One Synth Challenge #169: kHs ONE (mmGhost Wins!)
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Choikdoi
- KVRist
- 324 posts since 11 Jun, 2020
https://soundcloud.com/choi-kdoi-912931 ... ckenbacker
DAW: FL Studio
kHs ONE instances: 27
Freeware effects used:
Flux - Stereo Tool
TDR - Kotelnikov
Caelum Audio - Flux Mini 2
ToneBoosters - BusCompressor
TAL - Filter 2
TAL - Reverb 4
Audiomodern - Gatelab
Audiomodern - Filterstep
We Love Walter - Sabrina
Valhalla - Supermassive
Baby Audio - Magic Dice
Xfer Records - OTT
Brainworx - bx_subfilter
kHs - Stereo
kHs - Transient Shaper
Bass Gnomes – Full Phase
PechenegFX - Pecheneg Tremelo
2B Played Music - 2B Reverbed
DAW: FL Studio
kHs ONE instances: 27
Freeware effects used:
Flux - Stereo Tool
TDR - Kotelnikov
Caelum Audio - Flux Mini 2
ToneBoosters - BusCompressor
TAL - Filter 2
TAL - Reverb 4
Audiomodern - Gatelab
Audiomodern - Filterstep
We Love Walter - Sabrina
Valhalla - Supermassive
Baby Audio - Magic Dice
Xfer Records - OTT
Brainworx - bx_subfilter
kHs - Stereo
kHs - Transient Shaper
Bass Gnomes – Full Phase
PechenegFX - Pecheneg Tremelo
2B Played Music - 2B Reverbed
Last edited by Choikdoi on Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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violator_alba
- KVRist
- 77 posts since 23 Apr, 2022 from Embra
Here's this month's effort:
https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing
Using Tracktion Waveform Pro 12 as usual
8 instances of kHs One
Pretty much everything in the kHs Essentials collection
Also using kHs Convolver, Faturator and Snap Heap
The inevitable Valhalla Supermassive
Tracktion Reverber8 and TEqualizer
dpMeter, Blue Cat Gain and KClip Zero for track levels
Snap Heap with a mastering preset for, well, mastering
Also a few Scaler 2 instances with output rendered to midi
Boz Digital Panipulator for mono checks
All kHs one patches were from init but I may have used a few Snap Heap presets...
https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing
Using Tracktion Waveform Pro 12 as usual
8 instances of kHs One
Pretty much everything in the kHs Essentials collection
Also using kHs Convolver, Faturator and Snap Heap
The inevitable Valhalla Supermassive
Tracktion Reverber8 and TEqualizer
dpMeter, Blue Cat Gain and KClip Zero for track levels
Snap Heap with a mastering preset for, well, mastering
Also a few Scaler 2 instances with output rendered to midi
Boz Digital Panipulator for mono checks
All kHs one patches were from init but I may have used a few Snap Heap presets...
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emikaela
- KVRist
- 115 posts since 30 Dec, 2020
a bit cluttered, perhaps. well, succumbing to the temptation of abundance is at least thematically appropriate. didn't realize how many effects i had stacked on there until it was time to type it out...
https://soundcloud.com/mikaela-groendah ... n-paradise
10x khs one in bitwig 4.4.8
bitwig eq+, multiband fx-2, tool
khs compressor, delay, distortion, filter, formant filter, ladder filter, limiter, phaser, pitch shifter, resonator, reverb, reverser, ring mod, tape stop, snap heap
https://soundcloud.com/mikaela-groendah ... n-paradise
10x khs one in bitwig 4.4.8
bitwig eq+, multiband fx-2, tool
khs compressor, delay, distortion, filter, formant filter, ladder filter, limiter, phaser, pitch shifter, resonator, reverb, reverser, ring mod, tape stop, snap heap
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miau
- KVRer
- 13 posts since 26 Aug, 2020
My submission
https://soundcloud.com/miaulement/miau- ... llenge-169
8 instances of kHs ONE vst in Bitwig
Bitwig plugins:
- drum machine
- timeshift
3rd party plugins:
- kHs Snap Heap (free modules + SliceEQ)
- OTT (one instance on master)
My initial great idea was to make a track using ONLY instances of the synth and Snap Heap for everything including mastering. Then I allowed myself to use bitwig drum machine and later - time shift (what a handy utility, why haven't I used it before?). Then at some point I put a 20% OTT on master just to have an idea how it would sound with some multiband compression, and of course forgot to turn it off. Found it out when track was almost finished, and decided not to bother trying to recreate it in Snap Heap. If I had Multipass, I would try, but having to build my own frequency splitters with filters didn't seem like fun.
