One Synth Challenge #167: Any One DAW Synth (Taron Wins!)

[ontrackp]

Voted. Very interesting month - the variety of different synths really came through in the songs. Nice work everyone, and thanks to BJ and Richard for keeping this going!

[TheNeverScene]

Voted!

[phankiejankie303]

Voted! Another great month! I enjoyed a lot listening to this month's entries. Great variation and some pretty experimental stuff also. Neat!

[silverpants]

(I've voted and read many nice words on many pages, which is great.)

Suggestion to authors: you might like to name your _files_ more precisely than OSC 167 128 2023-01-30 1043 (a literal example ). Not only the download function is supposed to facilitate offline judging (I guess?), but also, if I've downloaded a bunch of tracks for personal listening and to show to friends, then it's, like, the ultimate conversion, you already have my vote of confidence, but it doesn't even state your name in the file?.. 45 people did OSC 167, what if you delete that track later, I'll never find you I guess?

My strategy is:
- compress to FLAC (fre:ac)
- edit tags extensively (mp3tag)

Both pieces of software allow for a pretty speedy workflow (like copypasting tags), and that whole thing would:
- keep the file smaller, so people would be less likely to delete them (including yourself);
- have your credentials/cover be always embedded into tags, which enables finding you easily.
(and some people still scrobble things, too... but that's, like, a bunch of nerds. which I'm a part of.)

Some good advice there Vospi. I will tighten up on my side. I didn't know how many people actually downloaded the songs. I thought enabling downloads was just a formality/legacy.

[ELEX]

Including KVR nick and title is actually mandatory. RTFR!

"Soundcloud file-name format: Artist - Track Title where artist name is the same as KVR nick."

( from https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/rules )
Both this and the 'downloads enabled' requirement have more to do with archiving than anything else, would be my guess.

[SamDi]

Voted.

[MilksterX]

Including KVR nick and title is actually mandatory. RTFR!

"Soundcloud file-name format: Artist - Track Title where artist name is the same as KVR nick."

( from https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/rules )
Both this and the 'downloads enabled' requirement have more to do with archiving than anything else, would be my guess.

Ah I thought the downloaded files had the same name as the track not the original filename! Often my OSC track name don't even closely resemble my filename / project name. Apologies for all the weird filenames!

[RichardSemper]

Final Results: Taron - LeMoux is the Winner!!!!

1. Taron - LeMoux - 216
2. MilksterX - Britwig - 212
3. exponent1 - Perseverance - 211
4. TheNeverScene - Gazing At Shoes - 210
5. mmGhost - Alchemist Waltz - 205

6. jasinski - Delivering Papers in the Rain - 201pts
7. The Sound Of Merlin - What Comes From Within - 196pts
8. PeterH - tEchno mAntrA 23 - 195pts
9. Vospi - Keep It - 189pts
10. Double Tap - The Great Outdaws - 187pts
11. bh9090 / hennessey - Fragment Decays - 184pts
12. ELEX - One chOrd shOrt Of a LooP - 182pts
13. zicolafaille - Maelstrom Travel - 181pts
14. Impedance Music - When Life Gives You Lemons - 180pts
15. kylebenjamin - Marmoreal Gaze - 179pts
16. zarf - new beaches - 179pts
17. RichardSemper - GiddyUp - 179pts
18. phankiejankie303 - Three Is Better Than Four - 178pts
19. silverpants - The Utopia Anomaly - 177pts
20. ElVincente - Staying Journey - 175pts
21. ontrackp - Winter Carnival - 175pts
22. VCA-089 - WinterSolstice - 172pts
23. glenzo - ESTUDIANTE - 172pts
24. dakkra - Lexapro - 171pts
25. Old_Progger - A January Tale - 169pts
26. MyLoFy - Solo By Chance - 169pts
27. elviecho - Optimism - 169pts
28. zipidowski - Galaxy - 168pts
29. YouSampleMe - Blue Operator - 166pts
30. BrainBeatMusic - Wavetable - 164pts
31. MadMcMan - The Auld Skool Shimmy - 163pts
32. Quaoar - Operations - 163pts
33. spridgeon - Can We Talk? - 160pts
34. Darksynth FX - Your Own Reality - 160pts
35. Frank Geppert - Dancing Reaper - 159pts
36. nenneb - Muxination - 159pts
37. puma17 - To The Forest - 158pts
38. Leonard Bowman - act NaTuRal - 156pts
39. doctorbob - Crash Dive - 156pts
40. emikaela - A Hex Upon Your Cows (Carol Of The Micr... - 154pts
41. abot81 - Morfoid 7 - 148pts
42. Juergen - Juergen - 147pts
43. psmacmur - Dawstopia Now - 142pts
44. Mike777 - Lost Sanctuary - 141pts
45. violator_alba - Subtractive Noodle - 134pts
46. confusio - Manicheo In La Quasi Maggiore - 121pts


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

Well Done to All Challengers, Excellent work!

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

[ELEX]

Congrats to mmghost TheNeverScene exponent1 MilksterX !

and of course Taron !!!

A most deserved win !

[exponent1]

Congrats Taron! Much deserved. Well done everyone else, I pass my prize whenever it's my turn.

[violator_alba]

Congratulations to the winners!

[doctorbob]

Congrats to the top 5, all very well deserved ...

dB

[MilksterX]

Congrats to Taron and the winners. Thanks for all your listens and votes and comments. This was my first time using poly grid (I've had bitwig over a year!! ) so thanks to this round I now know how to use it! . So many great tracks this month and like me lots of you used something completely new or limiting made it much more challenging (& rewarding). A really great start to 2023 everyone. I'll pass on a prize this month. Thanks BJ & Richard for another great OSC

[Taron]

Ah, this is wicked. Thank you all so much! I'm sorta speechless and very thankful indeed. Strange times and still some wonderful things keep pushing upwards.

Congrats to the whole top 10, really, because it was a really amazing round with fantastic tracks even further down the "charts".

I will also pass on my price. You've given me the most fantastic reward already!

BIG THANK YOU TO RICHARD and BJ (though I haven't seen him around in a while?!)!
...now I'll have to try and keep my promise to do a track each month...

OH, SNAP, and Congrats to mmGhost for the extra $50, hahaha! AWESOME! We should start a little club on one-instance-top5ers, haha!

[Mike777]

A great contest and congrats to Taron for the magical masterpiece! That melody was playing in my mind for days!