KVR Audio

jackoo · Post by **jackoo** » Mon May 30, 2022 10:19 pm

My KVR OSC #159 entry: Jam Surge

https://soundcloud.com/vdxi/jam-surge

Wanted to do more, but ended up just jamming around due to being late to the party...

This is mainly one take as I hadn't too much time for editing.

So... this is coming back from a very long break... and it seems it shows in having unused creative muscles..
Hoping to get back and more into music!

Meanwhile... just playing around and trying to have some fun

Instances:
Kick 4
Snare 3
Percussive Toms 2
Crash 2
Hats 1
Electric Guitar 2
Acoustic Guitar 1
Bass 3
Synthy Drone 2
Background Strings 4
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summing up... kinda 24 instances of SurgeXT

Absolutely all sounds coming from SurgeXT.
Sequencer: Reaper
FX: ReaLimit, ReaEQ, PushTec EQ (free)
SPAN for some eyes on the spectrum...

zachy9 · Post by **zachy9** » Mon May 30, 2022 11:08 pm

My entry: https://soundcloud.com/zachy9/venusian-fields

33 instances of Surge XT in Reaper.

built-in Reaper FX: ReaEQ, ReaLimit, Reagate, MDA Pseudo-Stereo, Saturation, Distortion, Digital Drum Compressor

3rd-party FX: TAL-reverb

violator_alba · Post by **violator_alba** » Tue May 31, 2022 12:14 am

My latest effort chucked into the ring:
https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing

This uses 13 instances of Surge XT 1.0.1. Twelve for sounds and one instance for the tape plugin. All running in Waveform Pro 12 with the following additional plugins:
Multiple instances of Waveform's built in 1 and 3 band EQs
Multiple instances of the built in compressor
Multiple instances of the built in Natural Reverb
Multiple instances of Voxengo Stereo Touch
The inevitable multiple instances of Valhalla Supermassive
A single instance of AudioModern panflow
Waveform's MasterMix plugin
Voxengo Span

Hopefully a bit less harsh than last month's effort...

diaseis · Post by **diaseis** » Tue May 31, 2022 8:30 am

Hi !

This synth is amazing. Thanks a lot to @Evil Dragon and @baconpaul for being so active here in the chat, and for this wonderful piece of software.

Here is my subumission to this month's challenge :

https://soundcloud.com/autonym8/autonym8-i-need-silence

I used Ableton Live Suite 10 with 26 instances of Surge XT

Surge XT Effects :
1x Chorus
2x Distortion
1x Ensemble
2x Flanger
1x Frequency Shifter
1x Nimbus
1x Reverb1

Effect racks (my own presets) :
7x Three bands rack (3x EQ Three + 3x Utility , used to apply effects to only one band)
5x Dry/Wet rack

MaxForLive plugins (included in Live Suit) :
1x Enveloppe follower
2x LFOi

Stock plugins :
10x Auto Filter
6x Auto Pan
2x Compressor
1x Delay
5x Echo
20x EQ Eight
9x Glue Compressor
3x Limiter
2x Multiband Dynamics
6x Reverb
3x Spectrum
22x Utility

Third Party Plugins :
1x TAL Reverb
8x TDR Nova
1x TDR VoS Slick EQ
1x Youlean Loudness Meter 2 Free

lmv · Post by **lmv** » Tue May 31, 2022 11:50 am

bjporter wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 9:37 pm [*]You make an awesome track before the 1st of next month...

Before the 1st in Sydney or in Honolulu?

ELEX · Post by **ELEX** » Tue May 31, 2022 12:07 pm

3lu5iv3 · Post by **3lu5iv3** » Tue May 31, 2022 1:22 pm

neverbeeninariot wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:52 pm
3lu5iv3 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 11:32 pm Can we use wavetables from a commercial synths?
No, only what comes with Surge.

