One Synth Challenge #126: Bazz::Murda by DistoCore (MrKarolus is the winner!)

[BlitBit]

Here's my entry - Bazz' Big Day Out:
https://soundcloud.com/blitbit/blitbit-bazz-big-day-out

I found that lead sound and it straight led my into that direction of a game soundtrack. So not exactly what this synth is meant for.

Technical details:
BPM: 188
DAW: REAPER v5.983
20 Tracks / Folders

Instrument:
BassMurda: 11 instances

Effects on instrument tracks/busses:
ReaEQ: 13
TDR Kotelnikov: 6
Channel4: 2
Sonic Anomaly Unlimited: 1
Saturation Knob: 2
Softamp PSA: 1
FilteR: 2
OrilRiver Reverb: 2
HY-Delay: 2
JS: MIDI Note Filter: 6
JS: MIDI Transpose Notes: 1

Effects on the master bus:
A1StereoControl: 1
TDR Nova: 1
S.L.A.X.: 1
JS: hard limiter (REAPER): 1

Not counting analysis tools (SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter, Signalizer, etc.).

[bh9090]

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennessey/bh9090 ... sc-aug2019

29 instances in Live 10 with Compressor, Eq8, Delay, Saturator, Compressors
3rd Party: OrilRiver Reverb, Limiter6, OTT

[Ranoka]

My entry! Hope everyone had fun

https://soundcloud.com/ranoka/ranoka-walter-void

FL Studio 20.5.1 64bit - Windows 10
27 instances of Bazz::Murda Free - all sounds made from init.

- FL Native:
Fruity Balance x3
Fruity parametric EQ2 x14
Fruity Reverb2 x12
Fruity Delay3 x2
Fruity peak controller x1
Frity Compressor x3
Frity Limiter x1

-3rd party
A1 StereoControl x3
Sleepy-Time Transient x1

- Visualisers:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
Wave Candy

[Leonard Bowman]

It's been an interesting month. My laptop died. Yesterday my new one arrived. Today I started this track.

https://soundcloud.com/anotherbenjamin/ ... f-new-life

made in REAPER 5.983
using 11 instances of Bazz::Murda
3 instances of ReaJS running Octarone Key Tuner
2 instances of ReaEQ
1 instance of Dragonfly Room Reverb
1 instance of MLoudnessAnalyzer
1 JS MIDI Program/Bank Switch on Load
a few unsavory chords
a touch of automation for effect.
some deep breaths

enjoy, if you would like to.

[z.prime]

Last minute submission: z.prime - Incidental soundcloud:zprime-incidental.

Bazz:Murda: 56

Bitwig 3.0.2 FX:
Tool
EQ-5
Delay-2
Peak Limiter
Compressor
Transient Control

Other FX:
OTT
TDR Nova
Limiter 6
Dragonfly Reverb
OrilRiver


Enjoy!

[h.s.j.e.]

Here we go:
https://soundcloud.com/h_s_j_e/hsje-osc ... he-station

Another wildly busy month, including moving to a new home in the last week, and some other projects early on. A little frustrated to be turning in what is essentially a WIP for the second month in a row, but really trying to develop the discipline of finishing a track and participating. The frustrating thing, I think, is that a rushed schedule makes it more difficult to tell if my mixing skills, in particular, are progressing. How it goes, I guess.

DAW: Reaper

Plugins:

DistoCore Bass Murda x 18
Graywolf2004 BlueARP x 4
Stone Voices Ambient Reverb x 8 (I know, I know)
Dragonfly Hall Reverb x 3 (one on the master)
Vladislav Goncharov Limiter No. 6 x 2 (one on master)
YouLean Loudness Meter (on master)
Voxengo SPAN (on master)
ReaEQ x 18
Melda Productions MCompressor
Melda Productions MAutoPan
JS MIDI Router/Transposer x 7

[MorphedDreams]

Here is my entry for this month.

https://soundcloud.com/user-806749657/t ... nomouszone

DAW: Reaper
45 instances of Bazz::Murda Free

- Reaper native:
ReaEQ
ReaComp
ReaDealy
Simple Peak 1 Limiter
JS Resonant Lowpass Filter
JS RBJ Highpass/Lowpass Filters
JS Chebyseh 4-Pole Filter

- 3rd party:
OTT
OrilRiver
A1TriggerGate
MSED
Limited-Z_v2

- Visualisers:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2

[FrankH]

Here is my track for OSC126


https://soundcloud.com/user-194933727/f ... s-of-murda

Tracks: BAZZ MURDA x 14
DAW: Presonus Studio One 3.5

Somewhat touchy to use as a traditional synth. In the end the sounds required little mixing.

