One-Synth-Challenge 38: Olga - Submissions and gossip

[bzur]

Hello there folks ... great to see OSC doing brilliant!! ... And great that I have a bit of time spare and may be able to contribute this time round - been a while for sure. Some nice edgy sounds coming out of OLGA, itching to get some tweaking done and a track composed.

All the best... catch you all when I've read back a bit and caught up to where everyone is at.

All the best.

Welcome back Take a look also at this: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=

Hope you like bjulin's idea.

[V'ger]

Hi Tattie, nice to see you back and joining again.

Major change from before is that DAW effects are now allowed, as is a bit of modulation as long as it's a secondary effect like part of a delay etc.

[ho66it]

OT (Well slightly, as I know there are a lot of admirers here)

For your information:

There's a legal torrent of Jean-Michel Jarre performing Oxigene available for download on the Hunger City site.

See http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=15627
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Thanks for posting the link! Great one.

[tattiemannie]

Cool ... like the compilation idea ... with 3 years worth of superb quality, unique tracks to choose from, it should be a blinder

Anyway, got Olga sussed, and have a nice solid 'groove' in place to shit all over ... my kinda synth for sure ... just hope my CPU can match my dastardly intentions ha ha!!

[evo2slo]

OT (Well slightly, as I know there are a lot of admirers here)

For your information:

There's a legal torrent of Jean-Michel Jarre performing Oxigene available for download on the Hunger City site.

See http://www.hungercity.org/details.php?id=15627
...

Thanks for posting the link! Great one.

Yes, thank you RuediRena! Great show in high quality!
Love the calibration and tuning of the machines in the beginning.
I converted the dvd to an m4v file with handbrake's highest quality settings and uploaded it to my dropbox to share with a friend. Figured I'd share the link (1.3 GB) here as well in case anyone would prefer this format for iPad or whatever. I'll leave it up for a week, then I need to clear the space.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10032304/Jean%2 ... 2-2007.m4v

[gorgorgathgorgorgor]

Gorgorgathgorgorgor - Mail It In
6 instances of Olga in Reaper,
BaxterEQ, FerricTDS, Loudmax, ThrillseekerLA

[Pulse Width Modulation]

Here is my track for OSC 38! After first seeing the synth with it's quirky Russian theme, I couldn't resist recording this track!



Pulse Width Modulation - The Dance of Olga, the Peasant Czarina

-6 Instances of Olga, running on Cubase 6
-3 tracks used Cubase 6's native EQ
-FREEWARE VST PLUGINS: IQ4gui (Compressor/EQ on the final mix)
DX Reverb Light- (on the final mix)

I was really impressed with the synth! Turning up the overdrive with the filter set on bandpass yeilds some very acoustic sounding results!

[tattiemannie]

Track coming along nicely ... looks like I'll def make it by the deadline

[V'ger]

Cheers for the submissions so far. Not too many yet, maybe Olga was a bit on the tricky side or is it just that time of year maybe?

[satYatunes]

maybe Olga was a bit on the tricky side

For me definitely it is, plus the interface was not helping either with the unusual fonts, etc. I did follow your advice and clicked the button to show the Eng labels but still did not motivate much to come up with something. I gave up

[jasinski]

Cheers for the submissions so far. Not too many yet, maybe Olga was a bit on the tricky side or is it just that time of year maybe?

Noticed that too. A shame it's a good sounding synth.

[z.prime]

Cheers for the submissions so far. Not too many yet, maybe Olga was a bit on the tricky side or is it just that time of year maybe?

Noticed that too. A shame it's a good sounding synth.

Maybe many were disheartened because of Jasinski's bloody amazing track.

There are some of us that have some things in the works, at least...

[Bjulin]

There are some of us that have some things in the works, at least...

yep, I can confirm that... i did start something, too... but I just can't find the time to bring it to the end!

[gorgorgathgorgorgor]

I had to re-configure my rig last week, and apparently my old Mbox does not like being plugged into a different USB port, because now it won't work and won't install again. I have to find my PT disc again which should be interesting, as it is a victim of "The Cleaning" so I have to dig through all the bins I just got done cramming my junk in to find it. I tried just using the built in audio on the PC, and it's OK for mixing, but impossible to track anything. My limited free time should not be spent re-installing 10 year old USB interfaces! Curse you Digidesign!

[Pulse Width Modulation]

maybe Olga was a bit on the tricky side

For me definitely it is, plus the interface was not helping either with the unusual fonts, etc. I did follow your advice and clicked the button to show the Eng labels but still did not motivate much to come up with something. I gave up

I just let the synth tell me where it wanted to go. I spent the first sessions just tweaking around, getting a feel for it, and building presets until it shaped into a good collection of instruments. I had an idea of what I wanted for the composition initially, and luckily it worked, but I knew that the synth itself could very well steer me to a completely different direction. Creatively it can be more fun that way.