One Synth Challenge #167: Any One DAW Synth (Taron Wins!)

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Submissions:
https://soundcloud.com/kvrosc/sets/one- ... ge-167-any




Results Post:
Here




Welcome to the One Synth Challenge #167:
It's a friendly music competition where you can win cool prizes but most importantly, meet amazing musicians, and learn a lot about mixing, sound design, and more!




Happy New Year!!!





Info:
Pick your favorite DAW synth and go absolutely wild on it! You must use the DAW and the synth it comes with. Examples would be Ableton's Operator, or Reaper's ReaSynth.



*Images above created with Midjourney's new version 4 model. PM me for prompt.


Prizes:
(Would you like to be a sponsor / prize donor? Contact RichardSemper via PM or go ahead and post your intended donation here! Get a cool mention on our donator wall of honor)


Special Note:
We are offering a secondary prize (on top of the normal prize): FXB Project, or JRR Shop (Uncle E)

NEW Additional Bonus Prize!
For the first Single Instance entry to make the top 5 a cash bonus of $50. (note: this prize may be carried forward to selected OSC challenges until it is won)



Red Rock Sound : **New Prize** Choose 1 Copy of any plugin


NUSofting : **New Prize** Choose 1 Copy of either Modelonia v2 Synth, Sinmad or Echobis


nakst : **New Prize** 1 copy of Integrate (A FL Studio / CLAP format synth only. *Not VST / Standalone*)


discoDSP : 1 copy of Discovery (Up to 2 winners may choose this)


KV331 Audio : Bundle of Synthmaster One + Synthmaster 2.x!


Dmitry Sches : Diversion


ChordPak.com : 1x Pro Pack (Up to 3 winners may choose this)


United Audio Artists : Scratch Master Pro (2 may be chosen per month)


Yuli Yolo Sound Design : (Top 3 Winners get this) Soundsets for Vital: Diversity, Bass Music Wavetables, Noises & Exciters


Luftrum : Two Choices: 1x NFR license of either Bioscape or the new Lunaris 2 (or two soundsets of choice)


Audio Thing : Outer Space (vintage tape echo plugin)


Guda Audio : Euterpe XL


JRR Sounds: Any 1 soundset (This is a secondary prize, you may pick it as well as your main prize)


SoundGym : *NEW* 12 Month Subscription. (SoundGym is a
"technological, personalized and gamified audio learning environment")


JRR Shop : UVI: Digital Synsations (vintage 90's synth sample library and player)


Touch The Universe Productions: LuSH-101 Cloud Layers soundset


The FXB Project by alvfaria : 1 commercial sound bank as an extra prize on top of the regular first prize. See the main site here


Abstract Cats Music : AbiTron Bank for Synthmaster


satYatunes : One of any commercial product


Xenos Soundworks : Choice of any 1 product


Ghostwave Audio : Any two soundsets of Choice


Twolegs Toneworks : Any one soundset


Newloops.com : any 3 sound packs of choice (excluding bundles)


The Unfinished : Any two soundsets of Choice


Aiyn Zahev Sounds: Any 2 Soundsets of choice from the website (Uplifting Trance Presets)


Mulperi : 1 Soundbank of Choice


Bjulin : Inspire soundset for Zebra²


LeapIntoTheVoid : Enchantment Of Absynth Trilogy


Solidtrax : 1 Soundset of choice (except for the Future Chill and Space Trips expansions)


Dream Audio Tools : 1 Indie Fingers bundle (Indie Fingers volumes One and Two)


Any other offers of prizes will be greatly appreciated.


Questions? Comments? Concerns? You want some love? Just post here in this thread


Want to try out your skills in other contests / competitions /challenges?

• DiHalt Demoscene competitions - Developers may be looking for artists to make music.
• Indaba - Has a mix of popular and indie artists with various contests like remixing and song writing.
• metapop - Has many competitions, with a soundcloud like interface where you can share, upload, get likes, comments, etc.
• Mix Challenge - Join monthly recurring Songwriting Competitions (with a new theme/genre every month) and/or Mix(ing) Challenges (mixing multi-tracks from scratch). Win prizes!
• Open Source Music Nexus Challenge - From the people who brought you the FM Challenge last year!
• Skio Music Contests - Lots of remixes you can join (Mostly EDM) - big prizes.

[z.prime]

Can't argue with Bitwig The Grid

[ElVincente]

Great !

[L-EctroBit]

Well, Cakewalk by Bandlab does not have any synth. So I'll wait and see what February brings us. Bye.

[emikaela]

interesting. if you don't like your options you could always use this opportunity to trial another daw, even if you have no plans to switch permanently. waveform free is also an option, it comes with the 4osc synth and works on any os.

[Leonard Bowman]

I have to ask the inevitable question on behalf of Reaper users:
JSFX is a plugin format native to reaper, but no JS synths ship with the DAW.

if we're interpreting this as "use a synth that ships with your DAW" then Reaper users are mostly stuck with ReaSynth unless they want to get really creative with white noise generation.

on the other hand, several synths that run natively in reaper are just a text editor away (for example, Humonica, which I used for OSC 155)


There are a handful of other edge cases with this month's challenge that might need clarification but I really love the concept:
• Musescore 4 which definitely has enough playback support to be a DAW but only ships with sampled libraries
• Environments like VCV rack and Bespoke, which can be used as DAWs but also instruments in their own right; how does the "one synth" rule apply?
• as L-EctroBit just mentioned, some DAWs don't ship with synths
This challenge could open up some interesting opportunities for people who want to get really creative with things normal OSC rounds can't allow but i'd like to get some official thought before starting on my epic dance experience made entirely from Audacity's Risset Drum generator

[ZioMau]

It's time to learn a new daw...time permitting

[TheNeverScene]

Lucky for me, I purchased the Reaper/Serum bundle a few years back!!!! Rearum!

[TheNeverScene]

I think Richard and BJ may have hit the New Year's sauce a bit too hard last night lol

[doctorbob]

Quick question. Magix Music Maker has lots of synths ... has midi record and editing. Has audio mixer and fx chains for each track and also mastering plugins ...

Which parts of this are OK to use??? Hopefully all of it ...

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[FrogsInPants]

What does "go absolutely wild on it" mean? Is anything different from the normal rules regarding effects?

[IV!]

What does "go absolutely wild on it" mean? Is anything different from the normal rules regarding effects?

Commercial FX is allowed, but everything is within the usual rules. I guess it's just a parting word: "Have fun with it!")

[toadhjo]

I could mess around with ReaSynth ... but probably not. If I get ambitious I'll make something on my phone in Caustic. It has a few decent built-in synths.

[TheFrozenSea]

Interesting. I don't like Reasynth, so Reaper is out of the question. My most valid option seems to be to reinstall Cubase 9 and go for the Prologue or Retrologue synths. I am tempted to try "Mystic" but I've tried and failed on that synth so much in the past...

Another option would be Waveform free and 4OSC. I've tried Waveform free a little bit but the learning curve will still be quite steep.

[surreal]

Well, Cakewalk by Bandlab does not have any synth. So I'll wait and see what February brings us. Bye.

But it has a whole Roland sound canvas.. the competition is your oyster!!

I still own Sonar 8.5 pro... so this van unlock great opportunities with eithe z3ta, dimension pro, roland convas synths or even pentagon... which should I choose?