Things used:
Mix Verb
TDR Nova
Binaural Pan
Dual Pan
Pro EQ

Mixbus:
TDR Slick EQ
Mix Verb
Limiter 6

[574X]

https://soundcloud.com/unknownchallenge ... -parabolic
20 Bazz Murdas
5 DistoFX
tracktion7, reverb, eq
orilriver
reaplugs, including reajs stereo enhancer and zero crossing maximizer
t-chain is off the chain yo
overtone geq
unlimited

It's great to see good people get support.

Last month was cool too but the synth wasn't optimized enough to be used realistically without recording/freezing/rendering each instance in a real world application (that doesn't mean that I didn't have entries I could've posted). If it were done in c++ it would be serious business, because it's brilliantly designed.
--
edit
If the lead is not in the sidechain bus and treated like a pop vocal, it takes the emphasis off of the inflated other elements and makes it sound less smashed. This was not the original intention, but I understand that the ear will be drawn to the lead in the background, even though the bass is the focus. Pick whichever mix you want.
https://soundcloud.com/unknownchallenge ... stream-mix

[exponent1]

Updated my track a bit viewtopic.php?p=7504548#p7504548

[liqih]

Someone liked my Asian flute on Bazz:Murda, here is the patch:

The instrument must be completed using HP and LP filter on the output,
about 220 Hz x HP24 and 6000 Hz x LP12. Add reverb to taste.

How to play it:
For realistic flute you need to automate or real-time control:
1) Main "Volume"
2) "LFO freq" (tremolo/vibrato speed)
3) "Pitch envelope Amount", just a little from zero to 0.4 maximum for the Asian flute attack.

Chinese Flute by Liqih for Bazz;Murda.zip

Thanks DistoCore for a strangely inspiring synth.

[] Peter:H []

The Beatles pretty much only cared about mixing in mono -- partly because of the tech available. The mono mixes are fantastic. So with synth instruments - you need to get in the mindset of if you were recording organic instruments, and how would you track them. That will automatically lead you to a better, more well defined sound-stage.

But the Beatles haven't had the tools we now have. It's interessting to use the modern tools and orchestrate ultra-width with the multi-dimensions we have, Time, Frequency, Mid/Sid-Mixing, with Multiband-Mixing...I'm not really after creating the perfect simulation of the real world. In my eyes there's experts for that and they've done it pretty often very successfull. I would rather seek for the abstract, exaggerated, over-worldly sound experience...That's even a kind of freedome...the will to experiment over imitation

[Auplant]

Since it's now the 1st of September, I decided to uploaded the project file (with modifications) on my track description for anyone who might be interested to toy around with it.

[Darksynth FX]

Voted.

[ontrackp]

The Beatles pretty much only cared about mixing in mono -- partly because of the tech available. The mono mixes are fantastic. So with synth instruments - you need to get in the mindset of if you were recording organic instruments, and how would you track them. That will automatically lead you to a better, more well defined sound-stage.

But the Beatles haven't had the tools we now have. It's interessting to use the modern tools and orchestrate ultra-width with the multi-dimensions we have, Time, Frequency, Mid/Sid-Mixing, with Multiband-Mixing...I'm not really after creating the perfect simulation of the real world. In my eyes there's experts for that and they've done it pretty often very successfull. I would rather seek for the abstract, exaggerated, over-worldly sound experience...That's even a kind of freedome...the will to experiment over imitation

I agree with everything you say. The tools we have should lead to creative progress -- my comments were limited to how important mono can be. The assumption that every track recorded in a DAW should be full width stereo, which seems to be how most tracks are set up is counter-intuitive to traditional control of spacial placement.