, 2 Band EQ, 4 Band EQ, tight room, level compressor, Ping Pong Beat, Vintage Echo 2, TF lowpass...

3rd party: OTT, Slick HDR, LoudMax, Auburn Sounds Panagment, space360, Sanford Reverb, Boogex, OldSkoolVerb, WG Doffset, Abstract Chamber

Nabla is a surprisingly excellent source for drum design as well as a number of unlikely sounds. I did have some challenges created lead sounds, but it pushed me to work the playing style almost more than the sound design. Altogether I did truly enjoy working with it and working on this weird cluster of similar styles, which so desperately had me wanting a more epic song instead, but well... ...anyway, very enjoyable creation process!

[Dee.P.Tree]

So... I am submitting my entry for OSC#96.

Nabla gave me troubles initially... but later it became my friend to make some dark and lurid sounds and resulting in this finished track.

I am keeping it to the same version which I had posted yesterday for comments and feedback due to some positive comments.

Thanks to all friends who have listened and commented on soundcloud and slack channel.

Here it is:

https://soundcloud.com/dee-p-tree/deept ... ge-version

Track Name: Lurid (KVR One Synth Challenge Version)

DAW: Made in FL Studio.

Synth Plugin Instances: 21

Internal VST plugins:

Fruity Parametric EQ 2
Maximus
Fruity Limiter
Soundgoodizer
Fruity Stereo Shaper
Fruity Blood Overdrive
Fruity Delay 2
Fruity Delay
Fruity Compressor
Fruity Fast LP
Fruity Limiter
Fruity Reeverb 2

External VST Plugins:

Span
Rescue MK2
MJUCjr
BitterSeet v3
PanCake2
Sanford Reverb
TesslaSE
CamelCrusher
Ambience
TAL Reverb 4

VST/VSTi/DAW Parameter Automation: Yes

Again thank you to this great OSC community for bringing my capabilities out day by day.

Regards,
Dee.P.Tree

P.S.: It is currently Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:42 pm in KVR clock (and in local clock 4:12 AM) when I am updating this post.

[eraze the borders]

Hello fellow OSCers!

First of all: Please excuse the horrible mix of my song. I wanted to try something different this time, so i tried making a kind of trap instrumental. It didn't really turn out to be a trap song but i sticked with the sub bass and the rhythm patterns. And since i was only mixing on headphones, due to the lack of decent monitors, the frequency balance turned out to be a catastrophe. Sorry!

So i think if you want to enjoy this piece, you should better listen on headphones

Anyway, it's nice to be back after a couple of months

https://soundcloud.com/eraze-the-border ... s-nabla-rd

DAW: Reaper 5.32

32 x Nabla

ReaEQ
ReaComp

Boot EQ mk II
TAL Reverb II
TAL Reverb III
TAL-DUB-II
TAL Filter 2
La Petite Excite
Camel Crusher
Classic Master Limiter
Ferric TDS
TDR Kotelnikov
OTT
Voxengo SPAN

Mastering:
ReaEQ / TDR Kotelnikov / Classic Master Limiter

DR: 12

[Programator2]

Hi!
Here's my entry for this month:

https://soundcloud.com/programator2-1/floating-strings

Track details:
DAW - Tracktion 5
22 instances of Nabla
Track effects:
1x epicVerb
3x Saturation Knob
1x TDR VOS SlickEQ
1x TDR Nova
1x dlM sixtyfive
2x Ambience
14x SonEQ
Master Bus: RescueMK2, Luftikus, TDR Nova, OTT, LoudMax, Limiter6
and SignalAnalyzer for metering.

[Pweg]

Hello,
Here's my entry. I could spent more time with this track, but if I don't post it here, it would probably stay on my hard drive forever Not sure if this is final version.
After some initial playing with Nabla i found those similar to acoustic instruments sounds. There is accordion, doublebass and cajon. I don't see it as imitation of those instruments, but Nabla's own nice sounds.
Don't get freaked out by accordion intro
Leave comment what You like and don't like if You want to.

