One Synth Challenge #194: Monolit by BLEASS (exponent1 Wins!)

[exponent1]

I will, unfortunately, be going in for surgery tomorrow so I have had to rush completing it today and am hopeful I will be out early enough to get my voting done around the recovery and rehab. Good luck, everyone.

Best wishes and a speedy recovery mate, take care!

[Zicio]

First submission in this challenge

Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/zicio/zicio-flyi ... -challenge

Instances: 14 instances

FX:
Kontakt Raum - (Only used in 3 of the instances)

[Zicio]

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[zipidowski]

My entry this month https://soundcloud.com/zipidowski/thriller

18 instances.

DAW:
Bitwig 5.2.7

FX: kHs Compressor, Peakeater, Wider, Replika, Raum, TDR Nova, Pancz, Cramit, kHS Transient Shaper, LoudMax,

[seap]

The Pope Is Dope
By Seap for One Synth Challenge 194, April 2025

Remix of my original submission. I would like to promote this as my official submission instead.

https://soundcloud.com/seap681/seap-the-pope-is-dope

All synth sounds from BLEASS Monolit

Instruments:
20x VST3i: BLEASS Monolit (BLEASS)

Effects:
1x JS: Dynamic poly/mono MIDI router
1x JS: Volume Adjustment
1x VST3: LoudMax (Thomas Mundt)
2x VST3: MAutopan (MeldaProduction)
1x VST3: Raum (Native Instruments)
1x VST3: ValhallaSupermassive (Valhalla DSP, LLC)
2x VST3: kHs Transient Shaper (Kilohearts)
3x VST: ReaEQ (Cockos)
4x VST: ReaLimit (Cockos)

[violator_alba]

This track has nothing to do with the title except that maybe your brain will be a bit more squishy when you're done listening. Maybe turn it down a wee bit, there are a few extra resonant sections...

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

Again it's the turn of Tracktion Waveform Pro 13 and, oddly (hah) 13 instances of Monolit. This synth has no built in effects but for some reason I didn't use many external effects:

- the usual clip to zero trio of dpMeter5, Blue Cat Gain 3 and KClip Zero
- Audiomodern Panflow
- khs Stereo
- Tracktion TCompressor and TEqualiser
- the inevitable Valhalla Supermassive
- Waveform's built in Master Mix
- Mastering the Mix LEVELS

Edited track to shorten kick release a bit...

[VCA-089]

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

My submission:

This time I focused on rough analog tones and glitchy sound effects this synth is really capable of. Sometimes limited instruments like this can bring new ideas more effectively than a feature packed commercial product. It makes you want to tweak it rather than constantly switching through hundreds of presets. Though, I had to multi-track it sometimes to get thicker sounds and polyphonic patches, but since OSC188 I'm not afraid of that.

The idea of the song came after watching a new T*** movie trailer.

48 instances used to create a track.

Produced in FL Studio 21.2.2

Generators:

x4 FL Layer (utility)
x48 BLEASS Monolit

EQ & Saturation:

x2 BPB Dirty Filter
x6 BPB Saturator
x19 FL Parametric EQ 2
x1 TDR "Nova"
x6 TDR & VoS "Slick EQ"

Dynamics:

x25 AdHd "Leveling Tool"
x1 D16 "Frontier"
x1 FL Balance
x3 FL Blood Overdrive
x6 FL PanOMatic
x1 TDR "Kotelnikov"
x8 Thomas Mundt "LoudMax"

Delay & Reverb:

x14 FL Delay 3
x10 FL Reeverb 2
x4 TAL-Reverb 4
x1 VoS "epicVerb"

Master Chain:

TDR "Nova"
Limiter №6

Total:

x52 Generators
x110 Effects
x48 MIDI Patterns
x30 Mixer Tracks
No Audio Clips
x19 Automation Clips

[AuderMarr]

Here's my entry.
I've managed to develop it around my initial recreation of a thunderstorm I posted on Discord and I've tried to give it more of an ethnic feel with gamelan-like and woodwind-like sounds, coupled with some evolving atmospheric 'peggios.

https://soundcloud.com/user-810475948/perturbation

DAW: Reaper v7.30

INSTANCES: 15 x Monolit

FX: 1175 Compressor (Reaper), Bass Manager/Booster (Reaper), Compressor (kHs), DD Compressor (Dead Duck), Delay w/Stereo Bounce (Reaper), Dual Delay (kHs), Dust Analyzer (Signaldust), Gate (kHs), Khaki Delay 2 (Tukan Studios), MSED (Voxengo), Panagement 2 (Auburn Sounds), QuadraCom (Stige T.), ReaEQ (Reaper), ReEQ - Parametric Graphic Equalizer (Reaper), Reverb (kHs), RoughRider3 (Audio Damage), Sanford Reverb (Sanford Sound Design), Supermassive (Valhalla), TAL Reverb 4 (TAL), Transient-Driven Auto-Pan v1.1 (Reaper), Unlimited (Sonic Anomaly), Valvity Tube Saturation (Reaper), VariBus Comp S2 (Tukan Studios), Volume/Pan Smoother v5 (Reaper)

[toadhjo]

Last month I took you on a journey to the World Tree. This month we're trapped inside a monolith together.

