One Synth Challenge #197: Odin 2 by TheWaveWarden (Irion Da Ronin Wins!)

[empphryio]

The preliminary list until the final list comes out. I will update daily unless I get hit by a meteor. https://soundcloud.com/anotherjaysherma ... al_sharing

[neverbeeninariot]

By great Odin's beard ! A submission !

https://soundcloud.com/neverbeeninariot/yggdrasil-dub

All sounds created practically in Odin 2, with no CGI...

"An ash I know there stands,
Yggdrasill is its name,
a tall tree, showered
with shining loam.
From there come the dews
that drop in the valleys.
It stands forever green over
Urðr's well."
~ Völuspá (second stanza)

Bitwig 5.3
Odin 2 - 18 Instances

Bitwig Native Plugins
Arpeggiator, Compressor, Delay+, Dynamics,
EQ+, Limiter, Note Length, Note Transpose,
Strum, Tilt, Tool

Free 3rd Party Mixing Plugins
Deelay, Free Clip 2, Limter No6, OTT
Kotelnikov, Nova, TENSjr, FreqEcho

Free 3rd Party Monitoring Plugins
dpMeter5, Prism

"Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humour"
~ Peter Tork

[eraze the borders]

Greetings all!

Since I am going on vacation soon and won't have any more time working out the details - here comes my submission for this month. I really liked working with Odin, such a cool synth with many neat tricks under the hood. Looking forward to listening to all entries!

Thanks to everyone keeping the OSC such a vibrant and lovely community

https://soundcloud.com/eraze-the-border ... on-osc-197

DAW: Reaper 7.42

25 x Odin 2

Ambient Reverb 7 (Stone Voices)
Deelay (Sixth Sample)
epicVerb (Variety Of Sound)
Free Clip 2 (Venn AUdio)
GATE-12 (Tilr)
HZ Multiplier (HigherHz)
ISOL8 (TBProAudio)
kHs Filter (Kilohearts)
Lens (Auburn Sounds)
Raum (Native Instruments)
ReaComp (Cockos)
ReaEQ (Cockos)
SPAN (Voxengo)
TDR Kotelnikov (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
Unlimited (Sonic Anomaly)

[SIL3NC3_SWX]

This month was a real challenge!

When I looked at Odin, I came up with the idea of a true One (!) Synth Challenge – just a single instance, no excuses.
I dove deep into sound design and quickly realized: this would become a real borderline experience (German: Grenzerfahrung).

While endlessly tweaking, I kept discovering new sonic paths – sometimes inspiring, sometimes frustrating.
Odin could be pretty temperamental when dealing with MIDI, but in the end, I managed to shape something that feels raw, tense, and expressive.

So here it is: Grenzerfahrung –
a track born from limitation, chaos, and way too many hours.

NJoy. Any feedback welcome.

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SiL3NC3_SWX - Grenzerfahrung
https://soundcloud.com/soulwerx/sil3nc3 ... zerfahrung

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DAW: Bitwig 5.3.8
Single instance of Odin2

FX:
- Bitwig: Arpeggiator, NoteFX Layer, NoteReceiver, Echo, Frequency Split,
Multiband-FX3, Delay-2, EQ+, Convolution, Blur
- Valhalla Supermassive

Mastering:
- Free Clip 2
- LoudMax
- TDR Kotelnikov
- Peak Limiter (Bitwig)

Analysis:
- MAnalyzer
- YouLean Loudness Meter2


Keep on Looping...

[Impedance Music]

Hi everyone,

https://soundcloud.com/impedancemusic/n ... hts-ganzes

here is my „emergency“ submission, since i won’t be at home until the deadline and i’m not sure if i’ll have internet or the time to make some – tbh - pretty much needed adjustments.
Update: I didn't, but went home earlier and had about an hour for fixing stuff

Well this track has some flaws – i think it sounds like a bunch of ideas thrown together and the mix needs some work. Update: The mix is a bit better now

The idea was a multistage bossfight, each stage representing an era of videogame music:

Stage 1: Sound Effects, no music
Stage 2: 8-bit Chiptune Music, Mono with 4 tracks
Stage 3: FM Chiptune Music, Stereo
Stage 4: Back to 8-bit Chiptune, but Gameboy edition
Stage 5: PCM era
Outro: Victory/Credits

Technical Details:
Every sound is made from scratch, as always.

DAW: FL Studio 2024
Instances: 32
BPM: 179, 159
Total Bars: 197

FX:
Fruity Limiter [3]
Fruity Maximus [1]
Youlean Loudness Meter2 [1]
Fruiyt Compressor [2]
Fruity Parametric EQ2 [2]
Fruity Reeverb 2 [2]
Channel EQ [3]

[silverpants]

My entry for OSC#197

"There's almost something spiritual about two proud gnomes on unicycles - accelerating to battle speed, each holding aloft a large frozen herring."

https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/unicycl ... al_sharing

Borderline self-parody, I see this as the last hurrah on a string of increasingly silly songs.

20 instances of Odin

DAW: Reaper
No external Reverbs
Dead Duck: Filter, Autopan
JS Channel Time Delay
Khs Gain
ReaEQ ReaXComp
Limiter No6
SPAN & Youlead Loudness Meter

[574X]

Odin2 is quite a capable, enjoyable synth!
It's reasonable to not need any plugins at all, although a multiband comp would certainly be welcome, or at least a shelving filter, not to be confused with the one on IKEAs website.