One more thing, can we use: EQ automation in daw, keyboard controller mod wheel ?

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EDIT: Final track version posted in next page.

[JKF Flashico]

Hello Again! I have changed my track better balanced. So here is new version

Hi! Here is my OSC 96 challenge Nabla by Full Bucket track. Hope you like it

Every sounds I have done from init.

33 tracks

DAW: Cubase 8 Pro

DAW plugins: Standard EQ *19, Compressor *7, Revelation Reverb *6, Envelope Shaper *2, Room Works *1, Studio EQ *1, Brickwall Limiter *1

3rd parties plugins: Voxengo MSED *3, Sonalksis freeG *1, Voxengo Old Skool Verb *1, Roth Air *3 Elysia Niveau Filter *1, limiter 6 *2

https://soundcloud.com/jkflashico/jkfla ... tiful-mind

[petereke]

Hello,

This is my first OSC and honestly I already feel that I have won something, it's pretty crazy what you can do with a single synth.

Instead of worrying about layering too much I tried to get the most out of single instances of Nabla and mixing.

https://soundcloud.com/petereke/planet-nabla

Code: Select all

DAW:
  Renoise 3.1.0

Instruments:
  10x Nabla

Mixing Effects:
  13x EQ 5
  12x Gainer
  10x Digital Filter
   9x mpReverb
   9x Compressor
   5x Stereo X
   2x Gate
   2x Bus Compressor
   1x Distortion

Routing:
  18x Send
   1x Multiband Send

Meta:
   4x Instrument Automation
   1x Signal Follower

[Auplant]

a lot of astounding tracks made for this contest, I'm ashamed of my entry now

another problem is that I know little to nothing about mastering

[Taron]

No better place to be then, phace!
...I didn't even realize just how little I knew about mastering before I joined. ...now I'm starting to get it!
Just to hear what people are doing should be enough inspiration to go google the heck out of mastering!

[bmertelj]

Hi, OSCers!

Similarly to @phace, almost embarassed to post my 1st try
https://soundcloud.com/bla-mertelj/bmer ... sc96-nabla

DAW: EnergyXT 2.7
22 x nabla
DAWs EQ, Reverb, Compressor
Ambience Reverb as Send Eff.
TDR Feedback Compressor II
vladg/sound Limiter No6
Kjaerhus Classic Delay

[Auplant]

No better place to be then, phace!
...I didn't even realize just how little I knew about mastering before I joined. ...now I'm starting to get it!
Just to hear what people are doing should be enough inspiration to go google the heck out of mastering!

I used to only ever do sound design, that's what I loved. It's now that I realize that mixing down a track and mastering are both arts in themselves.

[Taron]

Oh, absolutely!
I really look at it like preparing a whole stage play, in a way. While designing a sound is almost like the wardrobe for an actor, the music is the character and the mix is the stage design as well as the magic effects, so to say. Thus, when you create a whole song, it is very much like creating a whole theater production or concert for that matter. Pretty exciting.
However, there seem to be many layers one has to discover. The more confidence you gain, the more you can begin to focus on how the placement and movement of the instruments in the mix support their characters. I believe, this goes for all genres, while some may try to create a realistic environment, which should engage the listener, like being inside a dancing crowd, and others try to entertain an audience, which just sits their and observes. I'm sure one can think up plenty of scenarios, but with those things in mind, music becomes more of a "real" experience.
Even the final dealings, such as mastering levels, limiting and what ever else may be pulled over the whole mix, help determine the nature of the set. There are, however, some useful guidelines to cater to most listening/delivery setups properly. I almost doubt that I serve them adequately, but I'm trying for sure.

So, yeah, it's all part of the artistry!

[Dee.P.Tree]

It's always good to read Taron's replies.

How satisfying...!!

Where are like or love buttons for posts..? I want to use it for your post, Taron.

[Auplant]

haha yeah ^ pretty neat analogy for the presentation of music

[DFL]

Apparently there are problems with soundcloud to upload my track, I hope I do not win the time to participate.