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purchasingly · Post by **purchasingly** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:22 am

Strange, I am having difficulties with playing stacked chords; nothing plays at all when I try that.
I even made sure to turn up the knob that gives me more players in a section... and chordal sections are still inaudible. I don't know if it's Cakewalk's fault some way or other.
Any ideas?
...This month, I began to write a song for another prompt and determined not to submit it there, but thought I might transfer it to the Synful contest. I think I'm going to let this competition pass, too, though.
Thanks. Cool vst, anyway.

abot81 · Post by **abot81** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:49 am

Question - can I use kHs Snap Heap? It's a paid plugin, but it's really just a host for the various individual components? As long as I'm not using any paid kHs effects?

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:41 pm

purchasingly wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 4:22 am Strange, I am having difficulties with playing stacked chords; nothing plays at all when I try that.

Are you sure (a) all the notes are on the same midi channel ... (b) make sure your synful instrument is also on the same channel (slots 1-16 on the gui) ...

dB

neverbeeninariot · Post by **neverbeeninariot** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:41 pm

abot81 wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:49 am Question - can I use kHs Snap Heap? It's a paid plugin, but it's really just a host for the various individual components? As long as I'm not using any paid kHs effects?

Paid effects are allowed this month, so yes.

""
1. Percussion: For additional percussion sounds you may use the free VSC02 Percussion.

2. Commercial Fx Plugins may be used (Subject to usual limitations regarding Fx use).

3. Free Effects: For this month only the rules on free Fx type are relaxed i.e. modulations, distortions, granular etc. may all be used (and can go full 11!) as long as the source sound is from the Synful Orchestra and/or VSC02 Percussion - no external sound generators or audiorate modulations. These must be freeware and be freely available at the start of the competition, no betas, demos, magware or freeware that has expired. You should also give a full description of your use of these fx with your submission.
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Taron · Post by **Taron** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:23 am

• updated mix

Hey everybody, I've managed to join back in, even while I still am not properly set up in this wonderful new home of ours. A small quadratic table and a dining chair, no keyboard, but a view to kill for, HAHAHAHA. However, I couldn't pass up this fantastic reason to give Synful Orchestra a proper look and I really enjoy it A LOT. Took a few days to noodle this piece into place, find my way around SO and work out a mix I could live with. But here it is... even if short, but well...
https://soundcloud.com/taronium/taron-s ... al_sharing
Instances: 3 + VCSO2 Percussion
FX: Cubase EQ and maximizer
3rd Party FX: Panagement 2, Berlin Studio, Deelay

I may go back in before the deadline, but just in case I won't find time- and chances are- I post it already.

doctorbob · Post by **doctorbob** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:12 pm

Here's my track for this round. Not had a lot of time to do it, many pressing issues on my mind!

DAW: Reaper

Track Details: 30 * Synful Orchestra, 21 * VSCO2 Percussion, 30 * Waves VEQ4, 21 * ReaEQ, 1 * Oril River, 9 * OTT, 4 * Twin Delay
Master Track: SSLEQ, MSED, Ozone 8 Elements
Meter: Youlean Loudness Meter, SPAN
Stats: LUFS-I: -16.5, DR: 12

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/winter-calls

Enjoy

Double Tap · Post by **Double Tap** » Mon Nov 27, 2023 1:31 pm

My entry for the OSC

https://soundcloud.com/taptapdoubletap/ ... tra-osc177

Professor Sir Gilbert Fortepiano had discovered a strange device in the deserts around London. A... a music box? The geiger counter showed some signs of life. He started taking notes - what could it be?

Ableton Live 11

Drums and percussion:
VSCO2 x10
Crackle is a jingle bell sound mangled with Ruina, Supermassive, OTT, Renegate, Couture, then caressed a bit with Pro-MB
Pencil sound is more bells mangled with Drum Buss, EQ8, Graillon 2, OTT, NI Supercharger, Renegate, Shaper and Panagement
Block sound is a tom tom and a bass drum mangled with a Live rack* made with Kilohearts Formant Filter, Frequency Shifter, Pitch Shifter, Transient Shaper
Kick is the bass drum with KHS Transient Shaper, plus Pro G and Pro MB to tighten it up.
Snare has KHS Gate, Freq Shifter, Transient Shaper, Supermassive, TR5 Class Clipper to clip.
Snare roll is similar.
The echoing bell heard most prominently at the start has a triangle and chimes heavily mangled with KHS Gate, Freq Shifter, Transient Shaper, Pitch Shifter, Resonator, 3 Band EQ, Flanger, Phaser Distortion, Comb Filter, plus NI Replika, Raum, Supercharger and OTT. I'm sure I didn't need all of those but I can't be bothered to tidy up to find out what I actually used!

