KVR Audio

Julian Ray · Post by **Julian Ray** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 9:15 pm

I was enjoying listening to every submission so far - so many interesting ideas and well crafted sounds

Good luck to everyone!

Here is my entry. Besides of music itself I put most of the time into replicating sounds of sax-like lead, piano, guitar and vocal. They're not ideal, of course, but I hope they sound close enough. I've used some waveforms from Zebralette factory and free U-he Patch Library.
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20 instances of Zebralette
Host: Cubase 9
Cubase native Comp, Rev and Delay on some tracks
Cubase native EQ on most tracks
Most of the presers are based on factory presets, free presets from U-he Patch Library and presets posted here - thanks fot those!
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https://soundcloud.com/soundgalactic/julian-ray-dawn

] Peter:H [ · Post by **] Peter:H [** » Sun Oct 29, 2017 10:12 pm

toonertik wrote: As I am also new to soundcloud, can any tell me how to update and existing track... I really don't like how soundcloud has squeezed my wav into mp3 and robbed me of some VOLUME...
maybe I should use a limiter and squash the f..f..ff>> there is a word somewhere, out of it first, my self

Hi toonertik,
soundcloud only let's you update a track when you have a paid subscription. If you go in free mode, you have to create a second copy with the new music. You can provide a new URL to the first version (let's say you just add postfix "-old") and take over the original URL to your new version. Thus no links are broken...and just set the first one into private mode. Drawback is that comments and liks of any previous version will not be available in the latest...
Regarding quality: I upload flac files. flac is a good compromise between compression and quality. Quality wise it works better for me than uploading mp3, and better than 96.000k/32bit float wav in terms of size.

ontrackp · Post by **ontrackp** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 12:13 am

Here's my entry this month. After several months off it's nice to be back in OSC, although I had very limited time. The fun and relaxation provided by producing a piece for no purpose other than this competition is really special to me -- so, thanks BJ for keeping this going!

Zebralette is an awesome little synth - lots of fun to make sounds and tons of creative potential, even with it's limitations, or maybe because of it's limitations. Compositionally I let the sounds dictate the direction of the music, so this is very electronic, slightly disjointed but (I hope) distinctly Zebralette. I made no effort to emulate acoustic instruments -- Zebralette has so much of it's own character.

Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/ontrackp/zebrale ... test-mix-1

22 instances of Zebralette. Mostly from INIT, a few tweaked presets.
Logic Pro X EQ, Compressors, Reverb. OTT on one track, and Limiter No6 on the mix.

Dj Pomme · Post by **Dj Pomme** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 1:19 am

Hello !
This is my entry !
My CPU can't go further, I just have to give up here after a few blind renderings. I have to admit my method is rather stacking/layering than crafting versatile presets of the synth. But I'm learning, and I've quicly read some of your debates here. As usual, mine of information

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I'm afraid I didn't exploit the "wavetable" principle at its best (special mention to the talking zebralette of peter

), but I managed to have some fun here

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The thing that actually missed is a real "white noise" to give a random feeling for hats... And I still can't produce a cymbal ! I also tried making a piano like some of you earlier, but I'm still veeery far away. But listening to what some of you have done, I now believe it's possible

https://soundcloud.com/dj-pomme/stolen-tempo

DAW : Fruity Loops 12.5.X
Zebralette : ~48.
FX used for now, from DAW :
Patcher (which is basically my new fastest shortcut for routing tracks and freezing them quicker for fast preview)
EQs, Fruity Limiter, Fruity Reverb, Stereo Enhancers, A tiny Maximus on top.
Free FX:
-Karma FX Reverb
-OTT
-Classic Master Limiter (from Kjaerhus)

løkken · Post by **løkken** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 2:28 am

This is my first attempt to write something serious ever. I spent a whole lot of time on this track, but still it's not nearly enough and the result can hardly be called 'music'. As it turns out composition is difficult when you have no experience and no MIDI keyboard

Zebralette is weird by the way. At first it makes an impression of a very capable instrument, but then you quickly realise that almost any parameter combination gives you just another boring buzz. The sound design process is really unintuitive and the exploration of sound space is complicated. The lack of traditional filter parameters also hurts too much.

https://soundcloud.com/l-k-k-n/huylers-landing-trail

DAW: Reaper 5.52
Zebralette x27
TAL Reverb II x12
ReaEQ x12
ReaDelay x4
ReaComp x2
ReaGate x1

