One Synth Challenge #121: Any One Synth (Rellik Wins!)
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- KVRist
- 155 posts since 5 Nov, 2009
Gives me great pleasure to pay homage to a an old friend and great synth: Thor from Propellerhead. I really had fun doing this.
https://soundcloud.com/alienxxx/alienxx ... riend-thor
23 instances of Thor used.
https://soundcloud.com/alienxxx/alienxx ... riend-thor
23 instances of Thor used.
- KVRist
- 349 posts since 26 Jun, 2018
Hi everyone!
I decided to use Synth1 this time as it is not CPU hungry, I have used it in the past and it has very good potential. Probably I could make a whole album with it. You can create a very broad range of sounds that will fit to nearly every genre of electronic music. And ofcourse it is completely free and there is a thusands of presets available.
This month I began too many projects that wasn't possible to finish for some reasons. I've made this entry on the last weekend, assuming that I simply cannot bypass this round. I've pulled out some of my dusty experiments from a very early noodlings and made a heap out of them. All presets created from "Initial sound". I've used those thusands of presets to have an idea what this synth could do and how it's components works (those days I didn't knew much about synths compared to nowdays).
So I still think that "Any Synth Challenge" is good idea and perhaps we could have it more often (once or twice a year may be).
Good luck people and happy anniversary!
https://soundcloud.com/vca089/vca-089-s ... nth-synth1
34 instances of Synth1 used. All patches from scratch.
Modulation, distortion and bitcrushing effects are not used. However, internal modulation and distortion effects used to create patches.
DAW: FL Studio 20.1.1.
Native Effects:
x10 Balance
x7 Parametric EQ 2
x3 Stereo Enhancer
x4 Reeverb 2
x1 Patcher
x1 Limiter
x1 dB meter
x1 Wave Candy
VST Effects:
x2 Sonimus SonEQ
x10 TDR & VoS SlickEQ
x11 VoS DensitymkIII
x9 VoS FerricTDS
x1 VoS epicVerb
x1 VoS NastyDLAmkII
x1 TAL Filter
x6 TAL Reverb 4 v2.0
x7 Thomas Mundt LoudMax
x10 eaReckon MIDI Polysher
Master Chain:
TDR Nova
Limiter No6
89 effects used in total.
I decided to use Synth1 this time as it is not CPU hungry, I have used it in the past and it has very good potential. Probably I could make a whole album with it. You can create a very broad range of sounds that will fit to nearly every genre of electronic music. And ofcourse it is completely free and there is a thusands of presets available.
This month I began too many projects that wasn't possible to finish for some reasons. I've made this entry on the last weekend, assuming that I simply cannot bypass this round. I've pulled out some of my dusty experiments from a very early noodlings and made a heap out of them. All presets created from "Initial sound". I've used those thusands of presets to have an idea what this synth could do and how it's components works (those days I didn't knew much about synths compared to nowdays).
So I still think that "Any Synth Challenge" is good idea and perhaps we could have it more often (once or twice a year may be).
Good luck people and happy anniversary!
https://soundcloud.com/vca089/vca-089-s ... nth-synth1
34 instances of Synth1 used. All patches from scratch.
Modulation, distortion and bitcrushing effects are not used. However, internal modulation and distortion effects used to create patches.
DAW: FL Studio 20.1.1.
Native Effects:
x10 Balance
x7 Parametric EQ 2
x3 Stereo Enhancer
x4 Reeverb 2
x1 Patcher
x1 Limiter
x1 dB meter
x1 Wave Candy
VST Effects:
x2 Sonimus SonEQ
x10 TDR & VoS SlickEQ
x11 VoS DensitymkIII
x9 VoS FerricTDS
x1 VoS epicVerb
x1 VoS NastyDLAmkII
x1 TAL Filter
x6 TAL Reverb 4 v2.0
x7 Thomas Mundt LoudMax
x10 eaReckon MIDI Polysher
Master Chain:
TDR Nova
Limiter No6
89 effects used in total.