Then we have Synful x12
Bass FX is Bass Arco with Valhalla Space Modulator, Ruina, OTT, HY Filter3 Free, Ableton compressor, NI Supercharger, Valhalla FreqEcho, Dubstation 2, Panagement and Compressor.
Bass 2 is Horns8 with the KHS rack* above, plus Graillon 2 and Pro Q3 to tidy up
Noise sweeper is trombone with the KHS rack* above after being completed mangled by Ruina. There's also HY Filter3 Free and Raum.
Three flutes - 1st with Supermassive, EQ8, 2nd with the KHS rack* above, 3rd with an arpeggiator, Supermassive and EQ8
Horns - Horns8 with Compressor, another Horns 8 with compressor,
Strings - violin with EQ8, violins with Supermassive, viola with EQ8, celli with EQ8, basses with the KHS rack* above and a sprinkling of Supermassive on all of them.

Returns - Dubstation 2 for one of the flutes, and Satin and Presswerk on another for some light glue.

Negoba · Post by **Negoba** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:44 pm

My entry. It's a little rough and ready but wanted to get in before the deadline. Didn't have time to tweak so the original is my submission.

https://soundcloud.com/negoba/red-rondo ... al_sharing

Specs:
Reaper DAW

Synful Orchestra x 6
VSCO2 Percussion x 2
Supermassive Reverb Bus
Dawesome Love Bus (basically acting as a different Reverb in Padify setting)

Effects:
ReaEQ x 4
TDR Kotelnikov x 3
Deelay x 3
MSaturation x 1

Master Bus:
MSaturation
MEqualizer
JS: Dirt Squeeze Compression
Realimit
Youlean Loudness Meter

langevinbrendan · Post by **langevinbrendan** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:02 pm

https://soundcloud.com/brendan-langevin ... form-grace
My attempt at the challenge
DAW Ableton, 3 instances of Synful Orchestra, 1 instance of VSCO2 Percussion.
For effects I used all Ableton native, 1 midnight EQ, 2 Forest Floor Reverb and one Master EQ and Glue Compressor.

kennu · Post by **kennu** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:13 pm

Hi all

Here's my submission for this month made using Ableton 11. It was a challenge geting sounds that I liked out of Synful, but I'm not too displeased with the results. Mixing is still my nemesis.

- Used 9 instances of Synful
- Used 11 instances of VSCO2
- Stock fxs
- midi: pitch, chord, arpeggiator, shaper, lfo, velocity
- audio: compressor, glue compressor, eq8, utility, multiband dynamics, drum buss, overdrive, gate, saturator, autofilter, spectral time, convolution reverb, reverb, delay, channel eq, limiter
- Free fxs: Transpire, aicd, Valhalla Supermassive, ATKSD1, Vinyl, Ozone Imager, SPAN
- Paid fxs: Valahalla UberMod, Satin

https://soundcloud.com/kennu-music/kennu-bounce

violator_alba · Post by **violator_alba** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 1:37 am

This month's effort is created using Tracktion Waveform Pro 12.5 with 6 instances of VSCO2 Percussion and 4 instances of Synful Orchestra. The following fx were also used:

