One Synth Challenge #193 - Thorn by DS Audio (exponent1 Wins!)

[ontrackp]

Voted. Lots of really really strong tracks this month.
Thanks to our heroic organizers, as always!

[liqih]

my temporary votes are in, always temporary, but the time is now

[Taron]

Hello
I've already voted a week ago. Lot of great productions.
One suspects above that the bar has been raised. I share this opinion. I found no 1-point-worth songs this time.
At the same time, more songs deserved five 5points, and the whole distribution through tiers is more balanced (IMO).

Question: How do you add comments? I didn't find a comfortable way to do so. I cannot add comments from the voting application. I also found that it's not possible from the playlist on SoundCloud. I need to open every single song to add a comment. Pretty inconvenient.

BTW thank you for all the kind words about my tune. I truly appreciate that.

Each track on the voting page has a little "soundcloud" link on its upper right. Click on it and it takes you to soundcloud.com's website for that track. Then you can just write your comments there as usual.

[_Humbled]

finished voting, everything is so amazing

[maxym.srpl]

Question: How do you add comments? I didn't find a comfortable way to do so. I cannot add comments from the voting application. I also found that it's not possible from the playlist on SoundCloud. I need to open every single song to add a comment. Pretty inconvenient.

BTW thank you for all the kind words about my tune. I truly appreciate that.

Each track on the voting page has a little "soundcloud" link on its upper right. Click on it and it takes you to soundcloud.com's website for that track. Then you can just write your comments there as usual.

Thanks for the answer.
This is what I call not comfortable. The click alone, opening a new page is way too much. But on top of that, it doesn't open the song at the currently played place in the song. This virtually makes it impossible to comment on a particular song location.

I would like to listen to the whole playlist with an option of adding comments just when needed. BTW this is how I would like to vote too.

[Fbr]

Taron wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:53 am
maxym.srpl wrote: ↑Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:12 pm
Question: How do you add comments? I didn't find a comfortable way to do so. I cannot add comments from the voting application. I also found that it's not possible from the playlist on SoundCloud. I need to open every single song to add a comment. Pretty inconvenient.

BTW thank you for all the kind words about my tune. I truly appreciate that.
Each track on the voting page has a little "soundcloud" link on its upper right. Click on it and it takes you to soundcloud.com'ssite for that track. Then you can just write your comments there as usual.
Thanks for the answer.
This is what I call not comfortable. The click alone, opening a new page is way too much. But on top of that, it doesn't open the song at the currently played place in the song. This virtually makes it impossible to comment on a particular song location.

I would like to listen to the whole playlist with an option of adding comments just when needed. BTW this is how I would like to vote too.

Fastes way I know is: Is opening the Soundcloud playlist play a song, then you can use the "p" key to open the current playing song in the browser window. you can navigate with "shift left/right" in between songs for playing and again open the current song page with "p" or by clicking on the song title in the play bar. not completely easy but the key shortcuts can be helpful.

[Taron]

I always go straight to the soundcloud link to play the song. I don't play it on the voting page.
There I can comfortably comment at any moment of my choosing. Once I'm done I go back to the voting page and place the song. Easy Peasy. I don't mind that at all.

[67maxx]

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[PeterBPL]

Same for me, and I write the votes down on paper first.

I see so many problems - find I must find paper (probably stolen from the printer tray), then find a pen that actually works... And then I must remind myself how to write anything using pen.
No, I prefer computer keyboard. I become 100% digital.

[67maxx]

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[RichardSemper]

Final Results: exponent1 - The Awakening is the Winner!!!!

1. exponent1 - The Awakening - 202
2. Taron - FrontlineRobot - 199
3. toadhjo - The World Tree - 199
4. ZioMau - Fallen Cities - 196
5. johnkhf - Ascending from Darkness - 196

6. maxym.srpl - Thorn - 194pts
7. J.Ruegg - Liminal - 193pts
8. PeterBPL - Thorny Issues - 190pts
9. Impedance Music - Space Disco - 189pts
10. IrionDaRonin - Sakura No Shojo - 186pts
11. The Sound Of Merlin - Anemoia - 185pts
12. Viroo - N O S T A L G I A - 185pts
13. 67maxx - The Torment of Camelot - 185pts
14. seap - Pariah - 185pts
15. ELEX - Zombie Dance - 182pts
16. doctorbob - Relaxing in the Sunset - 182pts
17. Tachman - test_Thorn_2 - 182pts
18. z.prime - Shine - 182pts
19. Double Tap - Every Thorn Has Its Rawrs - 178pts
20. Negoba - Through the Nebula - 178pts
21. MilksterX - Britney Bitch - 177pts
22. silverpants - Cobalamin - 176pts
23. empphryio - Filthyboy Ichabod - 175pts
24. gethiox - Sad, Mad, Closer, Not - 175pts
25. Lopyt Music - Derealization - 174pts
26. ] Peter:H [ - Neon Pulse Quantum Eclipse - 174pts
27. hennessey - blue - 173pts
28. Medniex - Mutagen Heist - 172pts
29. Neptune - Intro - 171pts
30. MadMcMan - Groovephoria - 170pts
31. bzz - OSC Warriors - 167pts
32. emikaela - thursday night with the gospel and the snake - 164pts
33. ontrackp - Thorny Nights 2 - 163pts
34. SIL3NC3_SWX - Spaced Calming - 158pts
35. liqih - La Fiera (The Fair) - 156pts
36. violator_alba - Jagged - 155pts
37. AuderMarr - Welcome The Overlords - 153pts
38. comppress - Abyss - 151pts
39. _Humbled - 16S - 145pts
40. BrainBeatMusic - This rose has thorns - 143pts
41. Tensorman - There's Always Hope Tomorrow - 143pts
42. VCA-089 - Vasabi - 142pts
43. Fbr - Extra Planetary Radiation Affects the Taste of Brainz - 140pts
44. SynthDX7 - Twilight Horizon, Obscurity Reigns, Nightfall - 138pts

Prizes:
First place winner, please announce your chosen prize in a reply here on this thread. Next place winners, follow up, one after the other. You may choose to skip. To receive the prize, it may take some time (even a week-month+), but be patient. NOTE: prizes are not passed down below top 5

Wow, so close! Outstanding job everyone

Also big thanks to Dmitry Sches for making this possible

Scoresheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[Negoba]

Thanks to Richard and bjporter for hosting. This was an all time high for quality tracks. Congrats to the well-deserved winners. So many of you knocked it out of the park including Exponent.

[PeterBPL]

Congratulations to all!

[Taron]

Whatever is happening with BJ? Haven't heard from him in a while. But, yeah, this is crazy folks. A wicked experiment far outside my waters and your boosting my courage so much. Thanks a lot!

And I could explode for pride of Exponent, really, awesome! I'm very, very happy for you!
Also congrats to the beautiful World Tree, the excellent Fallen Cities and the cinematic adventure Ascending from Darkness. All great stuff.
BUT this round had a ton of really great stuff and woefully undervalued gems that will transcend the OSC with ease. Don't ever let these charts confuse you! ...not like I wasn't confused ...but, yeah, gems!

Thanks, Richard, naturally. And when you see BJ:

[ELEX]

Congrats, Up There People !!!


Also, Well done ! to all. This was a really good round. Surely one of the best I've entered in.

And of course, Thank you ! to BJ and Richard for their ceaseless efforts.