So I tried to make a track without OTT. And I failed. I accept my destiny.
https://soundcloud.com/miaulement/miau- ... llenge-169
8 instances of kHs ONE vst in Bitwig
Bitwig plugins:
- drum machine
- timeshift
3rd party plugins:
- kHs Snap Heap (free modules + SliceEQ)
- OTT (one instance on master)
My initial great idea was to make a track using ONLY instances of the synth and Snap Heap for everything including mastering. Then I allowed myself to use bitwig drum machine and later - time shift (what a handy utility, why haven't I used it before?). Then at some point I put a 20% OTT on master just to have an idea how it would sound with some multiband compression, and of course forgot to turn it off. Found it out when track was almost finished, and decided not to bother trying to recreate it in Snap Heap. If I had Multipass, I would try, but having to build my own frequency splitters with filters didn't seem like fun.
So I tried to make a track without OTT. And I failed. I accept my destiny.
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SynthDX7
- KVRer
- 6 posts since 17 Sep, 2022
This is my first time participating in the One Synth Challenge.
Here is my submission
https://soundcloud.com/synthtronica/syn ... al_sharing
DAW: Cakewalk
Number Instances of kHs One, other kHs plugins, and other plugins
For Tracks (12 Tracks In Total)
-kHs One - 12
-kHs Filter - 7
-kHs Reverb - 4
-kHs Trance Gate - 3
-kHs Compressor - 1
-kHs Stereo - 4
-kHs Dual Delay - 3
For Console:
- Native Cakewalk EQ - 11
Here is my submission
https://soundcloud.com/synthtronica/syn ... al_sharing
DAW: Cakewalk
Number Instances of kHs One, other kHs plugins, and other plugins
For Tracks (12 Tracks In Total)
-kHs One - 12
-kHs Filter - 7
-kHs Reverb - 4
-kHs Trance Gate - 3
-kHs Compressor - 1
-kHs Stereo - 4
-kHs Dual Delay - 3
For Console:
- Native Cakewalk EQ - 11
Last edited by SynthDX7 on Fri May 19, 2023 10:51 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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J.Ruegg
- KVRist
- 308 posts since 16 Mar, 2013 from Perú
My entry:
https://soundcloud.com/jruegg/jruegg-lethargy
DAW Bitwig 4.4
Instances of Kilohearts ONE : 36
Effects:
STFU : 2
Kilohearts SnapHeap : 41 (yeah, even more than Khs ONE)
Kilohearts TapeStop : 2
Kilohearts Nonlinear Filter : 2
Kilohearts Ladder Filter : 2
Kilohearts Stereo : 1
Kilohearts Disperser : 2
Kilohearts SliceEQ : 2
TAL Reverb 4 : 3
Kilohearts Gain : 1
Note, there was a lot of additional effects added inside SnapHeap, like Multipass, convolver, compressors, distortions... too much to really count them.
I didn't wanted to miss this opportunity to wild with the KHS effects
https://soundcloud.com/jruegg/jruegg-lethargy
DAW Bitwig 4.4
Instances of Kilohearts ONE : 36
Effects:
STFU : 2
Kilohearts SnapHeap : 41 (yeah, even more than Khs ONE)
Kilohearts TapeStop : 2
Kilohearts Nonlinear Filter : 2
Kilohearts Ladder Filter : 2
Kilohearts Stereo : 1
Kilohearts Disperser : 2
Kilohearts SliceEQ : 2
TAL Reverb 4 : 3
Kilohearts Gain : 1
Note, there was a lot of additional effects added inside SnapHeap, like Multipass, convolver, compressors, distortions... too much to really count them.
I didn't wanted to miss this opportunity to wild with the KHS effects

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kylebenjamin
- KVRist
- 65 posts since 1 Feb, 2021
My submission:
https://soundcloud.com/kylebenjamin/kyl ... al_sharing
Recorded and mixed in Reaper.
