One Synth Challenge #158: Surrealistic MG-1 Plus by Cherry Audio (MilksterX Wins!)

[various_waves]

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Bit Reduction x1
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The keepers of the great book of the OSC rulez shall speak their verdict - Is Bit Reduction heresy?

Hmmmm.... I did have that in mind. I think I kept it subtle enough (I hope).

[various_waves]

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Bit Reduction x1
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The keepers of the great book of the OSC rulez shall speak their verdict - Is Bit Reduction heresy?

behold! so prescribeth the book of rulez:

"Distortion: Please use distortion / tape saturation / bit crushing sparingly. Use your best judgement. Try to keep the original sound recognizable. Note that this does not apply if the distortion is built in to the synth."

Thanks! I think this means I'm good. I'd like to know if others disagree though.

[dan3n]

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Surrealistic Symphonic Elements
https://c.mail.com/@651346402491769970/ ... 21fShQ47RA (https://c.mail.com/@651346402491769970/UZIngyaRTAmw21fShQ47RA)
Every sound is from Surrealistic MG-1 Plus Synthesizer.

[ELEX]

Surrealistic Symphonic Elements
https://c.mail.com/@651346402491769970/ ... 21fShQ47RA
Every sound is from Surrealistic MG-1 Plus Synthesizer.

Your track must be uploaded to SoundCloud to enter the competition. Good luck !

relevant rules:
"Submissions uploaded to SoundCloud only. File format is any supported by SoundCloud. Submissions must be downloadable.

Soundcloud file-name format: Artist - Track Title where artist name is the same as KVR nick. For collaborations, just put both names as artist name, for example Artist1 + Artist2 - Track Title. If the collaborator is not a KVR member, put the KVR member's name first, like this: KVR Name + collaborator name - Track Title.

Soundcloud entry MUST have downloads enabled"

Submissions must be announced in the submissions forum thread with a link to the song's soundcloud, and include a brief report how it was made:- The DAW/host, all FX used, and how many instances of the synth and FX was used.

[sonnybones]

Submission for KVR One-Synth-Challenge using the MG-1 virtual instrument.
Recorded using: StudioOne 3 Pro
MG-1 Sounds used: Drums, Woodblocks, Electric Bass, Voice, Thunder & Modular Poly

https://soundcloud.com/mike-15-1/sonnybones-squeeky-mo

[glenzo]

Hello! This is my submission for the KVR One Synth Challenge, using only instances of the Surrealistic MG-1 Plus Plugin.

I received the e-mail about it a few days ago, and it hit close to home. My first synth was the Radio Shack Realistic MG-1, that I bought in 1983. Back then, every day was a one-synth challenge, because it's all I had!

DAW used is Apple Logic Pro. Instances: 36. Effects used (all native): a pinch of distortion and parallel compression sent to busses (sparingly), EQ on a couple of tracks, and Logic's AdLimiter on the 2 Bus to catch peaks. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/therealgl3n/glenzo-shackadelic

[Mac Ilhui]

Hello everybody! This is my very first time here so I don't even know if I'm posting my submission in the right place (if no, please tell me what should I do).

So, "H-Extinction" is the tune I made for the MG-1 Plus Challenge.
24 channels/instruments/instances, each one carefully modeled on the great MG-1. Including Bass, Percussions, Leads, Fx, etc.
Ableton Live 10. I used some delay, reverb and some compression for a couple of boom fx and a Wide Stereo Bus for the master track (all native).

Well, that's all! Thank you and enjoy!
Mac Ilhui (A.K.A. Ilhuicamina/The Mick's Soul Project)

https://soundcloud.com/themicksoulproje ... al_sharing

[The Sound Of Merlin]

Dear friends of this cosy community. No ambient music by me this time. It's an eclectic mixture of styles. Working with this Cherry Audio baby was an enormous lot of fun. The MG-1 has a great sound under the hood. Hope you will enjoy my entry.
https://soundcloud.com/thesoundofmerlin ... er-osc-158

[BrainBeatMusic]

Hi everyone this is a cool competition to be limited to 1 synth and a limited selection of plugins and effects we can use. I am still fairly new to making music and the terms used in the rules and am hoping to get some confirmation on the effects I am currently using are ok before I go too far and need to change things. I am using Ableton Live with a mix of and 3rd-party.
They are Auto Filter (mostly for LPF and HPF), compressor (side-chained), Reverb, Delay ( I am thinking this may not be ok?), Valhalla Supermassive ( is this true for Valhalla too?),Utility (for mixing gain) and an arpeggiator. I am likely to use some EQ and maybe saturation too.

[The Sound Of Merlin]

Hi BrainBeat. Welcome! Ableton Live native plugins are OK to use. 3-rd party plugins only if those are non-commercial free ones. I am not sure about this Auto Filter as it may change the typical sound of the synth like chorus and phaser. Why use the Auto Filter anyway? The synth has a filter. All other ones are OK but be sparse with the modulation parameters of the reverb and the delay. Also be sparse with the saturation as this also may affect the sound of the synth. The ground rule is to only use plugins that don't change the typical character a synth produces. Have fun and lots of success!

[ELEX]

I am using Ableton Live with a mix of and 3rd-party. They are Auto Filter (mostly for LPF and HPF)...

...I am not sure about this Auto Filter as it may change the typical sound of the synth like chorus and phaser...

I am. Sure about modulated filters, that is. They fall squarely into the modulation effects category and are as such off limits.

Hi everyone this is a cool competition to be limited to 1 synth and a limited selection of plugins and effects we can use.

Exactly ! Very true ! So, welcome and good luck to you !

[Dartelec]

Here is my contribution. For some reason I was not able to get such warm and nice sounds from MG-1 as the other competitors. However I hope you like the tune!

https://soundcloud.com/paulilaine/darte ... al_sharing

[Hans45]

Hello everyone,

Here is my small contribution. I had that synth in my collection for months, but hadn't take the time to really discover it.

The first thing I did to build the track was to connect an Akai Midimix and use its CC emitting habilities to play with the synth's parameters. It was a real part of fun, as Cherry Audio keeps it easy and clear.

The track is built in Bandlab Cakewalk, using 9 instances of the synth. I used only a few effects (MCompressor to give some punch to the drums, NastyDLAMkII to spice a little up hi hats and percussions, and finally a quite short reverb - MCharmVerb - and dbx165a emulation - dlm sixtyfive a to strengthen the output).

First of all, it was a pleasure, particularly when playing the lead (as a pianist, real time play is always the goal I look after).

I'm only a hobbyist, please don't shoot...

Hans45 - (I am the) Ugly Little Duck

Also this is my first KVR Contest participation. Please tell me if there is anything wrong, thank's !

[doctorbob]

Here's my contribution. Hope you enjoy this departure ...
DAW: Reaper

Track details: 27 * MG-1, ReaEQ, ReaComp, Oril River, STFU, Bass Professor Mark 2, LFX-1310, TAL Dub Delay, Twin Delay, OTT
Master: TDR VOS SlickEQ, Ferric TDS, MSED, Limiter No. 6 ,LoudMax
Meter: SPAN, Youlean Loudness
Stats: LUFS: -14.9, DR: 8

Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/doctor ... c-158-mg-1

[Full Bucket]

And here's mine: "Machine Concrète"

• 13 instances of Cherry Audio's Surrealistic MG-1 Plus
• Recorded with Reaper 64 (only internal delays & reverb and the fantastic LoudMax64 used)

https://soundcloud.com/full-bucket/machine-concrete
Cheers, Björn

[Edit: Replaced track - now using the free LoudMax64 instead of the payware Ozone 8 Elements]