One Synth Challenge #165: BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover by Spitfire Audio (Schiing Wins!)

[doctorbob]

Ok, here's DoctorBob's quite rushed track this time round. Composed using minimalism techniques, including a "wee joke" at the end (did you hear it? Or not?). 4-bar patterns played by members of the orchestra - you will hear many repeats/echos by many instruments. Some "call response", some "counterpoint" and some with slightly different timings to change the perceived rhythms. I hope this is apparent. Sadly, I only had Sunday evening to do all this, and a little time to re-organise and mix the final track.

I hope you enjoy it ...

Thank you to Richard S for being brave and making the BBCSO the "synth" for this month!!!

DAW: Reaper

Track Details: 19 * BBCSO, 19 * ReaEQ
Master: TDR Ferric MkII, Satson CS, Ozone Elements 9
Meter: Youlean Loudness Meter
Stats: LUFS: -13.7, DR: 9

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/minimalistic

[Taron]

Alright, in case I somehow get distracted, I better post this as my submission already. MAYBE I may noodle on it a little more before the deadline, but for now:
https://soundcloud.com/taronium/crom-wi ... al_sharing

CROM (which is a bit like "crooked" and rather sinister)
BBCSO Discovers: 20 instances
DAW: MuLab
FX: Auburn Sounds Panagement (free), OTT, Loudmax64
FX (com): AltiVerb, Ozone 9

That's all.

[violator_alba]

Here's my effort for this month. Never tried to compose anything like this before:

https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing

A cautionary tale.

This month's one synth challenge with the Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestra. This was created in Tracktion Waveform Pro with the following:

25 instances of BBC Symphony Orchestra
Kilohearts Multipass with two reverbs
Kilohearts Limiter
T-Racks Opto Compressor
T-Racks Stealth Limiter
T-Racks Metering
GVST GClip

As I can't really play anything other than ukulele, I used Scaler 2 to generate the MIDI. The latest version has the fabulous ability to split a performance with a track per chord note. I found this ideal for orchestral stuff.
Having done this I might now find a use for my Miroslav Philharmonic plugin...

[purchasingly]

Impossible Assembly

https://soundcloud.com/g-jardine/purcha ... e-assembly

Cakewalk

11 Instances of the BBC Discovery Orchestra

Cakewalk Pro-Channel EQs x 3
Other Stock Plugins:

(probable number.
excessive compressors again, maybe.)

Sonitus Compressor x 3
Sonitus Multiband Compressor x 2
Sonitus Reverb

Other plugin:
Oril River reverb x 2

Not as likely that this one has Airwindows Cliponly 2, since my masterbus disappeared.

[liqih]

https://soundcloud.com/liqih/arecibo-dub
For some reason inspired to the story of the famous observatory.

(these BBC samples are .... )

Made for OSC #165 using 12 instances of the freeware
"BBC Symphony Orchestra Plug-in by Spitfire Audio"

Tech:
Ableton Live + stock effects Gate Compressor Delay EQ-Eight Reverb Delay
Non Ableton fx : Harrison AVA EQ, Beatskillz Max 1

[treeheated]

Hi all, here is my submission for this month.

https://soundcloud.com/treeheated/dance-of-trust

Work time: 14h. I feel like half of that time was spent on expression automation!

Plugin counts:
- BBC Symphony Orchestra (Spitfire Audio) x15
- OrilRiver (Denis Tihanov) x1
- TDR Nova (Tokyo Dawn Labs) x1
- ReaComp (Cockos) x1
- ReaEQ (Cockos) x10
- ReaLimit (Cockos) x1

[hennessey]

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennessey/bh9090 ... ari-osc165

21 instanes in Live. Limited DAW effects: EQ8, Compressor, Limiter, and Utility.

[RichardSemper]

Here's my entry for November:

https://soundcloud.com/richard-semper/r ... den-osc165

Created for KVR One-Synth Challenge November 2022 using Spitfire Audio BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover.

