One Synth Challenge #159: Surge XT (j5v Wins!)

[baconpaul]

If I can just find some time might even join in. I did the other two Surge rounds, first with 2 instances, then one instance. this time fx only? hmmm...
2 mins of silence - with heaps of delay, distortion, chorus and reverb!

Doesn't have to be silence; Airwindows Voice Of The Starship and Tape's degrade settings generate noise, which is all you really need to build a track.

Since i don't have anything else cooking at the moment, I might try to make a 0-instance/fx only track this round

The combulator effect will also do tuned feedback. So you could make music with a stack of FX pretty easily tickling that with the voice of the starship and automating the center and sides of the combulator and level of the VOS. The combulator also has an extra noise input.

I actually just did this with a stack of 3 fx (VOS -> Combulator -> Clouds) with bitwig modulators and could make pretty good music.

Who needs oscillators when you have feedback circuits! OFX Challenge next month maybe?

[MrKarolus]

My submission to KVR OSC #159:

https://soundcloud.com/mrkarolus/dion-osc-159

DAW: Reaper
Mixing: Surge XT x 38, bx_subfilter, ClipShifter, DD Filter, HY-MBDrive, Krush, KSHMR Essentials Kick, Limited-Z, Luftikus, M-Autopan, MConvolutionEZ, Molot OrilRiver, OTT, PreFET, ReaEQ, Spaceship Delay, STFU, TDR Kotelnikov, TDR Nova, TDR VOS SlickEQ, Volume/Pan Smoother
Master: Luftikus, TB_Ferox v3, MBandPass, A1StereoControl, TDR Kotelnikov, Limited-Z, Maxwell Smart 3
Presets are mixture of custom created ones and from vanilla Surge XT soundbank (with some edits).

I worked with Surge XT v1.0.1.60228e8, Reaper v6.58, Win10, and had weird problem - after some time (usually after loading Reaper project to continue my work) custom created patches (only one or two of them) resetting to initial state (init preset). Saving presets kinda solved the problem, but I'm not 100% sure. Might be a bug or it's on my end.

[EvilDragon]

Please update to latest nightly, we have fixed that issue.

[] Peter:H []

+++ Submission +++
Meow You Motherfuckers (Sketch of a dark hardstyle set)
https://soundcloud.com/p-e-t-e-r-h/pete ... dstyle-set

I don't know who of the OSCers every listenes to hardstyle like Keltek or Miss K8 ... I tried to do kind of a sketch of a hardstyle set like those guys do on their festival shows ... I submit this sketch though not perfect. But I run a little out of patience and time to fiddle it to perfection. And in the end it's enough for ending mid field anyways. Most fun was designing the hardstyle kicks, interweaving everything so that it's loud but still clear... and yes ... the pathetic "intro" sections to each part... in reality the rizerz and stuff would need lot's of more attention ... but I got bored.

Bill of Materials:
DAW: Bitwig 4.3 Beta 1 - 4
Synths: ~ 50 Surge XTs. The Clap API Version. I have used many different nightly build to check out things that came step by step like per note expressions and Voice Stacking in Bitwig
DAW FX: Delay+, Reverb, EQ+, Strum, Note Repeate, Audio Side Chain, Peak Limiter, Tool, Delay-1, Note Quantize, Multiband-2 and 3. FX-Selector and many Modulators....
Other FX: Surge XT FX, Valhalla SuperMassive, MTremolo, OTT, Loudmax, QuickHaas, MCharmVerb

[BrainBeatMusic]

Hi everyone I have made some changes to the entry I posted a few weeks ago which I hope has made it better I just replace the file as I can do that with Pro SoundCloud.

I never posted my other data for it so here is.

I used Ableton Live 11 Intro on Windows 10,
14 instances of Surge XT, 10 Channel EQ, 2 Marvel GEQ, 13 Utility, Compressor, 4 Arpeggiator, 4 Reverb

https://soundcloud.com/user-783020495/e ... al_sharing

[Julian Olsen]

Hello everone,

here is my submission for this months challenge:

https://soundcloud.com/julian-olsen-2/j ... al_sharing

Mix and master were made with headphones on the train to the Netherlands so please be kind if the sound is rather poor this time.