Last edited by VCA-089 on Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
"Some people don't like music created on a PC and declare it as "fake". I don't care. The only thing matters to me is the end result."
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 19 Nov, 2007 from NL
Right, here's mine!
https://soundcloud.com/cs_tbl/cs-tbl-th ... -whale-fm8
It's 29 instances of FM8, and nothing else. No mixing/mastering, no external effects. All sounds by me, built-up from zero, all effects are from FM8 itself. Pretty much like how it's on my youtube-channel.
DAW: Cubase
Have fun listening/rating!
https://soundcloud.com/cs_tbl/cs-tbl-th ... -whale-fm8
It's 29 instances of FM8, and nothing else. No mixing/mastering, no external effects. All sounds by me, built-up from zero, all effects are from FM8 itself. Pretty much like how it's on my youtube-channel.
DAW: Cubase
Have fun listening/rating!
Last edited by CS_TBL on Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sound designer, composer, writer, FM8-galore, Win/SSD/i7/32GB, Cubase10Pro
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- KVRist
- 463 posts since 17 Mar, 2018
Are submissions still allowed? Didn't get round to it yet, but thinking about rushing in a submission
- KVRian
- 528 posts since 10 Nov, 2018
Duality
https://soundcloud.com/theexponent/duality
My submission for the KVR OSC #121 using Synthmaster One.
DAW: Reaper
Synthmaster One : 23 instances
Native DAW FX: ReaComp, ReaEQ, MDA Pseudo-Stereo, JS DC Filter
3rd Party FX: TAL Reverb 4, OTT, TAL Dub Delay, TDR Nova, OrilRiver
Mastering: Ferric TDS, OTT, TDR Slick EQ, TDS Kotelnikov, TDR Nova, Ozone Imager 8, JS DC Filter, Unlimited, SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter
Happy Anniversary OSC

https://soundcloud.com/theexponent/duality
My submission for the KVR OSC #121 using Synthmaster One.
DAW: Reaper
Synthmaster One : 23 instances
Native DAW FX: ReaComp, ReaEQ, MDA Pseudo-Stereo, JS DC Filter
3rd Party FX: TAL Reverb 4, OTT, TAL Dub Delay, TDR Nova, OrilRiver
Mastering: Ferric TDS, OTT, TDR Slick EQ, TDS Kotelnikov, TDR Nova, Ozone Imager 8, JS DC Filter, Unlimited, SPAN, Youlean Loudness Meter
Happy Anniversary OSC
- KVRer
- 14 posts since 28 Feb, 2016 from Chernobyl
Been quite some time since I've given this a go. Decided to go with Harmor and have a big ol' additive tangent. All patches are hand rolled and no imported waveforms or samples have been used (just a bunch o' sine waves). Anyway I've been awake for too long at this point and need to get some rest, I'll do the full instance and FX count tomorrow when I wake up, for now enjoy.
List goes here:
DAW: FL Studio 20
Harmor: 66 (not sure if all are used at this point)
FX: Patcher
Maximus
Gross Beat (For gating/volume automation)
EQUO
Fruity Parametric EQ 2
Fruity Limiter
Fruity Delay 2
Fruity Delay 3
Fruity Stereo Shaper
Fruity Reeverb 2
Fruity Balance
Fruity Convolver
TDR VOS SlickEQ
TDR Nova
Limiter No6
Proximity
SHB-1
TPA-1
The Anvil
NRR-1
PTEq-X
Nasty VCS
ThrillseekerXTC Black
Baxter EQ
OrilRiver
Abstract Chamber
DD Delay
Marvel GEQ
SPAN
https://soundcloud.com/comrade-68241369 ... sc-121edit
List goes here:
DAW: FL Studio 20
Harmor: 66 (not sure if all are used at this point)
FX: Patcher
Maximus
Gross Beat (For gating/volume automation)
EQUO
Fruity Parametric EQ 2
Fruity Limiter
Fruity Delay 2
Fruity Delay 3
Fruity Stereo Shaper
Fruity Reeverb 2
Fruity Balance
Fruity Convolver
TDR VOS SlickEQ
TDR Nova
Limiter No6
Proximity
SHB-1
TPA-1
The Anvil
NRR-1
PTEq-X
Nasty VCS
ThrillseekerXTC Black
Baxter EQ
OrilRiver
Abstract Chamber
DD Delay
Marvel GEQ
SPAN
https://soundcloud.com/comrade-68241369 ... sc-121edit
Last edited by Comrade on Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
- KVRist
- 330 posts since 15 Jan, 2013 from Victoria BC, Canada
Yessir! It's my first go at Dune since the update to 3 which is why I picked it - it's a shame I had to stay away from wavetables, but still SOOO nice (easy!) to work with.... especially compared to some of the OSC synths! Having such a good preset bank is also super nice for ppl. like me since I'm less of a synth-head, but just mostly like making music. I used a bunch of them - a few almost totally untweaked!