No of Instances: 15.

DAW - Mulab 9

DAW Fx: EQ, HP Filter, Limiter.
External Fx: A1 Stereo Control by Alex Hilton (on the Bass)

This is a return to melodic ideas I had when composing "My Secret Garden" some years ago, while still using soundfonts and softsynths were new to me.
The track is unfinished - minimal production processing - mainly cutting unwanted low frequencies. Most time spent on composition and arrangement. Some parts played with harp will be piano when finished (someday).

[Olof_E]

OK here's my entry for the competition, March of the Medium sized Balls.
https://soundcloud.com/olof-essle/olof- ... al_sharing
I wrote this in MuseScore for a movie we did at my work, a school for disabled children. When I was converting it for Reaper/BBC Symphony Orchestra i found out about the competition.

DAW Reaper
Instances 10
Effects 0 (I suck at mixing and mastering)

[zarf]

Hi everyone. My attempt
https://soundcloud.com/zarf/zarf-a-prelude-to-nothing
19 instances of Discover in Ableton.
One ableton reverb
One glue compressor
One airWindows toTape

This is my first time composing anything vaguely classical. It was a lot of fun to go off grid and compose by ear! I don't know much classical music, or any very well, so this is probably quite strange! (There are cerainly some glitches and much room for improvement but ran out of time). The flutey bit in the middle was written for my god-daughter who has just started playing the flute at age 7.

The cover art is worth a mention - I generated it by putting the track title into DALL-E, the AI art generator. I didn't even do any further editing, just selected this image. Boy, technology these days

Good luck all, looking forward to listening to the magic you have created with this lovely library. Thanks Spitfire!

[spridgeon]

This is my first ever attempt at writing an orchestral piece, thus the title (say it out loud). I enjoyed the challenge, but ran out of time as usual. I based the tune on an idea I had when I was a teenager (1970s), but never figured out how to use. I thought maybe orchestration would be a better format than prog rock. Comments welcome!

https://soundcloud.com/user-20530220/sp ... castration

36 instances of BBC Symphony Orchestra (Spitfire Audio)
2 stock Cubase EQ
1 stock Cubase compressor
1 Roomworks

[silverpants]

My entry "Musk Devours The Carstensz Pyramid"

https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/musk-de ... al_sharing

Elon Musk is devouring the Cartensz Pyramid. He has hired all the excavators in the world and is destroying the tallest mountain in New Guinea to make way for a new project.
"This is the next phase of human history," Musk says. "We are in the process of creating a global brain for the entire world. And I get to be emperor."

DAW: Reaper
21 Instances of BBC Symphony Orchestra
Plugins: Just a Dead Duck Limiter

[abot81]

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My submission to the One Synth Challenge (OSC) No. 165 - 24 instances of BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Had a lot of fun doing first orchestral piece!

Additional effects include:
- OTT (Xfer Records)
- TB_Barricade (Toneboosters)
- ReaEQ
- Room Reverb (ElephantDPSP)
- IVGI2 (Klanghelm)
- FerricTDSmkII (Variety of Sound)
- TesslaSEmkII (Variety of Sound)
- Fresh Air (Slate Digital)
- Tonelib-BassDrive (ToneLib)
- Tonelib-TubeWarmth (ToneLib)
- ValhallaSupermassive

https://soundcloud.com/bottomleya/osc16 ... al_sharing

Not sure if important, but I have re-uploaded my song as levels weren't right. Also renamed to include my KVR tag as per guidelines (and now downloads enabled). Sorry first one!

Just wanted to share the link again as not sure my replacement track got picked up by the OSC player. Link is same: https://soundcloud.com/bottomleya/osc16 ... -the-ocean

[rilderec]

Unbearable, I’ve been looking for a title for two hours...

[TheNeverScene]

How about "After 2 Hours, I Finally Found a Title"