Thanx.

treeheated · Post by **treeheated** » Tue May 31, 2022 1:42 pm

This is my submission. Brutal feedback please!

https://soundcloud.com/treeheated/crowsbane

DAW: Reaper
Plugin counts:
- VST3i: Surge XT (Surge Synth Team) (2->6ch) x19 [17 for instruments, 1 for verb send, 1 for mastering]

I stepped a fair way out of my comfort zone this time. It was highly educational. I thought I already knew Surge reasonably well, but the need to try to reproduce certain sounds pushed me to explore the oscillators, filters and effects a lot further than I would have otherwise - even if I didn't quite manage to make it completely convincing. (And I didn't even try the Lua stuff, which seems like my kind of thing but the composition didn't call for it.)

Work time: 21 hours on the project, plus a couple of hours in preliminary sound design and probably about 10 hours of research.

lmv · Post by **lmv** » Tue May 31, 2022 1:54 pm

treeheated wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 1:42 pm This is my submission. Brutal feedback please!
https://soundcloud.com/treeheated/crowsbane

Not the kind of music I like, but pretty impressive, especially considering it's done with a synth.

The drums suck, but we know about the constraints. I am struggling with the same problem.

z.prime · Post by **z.prime** » Tue May 31, 2022 2:19 pm

Well, this is the easiest post ever!

This track was made with a single instance of Surge XT (the nightly) and no other effects.

z.prime - Echoes
https://soundcloud.com/z_prime/zprime-echoes

To reiterate:

Surge XT: 1
Effects: none

Enjoy!

P.S. I've attached the preset to this post.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Tue May 31, 2022 2:25 pm

treeheated wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 1:42 pm This is my submission. Brutal feedback please!

https://soundcloud.com/treeheated/crowsbane

I award you a pair of devil horns and a headbang. This was pretty fuggin awesome!

spridgeon · Post by **spridgeon** » Tue May 31, 2022 2:37 pm

https://soundcloud.com/user-20530220/sp ... al_sharing
I discovered this competition a bit late in the month, and didn't have much time.
Just beginning to learn my way around this amazing synth.
The tune was inspired by the sounds of the Vancouver Skytrain.
21 instances of Surge XT
Cubase 11
1 instance of the Steinberg compressor
That's it

treeheated · Post by **treeheated** » Tue May 31, 2022 3:06 pm

lmv wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 1:54 pm Not the kind of music I like, but pretty impressive, especially considering it's done with a synth.

The drums suck, but we know about the constraints. I am struggling with the same problem.

Thanks! Yeah, it's the best I could do at my current skill level. It's reminded me how easy I made it for myself in my past few entries, by not trying to replicate (non-synthesized) sounds.

EvilDragon wrote: Tue May 31, 2022 2:25 pm I award you a pair of devil horns and a headbang. This was pretty fuggin awesome!

Haha - thank you! When I first started taking part in OSC, I guessed that Surge would come up again one day, and promised myself that I would try to make metal.

MilksterX · Post by **MilksterX** » Tue May 31, 2022 3:40 pm

Hi All

I started out a bit confused by some of the changes to surge but eventually got to grips with some reading the manual and some help from others. Kudos to the people who made and continue to contribute to the development of this synth, it's a sound designers dream come true.

The lack of visual feedback i found really pushes you to use your ears more. I don't think a single month or even a single year is long enough to fully appreciate everything it has to offer and i can't wait to hear what amazing things everyone has done with it.

Here's my submission for this month, hope you enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/milksterx/subcycles

68 (so close!) instances of Surge XT in Bitwig 4.2

3rd party FX:
Convology XT, Valhalla Supermassive, kHs Bitcrush, kHs Distortion, Airwindows:  Air2, Bassamp, MackEQ, Saturation Knob, Freeclip, XFER Dimension Expander, OTT, NI Supercharger, Zeek STFU,
Wider, TDR Molotov, TDR Nova, TDR VOS Slick EQ, TDR Kotelnikov, Loudmax, Youlean meter

Native FX:
Multiband FX 2/3, Filter, Delay 3, Compressor, EQ +, Dynamics, Saturator,  De-Esser, Tool

Zund · Post by **Zund** » Tue May 31, 2022 4:20 pm

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My tribute to this contest 159. Only SURGE VST for the sounds.
14 tracks
On one sound : Valhalla space modulator
Effects on master are :
Limiter N°6
Youlean meter....

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