Specs as following:

Ableton Live11.1 Suite

27 instances of surge

EQ, Reverb, Delay Compressor, AutoPan, Utility: all Ableton stock

Kick1 - OTT, EQ Three
Kick2 - blank
OffHat1 - EQ eight, EQ eight
Cheap Hat - EQ eight
Snare1 - Surge XT effects
Lead1 Buss - blank
Lead1 left - blank
Lead1 right - blank
Riser1 - EQ eight, Utility
Lead Response - Utility
OffBass - EQ eight
ArpRiser - Utility
SawSound - EQ eight, Utility
Breakbeats Buss - EQ eight
16tel - EQ eight, EQ three
Breakbeats - blank
Claps -EQ eight
Kraftwerk Buss - Utility
Kraftwerk - blank
Kraftwerk2 - blank
Click - blank
StartArp - blank
Tension - Compressor, AutoPan
Dream Inbetween - blank
FX Rack - several Instances of Delay, AutoPan and Reverb

Send A - Drum Room - Reverb
Send B - Delay
Send C - BigRoomRev - Reverb

Now have fun and a good time

Cheers

J O

[rilderec]

Hello, here’s my track :
Fantasy, medieval, neofolk atmosphere etc..

Instances of Surge XT : 53
DAW : FL Studio
Effects :
53 Fruity Parametric EQ 2
4 Fruity Limiter

https://soundcloud.com/user-503265632/r ... al_sharing

[lmv]

Can we use older versions of Surge? The new one only has vst3, I can only work with vst2.

[rilderec]

@Imv
They say yes a few pages before

[silverpants]

Here is my entry for #159: "Encounter At Esperi"

https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/silverp ... al_sharing

DAW: Reaper
30 Instances of Surge XT
FX:
ReaEQ, Dead Duck Delay & Filter, Surge XT Effects, Valhallah Supermassive Delay, Limiter No6, SPAN.

[ZioMau]

Well i have some things to say:
the wonderful environment in this contest where everybody compare their music with others with joy, funny...regardless of chart position.
Then, people make wonderful things with your same tools...so you know that you can do great things too...with no alibies!
Then the "one synth" rule that bring me to go deep into specific vst. Now i know where to grab some sounds or how to obtain them. Usually everyone have tons of virtual synth with billion of preset but if you need something that you have in mind, you don't know where to find it!
The time limit also is a great thing for one like me that open, re-open...and re-open..until i hate the project leaving it unfinished!
And then the friendship and the comments on the track that i really enjoy. I always produced only for myself havin' afraid or shame of sharing, but it's time to change.
Well, at last...i'm learning a lot in OSC, and yes...i love it!

I want to thank this challenge, and in OSC 159, with a more powerful and verstile synth, i took longer in making the song and go with a more demanding and for me representative music. And i don't care what happens because yes...John Coltrane once said: "Jazz is like a fart - only the one doing it enjoys it!"
Good life to everyone and peace in the World!

- - - SPARKLES - - -

https://soundcloud.com/zio-mau/sparkles ... al_sharing

DAW

Cockos - Reaper 5.99
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INSTRUMENTS:

Surge XT x 18
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AUDIO FX:

Cockos - ReaEq x 11
Cockos - ReaComp x 5
Sonimus - Soneq x 3
Valhalla - Supermassive x 3
Melda Prod. - MAutopan x 2
Denis Tihanov - Oril River x 2
Voxengo - MSED x 2
Cockos - ReaXComp x 1
Cockos - ReaDelay x 1
Dead Duck - DD Autopan x 1
Melda Prod. - MBandPass x 1
Analog Obsession - dBComp x 1
JB - Smash Pro x 1
BOZ - Bark Of Dog x 1
Variety of Sound - Ferric TDS mkII x 1
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MIDI FX