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eraze the borders eraze the borders https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=278104
- KVRist
- 183 posts since 4 Apr, 2012 from Berlin, Germany
Happy Birthday OSC! Glad I made it.
I had a very very stressful month and wished i could've taken more time to polish my song. Chose Synthmaster because I had it for a while now and never really looked into it that much. It's a really capable softsynth.
Initially I wanted to make a song with a trip-hoppy vibe but ended up going more into an ambient direction.
https://soundcloud.com/eraze-the-border ... -orchestra
DAW: Reaper 5.97
16 x Synthmasters
ReaComp
ReaEQ
epicVerb
Ferric TDS
IVGI 2
OTT
TAL Reverb III
TDR Kotelnikov
Voxengo MSED
Unlimited
I had a very very stressful month and wished i could've taken more time to polish my song. Chose Synthmaster because I had it for a while now and never really looked into it that much. It's a really capable softsynth.
Initially I wanted to make a song with a trip-hoppy vibe but ended up going more into an ambient direction.
https://soundcloud.com/eraze-the-border ... -orchestra
DAW: Reaper 5.97
16 x Synthmasters
ReaComp
ReaEQ
epicVerb
Ferric TDS
IVGI 2
OTT
TAL Reverb III
TDR Kotelnikov
Voxengo MSED
Unlimited
Last edited by eraze the borders on Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Failure is success in progress.
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- KVRian
- 648 posts since 20 Jan, 2013
Happy 10th Birthday
My track:
https://soundcloud.com/zarf/zarf-funky-birthday
I used Madrona Labs Aalto - I picked it up years ago and never found the time to learn it, so this was a great opportunity. Just scratched the surface with the time I had available!
33 Aaltos in Ableton
Abe EQ 8 on every track
About 12 Ableton compressors (mix of glue and standard)
A few Ableton delays and reverbs here and there
Midi Pitch (for part transposition)
Tal Reverb3 on one track
Airwindows toTape (drum bus)
OTT (light on master)
LoudMax
Good luck everyone
My track:
https://soundcloud.com/zarf/zarf-funky-birthday
I used Madrona Labs Aalto - I picked it up years ago and never found the time to learn it, so this was a great opportunity. Just scratched the surface with the time I had available!