kHs Filter
kHs Trance Gate
kHs Distortion
Minimal Audio Cluster Delay (additional rhythm to the kick and 'honks')
TR5 Space Delay (subtle reverb)
TR5 CSR Room Reverb (subtle reverb)
TR5 Tape Echo (subtle reverb)
TR5 The Farm Stone Room (drum buss glue)
Melda MStereoExpander
Melda MRingModulator (attempt to blend the layered up hats and the lead stabs on their respective tracks)
D16 Devastator2 (wee bit of distortion for the bass)
Newfangled Saturate (bring up the bass a bit)
Newfangled Invigorate (wee bit of overdrive for the lead stabs and closed hats)
Eventide SplitEQ
Eventide Black Hole (bit of reverb for the lead stabs)
Tracktion TEqualiser
Tracktion TReverber8
Waveform Midi CC (modulate Synful Orchestra for the bass using Waveform's modulators)
Baby Audio Transit (bring a bit of interest to the lead stabs with some filter sweeps, compression and reverb)
Baby Audio TAIP (a tiny bit of, probably inaudible, warmth)
Noise Engineering Ruina (dirty up the kick and snare)
STFU (shape the hats)
HoRNet Deelay (bit of additional rhythm for the hats)
Plugin Alliance The Oven (add a little something)
TBProAudio dpMeter5
BlueCat Gain3
Kazrog KClip3
Mastering the Mix Bassroom
Mastering the Mix Mixroom
Mastering the Mix Levels

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

Listening guide: probably a crate of prosecco and two aspirin...

empphryio · Post by **empphryio** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:18 am

https://soundcloud.com/anotherjaysherma ... al_sharing

After 15 years you finally make it back home to find nobody there.

KVR OSC 177
Reaper 7.05
7 Instances of Synful
3 of VSC02 Percussion
10 Fabfilter
10 OrilRiver
1 TDR Kotelnikov
1 A1 StereoControl

DaveClark · Post by **DaveClark** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:18 pm

Hi all,

This is my first OSC Rodeo. Hope I've interpreted all the rules correctly.

I don't normally normalize to -3 dB for SoundCloud, but I did as advised for this case.

https://soundcloud.com/exe-consulting/d ... -fashioned

Song Title:
Olde-Fashioned

DAW:
Cubase Artist 13

Synths:
VSCO2 x 4
Synful Orchestra x 10

Track Audio Effects:
MAutoDynamicEQ x 1 (Kick)
MSaturator x 6 (Percussion x 4, Bassoon, Flutes – Add oomph)
MCompressor x 2 (Bass, Clarinets – Level a bit)
OrilRiver x 5 (Clarinets, Trumpet, Violin Melody, Cello Solo, Trombone Solo)
EXE Classic Thirty amp sim (Viola, Trumpet – Change tones and spread into ensembles) (*)

Master Audio Effects:
IKM TR5 Sunset Sound Studio Reverb (Studio 2, Live Room)
TOMO Audiolabs LISA (Master dynamic EQ)
IKM Lurssen Mastering Console

(*) https://www.execonsultingtx.com/downloa ... imulators/

NeuKatalYst · Post by **NeuKatalYst** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:24 pm

https://soundcloud.com/neu-katalyst/neu ... ussion-dnb
This is my entry.

Everything I use is categorized, listed, and explained in this Google Doc, so as not to take up a large amount of space in this post or the track's description.

VCA-089 · Post by **VCA-089** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:43 pm

https://soundcloud.com/vca-089/infravolt-roaming

"There are so many wonders in the great wasteland. Treasures, mysterious artifacts and ancient ruins with valuable technology. But you should forget about that. Most of the time you'll meet some really nasty things like bandits who want your food and coins, a snake that suddenly kills your horse, or a corporate scum with their blaster robots shooting you from afar. There is no room for weakness in this world, but if you are capable enough, you will be rewarded. Keep on roaming and you'll find what you want!"

This song is an addon to my "space cowboy" theme composed for an "imaginary" videogame during Songwriting Competition in July.

7 instance of "Synful Orchestra" and 9 instances of "VSCO2 Rompler" used to create a track.

Produced in FL Studio 21

Used plugins:

Native effects:

x8 Reeverb 2
x4 Delay 3
x1 Wave Candy
x1 dB Meter

VST effects:

x14 TDR & VOS "SlickEQ"
x1 TDR "Nova"
x12 AdHd "Leveling Tool"
x1 Thomas Mundt "LoudMax"
x1 TDR "Kotelnikov"
x1 D16 "Frontier"
x1 Eventide "Blackhole"

Master chain:

TDR "Nova"
Limiter No6

Total:

x16 Generators
x47 Effects
x19 MIDI Patterns
x17 Mixer Tracks
No Audio
x5 Automation Clips

One Synth Challenge #177: Synful Orchestra & VSCO2 Percussion (silverpants Wins!)