KVR Audio

The Sound Of Merlin · Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:08 pm

Congratulations to all! I think we all hated the synth in the first week of last month but still most of us managed to create some great music with it. And this is not an add for the synth at all. I think only the contributors deserve the credits for making this crazy, odd and ugly thing look/sound good. I was totally blown away by the big sound Jasinski created. And Taron of course who went for the mission impossible this time. Further I was charmed by dr Bob's brave piano sound which was also equally an impossible mission if you'd ask me. His musicality kind of vanished its uglyness and turned it into something almost beautiful. I would love to hear that piece recreated with a better synth. I heard a lot of great stuff, I am not going to name them all.

All in all it surprised me to realize that an ugly synth brought us to more interesting results than when we're free to pick out a synth of our choice which was the case in January. Was it the challenge? Was it the fact that the ugly synth gave us the opportunity to dig deeper into our musical imagination? I mean... Good synths are easier and quicker to get to a nice result. This challenge really brought me something in this aspect. I'll dig deeper into better synths from now on and I'll try to consider them more as a big challenge.

Anyway... Thanks all for you kind comments on my piece and the votes it got. Cheerio!

marcez · Post by **marcez** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:25 pm

Sorry for ignorance but what it means dq?
Congratulations to all musicians involved in this amazing competition. A lot of talented artists, noise-maker and synthesis master from which i can only learn.
Now it's time for a new experimental song!

Taron · Post by **Taron** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:29 pm

dq = DisQualified
This either means that this artist has not voted or hasn't followed the rules. The latter I have never witnessed, I think.

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:30 pm

The Sound Of Merlin wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:08 pm Further I was charmed by dr Bob's brave piano sound which was also equally an impossible mission if you'd ask me. His musicality kind of vanished its uglyness and turned it into something almost beautiful. I would love to hear that piece recreated with a better synth.

@SOM I have PM'd you with a new version ... also dropped here if anyone cares to listen

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ev69fu31iqce2 ... r.mp3?dl=1

Oh yes, I have not put ANY EQ on this anywhere ... so this is a very very basic mix ... and even left the original OrilRiver reverb in with the same settings!!!

Enjoy

dB

marcez · Post by **marcez** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:28 pm

Taron wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:29 pm dq = DisQualified
This either means that this artist has not voted or hasn't followed the rules. The latter I have never witnessed, I think.

Thank you.
Probably the problem is that i did not vote because i have less than 40 posts published (if i remember well) and so i did not have the chance to vote.

ELEX · Post by **ELEX** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:36 pm

marcez wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:28 pm
Taron wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 5:29 pm dq = DisQualified
This either means that this artist has not voted or hasn't followed the rules. The latter I have never witnessed, I think.
Thank you.
Probably the problem is that i did not vote because i have less than 40 posts published (if i remember well) and so i did not have the chance to vote.

Ah...you misunderstood the rules there. Participants ALWAYS get to vote, regardless of their number of posts.

"You are free to vote if you participated in the competition. If you did NOT participate, you may vote, as long as you have more than 40 KVR forum posts prior to the competition start. The only exception is if you are the developer of the Synth (You get one vote max)"

marcez · Post by **marcez** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:44 pm

ELEX wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 6:36 pm Ah...you misunderstood the rules there. Participants ALWAYS get to vote, regardless of their number of posts.
"You are free to vote if you participated in the competition. If you did NOT participate, you may vote, as long as you have more than 40 KVR forum posts prior to the competition start. The only exception is if you are the developer of the Synth (You get one vote max)"

Terrible mistake.
Sorry.

MyLoFy · Post by **MyLoFy** » Thu Mar 17, 2022 9:08 pm

Hey there,

thanks so much for your votes and especially for the kind comments on SC which is always a highlight for me!
Congratulations to the well deserved winner Jasinski, his tracks are a wonderful lesson for music production in general. Well done top 5! But there also are several gems further down the list.

The next round I have to skip, there just isn't enough time atm

but I'm gonna catch up soon, perhaps with another nasty piece of software, who knows

GL and have fun everybody!

Edit: no prize for me this time, thanks!

The Sound Of Merlin · Post by **The Sound Of Merlin** » Fri Mar 18, 2022 9:59 am

I would like to receive the Bundle of Synthmaster One + Synthmaster 2.x Last month it took me almost a day to make up my mind whether to choose for Diversion or for this one. Great that I've gotten the opportunity to get this one as well that quickly. Diversion was a great choice. I am sure this one will be likewise. Thanks all and have a wonderful day!

One Synth Challenge #156: Synister by QUL at the University of Berlin / Open Source (Voting Started!)