—Synth—
Kilohearts kHs ONE (6 instances)
—Effects—
ReaEQ
ReaComp
Polyverse Wider
Vahalla Supermassive
Thomas Mundt LoudMax Limiter
Voxengo Span
https://soundcloud.com/kylebenjamin/kyl ... al_sharing
Recorded and mixed in Reaper.
—Synth—
Kilohearts kHs ONE (6 instances)
—Effects—
ReaEQ
ReaComp
Polyverse Wider
Vahalla Supermassive
Thomas Mundt LoudMax Limiter
Voxengo Span
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mmGhost
- KVRist
- 288 posts since 24 Aug, 2009 from CO, USA
My submission this month - Analog Sunrise, i think it turned out pretty cool.
Technical bits - 59 instances of kHs ONE. i used all the kHs freebie fx for almost all mixing duties, and in fact only used the kHs reverb exclusively (which was a bit challenging). transient shaper was def a standout. I used logic pro's channel eq and compressor for mix-down, as well as Lim No 6 on the output. No OTT! haha. oh and looks like an instance of NOVA on one of the percussions, and an instance of logic's tape delay on the drum bus for some light tape saturation.
i wanted to do something that featured the analog sounds of the synth, and also some rather obvious use of the more recognizable kHs fx, which you will definitely hear. used snap heap to make one of the bass sounds (thx, Milkster!)
this was heavily inspired from when i took my kids to see the sunrise for the first time. beautiful, yet an overwhelmingly powerful experience. transformative experience.
hope its a fun listen with some analog goodness, cheers
https://soundcloud.com/mmghost/analog-s ... al_sharing
Technical bits - 59 instances of kHs ONE. i used all the kHs freebie fx for almost all mixing duties, and in fact only used the kHs reverb exclusively (which was a bit challenging). transient shaper was def a standout. I used logic pro's channel eq and compressor for mix-down, as well as Lim No 6 on the output. No OTT! haha. oh and looks like an instance of NOVA on one of the percussions, and an instance of logic's tape delay on the drum bus for some light tape saturation.
i wanted to do something that featured the analog sounds of the synth, and also some rather obvious use of the more recognizable kHs fx, which you will definitely hear. used snap heap to make one of the bass sounds (thx, Milkster!)
this was heavily inspired from when i took my kids to see the sunrise for the first time. beautiful, yet an overwhelmingly powerful experience. transformative experience.
hope its a fun listen with some analog goodness, cheers
https://soundcloud.com/mmghost/analog-s ... al_sharing
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574X
- KVRist
- 312 posts since 25 Aug, 2016
https://soundcloud.com/unknownchallenge ... -kvrosc169
Hey folks,
long time no hear!
Made in Logic with stock plugins with 18 instances, in ~3 hrs. It's been a busy month in the studio...
Macintosh & Logic are clearly the only choice when it comes to making music, offering the most premium experience, other than the 3 negligible shortcomings of incompatibility with most everything, poor performance, and routing workflow.
18x kHs ONE
8x channel eq, 5x compressor,
5x chroma verb, 2x space designer (7 reverbs = a nice, muddy mix)
exciter, direction mixer, adaptive limiter
Hey folks,


Made in Logic with stock plugins with 18 instances, in ~3 hrs. It's been a busy month in the studio...


18x kHs ONE
8x channel eq, 5x compressor,
5x chroma verb, 2x space designer (7 reverbs = a nice, muddy mix)
exciter, direction mixer, adaptive limiter
Last edited by 574X on Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
quick, _ake what you want in life
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vert-hex
- KVRer
- 23 posts since 8 Dec, 2017
ah heck it's taking a while to upload, i'm almost there
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vert-hex
- KVRer
- 23 posts since 8 Dec, 2017
Alright i'm a few minutes late, but i worked really hard to actually finish a track. I hope it brings some form of enjoyment to yall
https://soundcloud.com/vert-hex/merely- ... 69-khs-one
Felt like jumping out of the rut by joining OSC on its last two days! It definitely got my ass moving, though I wasn't able to dig into the sound design with as much nuance as I wanted (especially since the khs fx were legal!) Perhaps it's for the best. Today I bring some practice writing synthy rock and then noodling with it at dnb tempo. Sadly, I didn't give myself enough time to really polish it or solo over it, but I'm still happy. If the mix sucks that's my excuse
All sounds generated from 20 instances of ONE. Despite the name, it's... a polysynth. The saws sound pretty good and I would reach for this for chords and distorted leads. Though, creating all the sounds with it seems to make it feel a bit fuzzy and murky, especially when leaning heavily on the onboard FX and unison. A byproduct of using turbo hyper saws for every instrument!