Cockos - ReaControl Midi x 3
Midi note filter (js) x 3
TobyBear - Chordator x 1
TobyBear - Humanisator x 1
Arto Vaarala - Kirnu x 1
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MASTER CH FX

TDR - Nova
Analog Obsession - BusterSE
Sonimus - SonEq
lkjb - Luftikus
Melda Prod. - MStereoExpander
Thomas Mundt - LUveler64
Thomas Mundt - LoudMAX64
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METERING FX

Voxengo - Span
Melda Prod. - MStereoScope
Youlean - Loudness Meter

...i could do some value change in mix or master parameters until the deadline

[Leonard Bowman]

The combulator effect will also do tuned feedback. So you could make music with a stack of FX pretty easily tickling that with the voice of the starship and automating the center and sides of the combulator and level of the VOS. The combulator also has an extra noise input.

I actually just did this with a stack of 3 fx (VOS -> Combulator -> Clouds) with bitwig modulators and could make pretty good music.

Who needs oscillators when you have feedback circuits! OFX Challenge next month maybe?

If you want oscillators using only Surge XT Effects, here's a fun trick:
certain waveshaper settings (I'm using West Coast Fold with a little bias and the output low cut disabled) can output a DC signal with no input. You can pass that into a ring modulator which effectively leaves you with the ring modulator as a sound source.

[RuediRena]

If you want oscillators using only Surge XT Effects, here's a fun trick:
certain waveshaper settings (I'm using West Coast Fold with a little bias and the output low cut disabled) can output a DC signal with no input. You can pass that into a ring modulator which effectively leaves you with the ring modulator as a sound source.

... and you may arpeggiate whatever you got there by using the Surge XT Effects flanger in "Arp Combs Only" mode.

[Abstract Egg]

First time entering this challenge. Looking forward tot hear the other results! All the best, y'all!

[Abstract Egg]

My entry for KVR OSC #159:
https://soundcloud.com/scaradise/abstra ... lt-osc-159


Made in Ableton Live 11.1

19 instances of Surge XT, many started out as mods from an existing preset, some made from scratch. I will however always perform at least a few, often many, tweaks when using presets.
EQ Eight (EQ8), EQ Three (EQ3), Compressor, Utility, Glue Compressor, Limiter, Channel EQ, Gate, Dynamic Tube, Echo and Hybrid Reverb are all stock plugins.

Plucks & Keys Group:
• Cirrus Cloud - MEqualizer, Max Re-Enveloper, Rough Rider3
• Sin Ring Mod - Son EQ
• Big Church - EQ8
Leads & Arps Group:
• Dryosaurus - Gate, EQ3, TDR Nova
• K-Linn Wurly - EQ8, Max Track Stereo Pan, Klanghelm IVGI2, MCompressor, Elysia Niveau Filter
• FM Bass K1 - Glue Compressor, Utility
Drums Group: Klanghelm DC1A
• Folded Kick + Mort Kick Mod - Utility, Glue Compressor
• Bowman Snare + Snare Room 1 Mod - Dynamic Tube, TDR VOS Slick EQ, Klanghelm MJUCjr
• Hihat Buss - Compressor, EQ8, Utility
• Cymbals Buss: FM Crash - Utility + WT Cymbal - EQ8, Utility
• Max Bouncy Notes (MIDI effect) - Surge PPG Perc 3 - SonEQ, Compressor
FX Group: EQ8
• Space Cadet
• Noise Up - EQ8
• Drone Melancholy - EQ8
• Slow-mo Samurai - EQ8
Rotary Reverb (Surge as an Effect Processor) - Channel EQ goes to SEND A

SEND B: Hybrid Reverb, Channel EQ, Rough Rider3
SEND C: Hybrid Reverb, Channel EQ
SEND D: Protoverb, MBandPass, Utility
SEND E: Echo, Channel EQ, Max Color Limiter, Utility

MASTER: Utility, Glue Compressor, Limiter, Spectrum