One Synth Challenge #203: Synthmaster (ZioMau Wins!)

[silverpants]

Looks like I'm done voting: I could keep fiddling. But I won't...

Put it away. You'll go blind.

[silverpants]

Voting done - and commented on all tracks.

LOADS of keepers (4+) this month! My playlist is swelling.

[Juergen]

Voted!

[aarongrooves]

And is interesting to see how much differently each one of use vote.
As example:

1. Could I listen to this track multiple times and still enjoy it?

I couldn't ask this to myself, 'cause there's some track that I didn't enjoy AT ALL, but they sounded great thanks to amazing synthesis skills, and this is primarly a Synthesis contest; so I felt that the track deserved my 5 even if I don't like the genre and i won't listen to that track anymore.
But sure, composition/mixing/mastering skills and personal tastes all have a weight on the votes, in the end, otherwise we could vote on one single note showing a single preset

Good points. For me, that question includes synthesis. There were some tracks with such cool synthesis & sound design that I listened multiple times in sheer awe. In fact, I've still been listening, and I changed a few votes. Too much good stuff!

Just had another thought. Our ability to appreciate the synthesis and/or sound design largely depends on our expertise. I'm positive that I can't appreciate some of the techniques as deeply as certain OSCers. Some of you guys are on such a high level it's scary.

Same with composition. My expertise is music theory, jazz, relative pitch...with most tracks, I can more easily tell the effort that went into composing than the effort that went into creating the sounds.

The same for my own synthesis. I spent soooo many hours making sounds with Oxid (OSC 202) and didn't finish in time. But in the end, when something works sonically, it just kinda becomes invisible. A blessing and curse lol.

[TobiasMiller]

Voted! So many great tracks this month.

[liqih]

Voting done

[Oorlab]

voted - this month's challenge was wonderful episode of rediscovery

[hennessey]

VOTED!

[freethefumes]

Voted. Fun listen through though difficult coming up with common scoring across so many genres!

[MalToné]

I voted

Great tracks everyone!

[ontrackp]

Voted - really great sounding tracks -- SynthMaster sounds really, really good which always helps raise the bar.

[Impedance Music]

Voted.

Really great everyone!

[cerulescent]

Voted.

[violator_alba]

My playlist is swelling.

And I'm going to go blind..?

Gotta love an out of context quote!

[neverbeeninariot]

Voted. Best of luck, everyone. : )