Speaking of FX, most instances use both the chorus and delay. kHs' own Essentials, Slice EQ, Snap Heap and Multipass plugins are used in mixing, mostly some broad EQ and compression to make things gel more instead of using them as creative effects. Except on the drums, where I have kHs Disperser beefing up the impacts. It's tremendous.
https://soundcloud.com/vert-hex/merely- ... 69-khs-one
Felt like jumping out of the rut by joining OSC on its last two days! It definitely got my ass moving, though I wasn't able to dig into the sound design with as much nuance as I wanted (especially since the khs fx were legal!) Perhaps it's for the best. Today I bring some practice writing synthy rock and then noodling with it at dnb tempo. Sadly, I didn't give myself enough time to really polish it or solo over it, but I'm still happy. If the mix sucks that's my excuse

All sounds generated from 20 instances of ONE. Despite the name, it's... a polysynth. The saws sound pretty good and I would reach for this for chords and distorted leads. Though, creating all the sounds with it seems to make it feel a bit fuzzy and murky, especially when leaning heavily on the onboard FX and unison. A byproduct of using turbo hyper saws for every instrument!
Speaking of FX, most instances use both the chorus and delay. kHs' own Essentials, Slice EQ, Snap Heap and Multipass plugins are used in mixing, mostly some broad EQ and compression to make things gel more instead of using them as creative effects. Except on the drums, where I have kHs Disperser beefing up the impacts. It's tremendous.
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vert-hex
- KVRer
- 23 posts since 8 Dec, 2017
Also, i saw somebody mention a discord link, but the invitation had expired. I couldn't find a link on the google site either. I would be eternally indebted if somebody could toss me a link. Please :3
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ELEX
- KVRian
- 533 posts since 29 Nov, 2019
No problem, there you go:
https://discord.gg/vjHTnnGxUF
Just give my track five points and we'll call it quits.

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phankiejankie303
- KVRist
- 90 posts since 30 May, 2021
As far as I know I have roughly 20 minutes (at the time of typing this) left on the clock so here it is, my entry for OSC169.
Enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/user-38230094/as ... al_sharing
Session details
DAW
REAPER
x15 instance of kHs One
FreeClip
bx_masterdesk
FRANK x10
Valhalla Supermassive x2
Stochas x2
BlueARP x2
bx_opto Pedal x3
Unfiltered Audio Bass Mint
FlavourMTC
ThrillseekerVBL mkII
OTT
TR5 Brickwall Limiter
SPL Attacker Plus
FirComp x2
TAL Reverb 4
SPL Mo-Verb x2
ReaEQ
Dimension Expander x2
epicPLATE x4
ClipSoftly x2
MadFilter
FKFX Obvious Filter x2
Cocoa Delay
A1 Stereo Control x2
A1 Trigger Gate
Baby Comeback x2
TR5 CSR Hall
NastyDLA mkII
PS: Typical Soundcloud cuts the start a bit but it plays correctly if you SHIFT + Left Arrow. I guess they will never fix that... and I keep forgetting to put a tiny bit of silence at the start.
Enjoy!
https://soundcloud.com/user-38230094/as ... al_sharing
Session details
DAW
REAPER
x15 instance of kHs One
FreeClip
bx_masterdesk
FRANK x10
Valhalla Supermassive x2
Stochas x2
BlueARP x2
bx_opto Pedal x3
Unfiltered Audio Bass Mint
FlavourMTC
ThrillseekerVBL mkII
OTT
TR5 Brickwall Limiter
SPL Attacker Plus
FirComp x2
TAL Reverb 4
SPL Mo-Verb x2
ReaEQ
Dimension Expander x2
epicPLATE x4
ClipSoftly x2
MadFilter
FKFX Obvious Filter x2
Cocoa Delay
A1 Stereo Control x2
A1 Trigger Gate
Baby Comeback x2
TR5 CSR Hall
NastyDLA mkII
PS: Typical Soundcloud cuts the start a bit but it plays correctly if you SHIFT + Left Arrow. I guess they will never fix that... and I keep forgetting to put a tiny bit of silence at the start.
Last edited by phankiejankie303 on Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:08 am, edited 1 time in total.