Good luck dancing to this one

https://soundcloud.com/vaporidol/trappe ... e-monolith

Looking forward to hearing everyone's entries. I hope some of you unlocked Monolit's full potential, because I am certain I did not

Track and Buss FX
BLEASS Monolit x 20
JS: ReEQ x 14 (ReEQ is also my go-to metering plugin, so I'm sure a few of these are doing nothing)
DD AutoPan x4 (Slow, subtle pans on a few tracks)
JS:Saturation x3
VoS TesslaSEmkIII x3
VoS epicCLOUDS x3
JS:Event Horizon Clipper x2
VoS epicPLATEmkII x4
ReaDelay x2
JS: Event Horizon Limiter/Clipper x1
Karzog KClip Zero x1
Melda MCharmVerb x1
JS:Transient-Driven Auto-Panner x1 (Used for panning the arpeggios in the chorus)
JS: Filther x1
JS: Dusk Verb x2
ReaComp x1
LoudMax x1
ChowTapeModel x1 (Used as tone/saturation to give the bass synth a bump, degradation and flutter/wow disabled)
Fuse Audio VREV-666 x1
Forever89 Topos Play x1
ReaXcomp x1
JS: Volume Adjustment x1
TDR Kotelnikov x1
JS: General Dynamics x1
JS: ReaRack 2 - Poly Splitter x1


Master Track FX
VoS FeenStaubTX
JS: Saturation
VoS FeenstaubTC
Melda MConvolutionEZ
JS: ReEQ
Limter No6

[Tensorman]

Hi all, here's my submission for this month:

https://soundcloud.com/tensorman/continuation

Last minute submission, almost didn't finish a track but was able to slap something together at the end. I layered a lot of sounds together to make more complex sounds and also used multiple Monolit instances for polyphony which is why the instance count is high. Overall I spent a lot of time with sound design but wasn't sure what to compose so I stuck to the same 4 chords throughout the track

REAPER v7.37
68 instances of Monolit

Track/Bus FX:
Dragonfly Room Reverb
ReaEQ
ReaComp
ValhallaSupermassive
kHs Dual Delay
ReaVerb
JS: Dynamic poly/mono MIDI router from https://forums.cockos.com/showthread.php?p=1500280 (for polyphony)
TDR Nova
Dragonfly Hall Reverb
JS: Saturation
TDR Nova
kHs Delay
CHOWTapeModel (as saturation)
ReaXComp
MIDI Note Filter
MIDI Transpose Notes
OTT
Dragonfly Plate Reverb

Master FX:
ReaComp
ReaEQ
JS: Master Limiter

Hope you enjoy

[AuderMarr]

I've just uploaded a slightly updated mix of my track, nothing drastic though: just sliiiightly tweaked the Flute and Steel Pan volume in some parts. Instances and FX remain exactly the same:
https://soundcloud.com/user-810475948/perturbation

[Negoba]

This is my submission for the month. Didn't have time to fully realize it as I scrapped my first track in favor of something a little more on brand for OSC.

https://soundcloud.com/negoba/tour-of-h ... al_sharing

DAW: Reaper
18 instances of Monolit

FX:
ZL Eq
Analog Obsession BusterSE
Tukan LA-2KHAN S2
Tukan Delay Machine 2
PTEq-X
Xfer OTT
Melda MStereoExpander
ReaLimit

Valhalla Supermassive
Dragonfly Hall Reverb

[seap]

Yo, the Pope is dope, he ain’t here to mope,
Steppin' in the ring with the power of hope.
Single synth in hand, that is my scope,
One synth wizard, man, it’s time to elope.

Y’all try to cope with your stacked up gear,
But I’m rockin’ the throne, son, loud and clear.
My synth’s on fire, and the beat’s tight—
You’re out here struggle-jamming', man, I’m lightin’ up the night.

I bring the holy sound, pull you in like a rope,
One bar at a time, while you struggle to cope.
Your tracks full of junk, you need an ocean of soap,
Try steppin’ to the Pope? Man, what a joke.

[hennessey]

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennesseyb/linesosc194

20 tracks in Live. DAW effects: Compressors, Delays, Reverbs, EQ8, AutoPan, AutoFilter.
Third party: Limiter 6.

[silverpants]

My Entry "Race To Your Bottom"

https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/osc-194 ... al_sharing

16 instances of Monolit
All from init
DAW: Reaper
Dead Duck Delay & Limiter