I spent more time longing for the ghost limb of expected fm & pm ratios and additional operators rather than simply firing up the audio rate modulation or noticing Taron's filter modulation suggestion.

The lush reverb is a nice addition! Having grappled with getting all-pass and comb filters to sit in the right place, I can imagine why the decay is limited to such a large space, rather than the most intimate of rooms. I think many people would like an intimate room. Not to be confused with ones furnished with IKEA.

The bug that's surely been mentioned regarding the poly to legato switch collapsing the output to mono seems to be fixed with the sync button of the chorus.

Well that's plenty blabbering from me for the year, other than the obligatory:
I used 22 instances of Odin2 in Reaper 7 and stock plugins
reaeq, reacomp, and reaxcomp, stereo enhancer, and the mid side encoder decoder for a side eq on the master,
with the exception of a LoudMax because I had randomly and unknowingly designed the mix into it. I've since learned how amazingly forgiving it is. If anything, this is a celebration of the first song I've done with a LoudMax master limiter, so there's my prize right there!

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https://soundcloud.com/unknownchallenge ... -all-truth

[virtuous_purchase]

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[loris16148]

https://soundcloud.com/user-87727874/loris-asylum

78 instances of ODIN in reaper 7

Once again, this competition's favorite genre: DUBSTEP. Luckily the synth had a vocal wavetable that I could exploit for some great growls. probably the best ones I have ever devised in OSC. Surprisingly it's not a lot of distortion as that had ruined the sound during experimenting. It's mostly the work of filters and some gentle saturation with Ohmicide, OTT on top and clipping. I tried to maintain energy throughout. kept it short for the sensitive ears so enjoy, hopefully your ears don't+ bleed after this one.

FX:

ReaLimit
ReaComp
ReaXcomp
KhzGain
KhzReverb
KhzDistortion: barely used.
KhzFilter: used extensively
KhzClipper
khzStereo
MFreeFormPhase
MEZConvolver
Ohmicide: used moderately
Ozone Imager
xfer OTT: used extensively

[virokannas]

https://soundcloud.com/toggleaudio/togg ... -vancouver

(Toggleaudio here, it's been so long since I last logged in that I need to reactivate my account and looks like the activation email is taking some time so I created a new account just to post this here so I don't forget...)

24 instances of Odin 2
2 Compressors
1 Stereo Delay
1 Channel EQ
1 Limiter

[doctorbob]

Here's DrBob's entry for this month ...

DAW: Reaper

Track Details: 29 * ODIN2, 29 * ReaEQ, 20 * Oril River, 12 * LFX1310 (autopanner), 7 * Twin Delay, 4 * Bass Professor, 2 * TAL Dub Delay
Master: SlickEQ, Voxengo MSED, Limiter No. 6
Meter: SPAN, YouLean Loudness Meter
Stats: LUFS-I : 15.6, DR: 6

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/oh-din-osc197-odin2

[BlitBit]

Here's my entry:

https://soundcloud.com/blitbit/sleipnirs-ride

I am going on a vacation, so unfortunately I could not polish the track as much as I would have liked to. It's a bit rough at some edges. However, I did not want to let it go wasted, either.

Looking forward to your tracks and feedback!

Title: Sleipnir's Ride
BPM: 134

DAW: Bitwig 5.3.12

Instruments:
* Odin 2: 16 instance

Bitwig Devices:
* Delay+, Reverb, Chorus+, Compressor+, Compressor, Peak Limiter, Dynamics, Saturator, EQ+, EQ-2, Tool, Multiband FX-2, Mid-Side Split, Oscilloscope, Spectrum

Third party:
* OTT, Youlean Loudness Meter

Edit: Re-uploaded with fixed bass frequencies.

[MATCHER]

Hi! Here is my short little track for this month:

https://soundcloud.com/thematcher/nothing-left

Made in Reaper 7 with:

12x Odin 2
plus

Reaper stock effects:

ReaEQ
ReaComp
ReaXcomp
ReaLimit
Volume/Pan Smoother v5

and
3rd party plugins:

OrilRiver
TDR Molotok
kHs Transient Shaper
A1StereoControl
MSaturator
Dragonfly Plate Reverb
Dragonfly Hall Reverb
MCharmVerb
MAutopan
BUSTERse
STFU
Deelay
TAL 4 Reverb
BPB Saturator
Loudmax
kHs Stereo
SPAN
Youlean Loudness Meter


Hope you enjoy it.
Cheers!

[BlitBit]

The preliminary list until the final list comes out. I will update daily unless I get hit by a meteor. https://soundcloud.com/anotherjaysherma ... al_sharing

@empphryio, my track is missing from the list, although the ones from the post before and after me are already in it. Can you please check?

[empphryio]

The preliminary list until the final list comes out. I will update daily unless I get hit by a meteor. https://soundcloud.com/anotherjaysherma ... al_sharing

@empphryio, my track is missing from the list, although the ones from the post before and after me are already in it. Can you please check?

It's there now. Think I tried to add it before right when you were updating.