All used presets were made from scratch except the modified 'SM bar 02' preset from the default library.

toonertik · Post by **toonertik** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:52 am

] Peter:H [ wrote: Hi toonertik,
soundcloud only let's you update a track when you have a paid subscription. If you go in free mode, you have to create a second copy with the new music. You can provide a new URL to the first version (let's say you just add postfix "-old") and take over the original URL to your new version. Thus no links are broken...and just set the first one into private mode. Drawback is that comments and liks of any previous version will not be available in the latest...
Regarding quality: I upload flac files. flac is a good compromise between compression and quality. Quality wise it works better for me than uploading mp3, and better than 96.000k/32bit float wav in terms of size.

Thanx Peter.. I figured there had to be a way to update, paid mode only.. fair enough!

I did think about Flac but opted for wav.. if I get time to mix it properly I will use Flac..
BTW>> very very creative use of the wee Zebra you have there.. really made me smile and run for cover.. but you got me in the end rata tat tat)))

generaldiomedes · Post by **generaldiomedes** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:04 pm

My song has been changed an unhealthy number times since the original, post updated with current FX.

Thanks to TrojakEW for the comments, drum track revamped and break added as a result, plus a few other minor additions and a faster tempo.

toonertik · Post by **toonertik** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:10 pm

Well Peter I have well "Flaced" it up this time

Sounds much fuller... thanx for help
toonertik's OSC104 submission.
https://soundcloud.com/toonertik/zebralethasfun

Needing fresh air, stumbles out of the club.. the drunken conga player still in my head>> ouch, back inside and is this now a colliding mass of spaceships and such... finally some sembalense of bebop organ to sooth the madness... oh no... here comes that drunken conga player with his wasted bass player
Reaper
18 stripy Zebralettes
12 TDR Nova
1 OldSkoolVerb
1 A1 StereoControl
1 Flux Stereo tool
1 Rubber filter
1 Overtone GEQ
1 Limiter No6

JKF Flashico · Post by **JKF Flashico** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:01 pm

Hi again! I have again update my track 'cause it was bit out of tune

thanks for TrojakEw tip

I hope it is now more tune

Cheers
JKFlashico

Dj Pomme · Post by **Dj Pomme** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:59 pm

I updated my track above with correct informations about it's process

It's over for me !
Will start listening your tracks !

Cheers

ckoe · Post by **ckoe** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:01 pm

@løkken: love your track

generaldiomedes · Post by **generaldiomedes** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:03 pm

Has anyone notified Urs about this ? Would be nice to hear from him in the thread.

ilmai · Post by **ilmai** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:12 pm

Phew, thought I didn't have the time or inspiration to finish a track for this OSC, but I managed to throw something together. Something almost embarassingly cheesy.

I won't have time to polish it as much as I'd like, but I'll do as much as I can. Here's a very quick & dirty version, mostly just to have a complete arrangement to work with. Hopefully I'm able to work on some variations, all the sounds and the mix still...

Feedback is of course welcome even in this rough condition

https://soundcloud.com/ilmai/one-synth- ... 30/s-6TWWw

Yeager · Post by **Yeager** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:12 pm

Uploaded mine, it's called :

"Zebralette It Be".

Made In FLStudio.

I used : 14 x Zebralette.

Track FX :
1 x CamelCrusher
1 x OrilRiver
1 x HY Delay3 free
1 x Tal Filter II.

Automation : Yes 1 x SendVolume to Channel.

Master FX :
1 x EQUO
1 x Soundgoodizer
1 x Fruity Limiter.

Official DR value: DR6.

Enjoy.

https://soundcloud.com/petervos/yeager-zebralette-it-be

jmqjmq · Post by **jmqjmq** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:52 pm

Here is my submission. Never been a Zebra user, so it was definitely a struggle getting used to this synth. Zebralette definitely sounds good though.

https://soundcloud.com/jmquarles/forty-four

DAW-Waveform

21 x zebralette
14 x Tracktion compressor
12 x Tracktion eq
6 x Tracktion stereo delay
2 x Tracktion limiter
1 x Tracktion reverber8
3 x TDR nova
1 x TDR kotelnikov
5 x xfer djm filter
2 x camel crusher
2 x klanghelm IVGI
1 x audio damage fuzzplus3

One Synth Challenge #104 - Zebralette by u-he (Photonic Wins!)