33 Aaltos in Ableton
Abe EQ 8 on every track
About 12 Ableton compressors (mix of glue and standard)
A few Ableton delays and reverbs here and there
Midi Pitch (for part transposition)
Tal Reverb3 on one track
Airwindows toTape (drum bus)
OTT (light on master)
LoudMax
Good luck everyone
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- KVRist
- 52 posts since 13 Mar, 2019 from Austria
Yay! I managed to finish my first ever OSC track in time, so here it is 
https://soundcloud.com/tomx2188/tomx2188-nexus
DAW: Zynewave Podium Free 3.2.1
Synth: 17x Tyrell N6
FX:
4x OrilRiver
9x MEqualizer
4x MCompressor
1x TAL Filter
3x Cocoa Delay
Master FX: MCompressor, MEqualizer, Roth-AIR, TAL Reverb 4, MStereoExpander, Unlimited, MAnalyzer
Took me longer than expected .. it's really late now. Gotta go to bed, or I'll be a zombie tomorrow at work
https://soundcloud.com/tomx2188/tomx2188-nexus
DAW: Zynewave Podium Free 3.2.1
Synth: 17x Tyrell N6
FX:
4x OrilRiver
9x MEqualizer
4x MCompressor
1x TAL Filter
3x Cocoa Delay
Master FX: MCompressor, MEqualizer, Roth-AIR, TAL Reverb 4, MStereoExpander, Unlimited, MAnalyzer
Took me longer than expected .. it's really late now. Gotta go to bed, or I'll be a zombie tomorrow at work
- KVRist
- 430 posts since 4 Jun, 2018 from The UK
https://soundcloud.com/ranoka/thanks-for-asking
Phew, I made it! Another late one...
I had an absolute blast with full-fat Zebra (even though I used HZ I don't think I used any non Zebra 2 features in the end). Note that I barely used any effect this time since the ones built into Zebra are ace!
I actually spent quite a bit of this month studying some music theory since that was the weakest aspect from last month. Shout out to everyone on the OSC Slack! Thanks for your feedback, and special thanks to Taron for giving me a nudge in the right direction
Made for KVR OSC #121 ZebraHZ (for the 10 year anniversary Any One Synth)
FL Studio 20.1.2 64bit - Windows 10
18 instances of ZebraHZ - all sounds made from init.
- FL Native:
Fruity parametric EQ 2 x1
Fruity Limiter x2
Fruity Filter x1
Maximus
- 3rd Party (free):
A1StereoControl x2
Quick Haas (Venn Audio) x1
Utility (Venn Audio) x2
- Visualisers:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
Wave Candy
<edit>I forgot to add the Fruity Filter I used for the filter effect to the list!
</edit>
Phew, I made it! Another late one...
I had an absolute blast with full-fat Zebra (even though I used HZ I don't think I used any non Zebra 2 features in the end). Note that I barely used any effect this time since the ones built into Zebra are ace!
I actually spent quite a bit of this month studying some music theory since that was the weakest aspect from last month. Shout out to everyone on the OSC Slack! Thanks for your feedback, and special thanks to Taron for giving me a nudge in the right direction
Made for KVR OSC #121 ZebraHZ (for the 10 year anniversary Any One Synth)
FL Studio 20.1.2 64bit - Windows 10
18 instances of ZebraHZ - all sounds made from init.
- FL Native:
Fruity parametric EQ 2 x1
Fruity Limiter x2
Fruity Filter x1
Maximus
- 3rd Party (free):
A1StereoControl x2
Quick Haas (Venn Audio) x1
Utility (Venn Audio) x2
- Visualisers:
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter 2
Wave Candy
<edit>I forgot to add the Fruity Filter I used for the filter effect to the list!
Last edited by Ranoka on Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2726 posts since 19 Dec, 2010 from North America
Looks like is a about little less than 4 more hours left. Good luck

One Synth Challenge: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/about
- KVRist
- 300 posts since 24 Aug, 2009 from CO, USA
My submission for this month:
mmGhost - Kronos
Xfer Serum x100
Logic Pro X FX (EQ, compressor, limiter, multicomp, overdrive, stereo delay)
W1 Limiter
Audio Assault Transient Shaper
Xfer OTT
TAL Reverb 4 (only reverb plug used)
Had a great time with this one.
https://soundcloud.com/mmghost/mmghost-kronos-osc-121
mmGhost - Kronos
Xfer Serum x100
Logic Pro X FX (EQ, compressor, limiter, multicomp, overdrive, stereo delay)
W1 Limiter
Audio Assault Transient Shaper
Xfer OTT
TAL Reverb 4 (only reverb plug used)
Had a great time with this one.
https://soundcloud.com/mmghost/mmghost-kronos-osc-121
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- KVRist
- 353 posts since 16 Mar, 2013 from Perú
