One-Synth-Challenge 29: String Theory - Voting and Results

[Yeager]

Let me say this : WOW just WOW.

What an amazing collection of beautiful tracks.

These are the ones that I think were even better than the rest :

IrionDaRonin - I would tell you... 5 points
evo2slo - Accidental Illumination 4 points
bzur - home 3 points
CapDan - Theory and Practice 2 points
PocVecem - Easy SloMo 1 point.

I heard some great guitars,flutes,pianos,kicks and percussion, and even sounds I never thought possible form this synth, so listening to all these tracks was a real treat.
Thank you all.

@RuediRena , you couldn't be more wrong, the arpeggio engine was NOT used at all.

[RuediRena]

@RuediRena , you couldn't be more wrong, the arpeggio engine was NOT used at all.

You genius!

[IrionDaRonin]

Nice Yeager, hehe, me neither, i never used an arpeggiator in my whole life.
No kirnu style, no built-in engine neither.

I like total control of all what i want control.
An arpeggiator is a easy to use thing, yes, but then, the melody doesn't sounds how you want to sound sometimes. So i do my own arpeggios, always. Even my Trance arpeggios. And also with the mouse.
The difficult way hehe.

Have a good day and may the best win.

[CapDan(X)]

better late than never, here's my vote:

5 points: IrionDaRonin - Alba
4 points: DocJon - Downstairs at Eric's
3 points: PocVecem - Easy SloMo
2 points: RuediRena - El Hierbajo
1 point: bzur - home

[IrionDaRonin]

So voting definitely over and the winner is: Pocvecem

1 Pocvecem - Easy Slomo - 41 points
2 Bzur - home - 37 points
3 IrionDaRonin - Alba - 36 points
4 Ruedi Rena - El hierbajo - 29 points
5 IrionDaRonin - I would tell you - 25 points
6 Evo2Slo - Accidental Illumination - 24 points
7 Doc Jon - Downstairs at Eric's - 21 points
8 TommyBear - Different Ways - 9 points
9 Cap DanX - Theory and Practice - 7 points
10 Gorgorgathgorgorgor - Rat Fink - 7 points
11 McPanic - kvr_osc_29 - 6 points
12 mrblitz000 - Disco Corium - 5 points
13 HiEnergy - strings in theory - 4 points
14 Objectman - windmills-n-tulips - 2 points
15 Tattiemannie - Banjo In A Bucket - 2 points
16 Prefect_X - Rain Dance | sly fly - Nacho Libre's Elevator Music | Yeager - Force Of Habit - 0 points

The scoreboard can be read here

This was a melodic and precious competition due the unique plucked sound of String Theory.
A message to all participants:
You all are 'plucking' awesome!!

Thanks to all for participate and have a good day.

[pocvecem]

Yippiehhh!!

Thank you all!!!! And again a damn close run. Congrats to all winners!

Sorry for being a little short but my brother invited me to BBQ. And I'm HUNGRY!

If I'm not looking like this I will chime in again later.

Thanks again and cheers,
Gerald

[RuediRena]

RuediRena gratulieren, Gerald!

@Irion: "plucking awesome"

[pocvecem]

Yeah, plucking awesome!

Welcome to heaven. Here is your harp!

Welcome to hell. Here is your accordion!

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

Thanks for the great contest, everybody. 'Being there' was great!

Onward...

[Yeager]

Well done pocvecem

Somehow your entry reminded me of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto, which is a good thing.

[V'ger]

Grats PocVecem and great stuff all.

[pocvecem]

[quote="Prefect_X"] **reaches for the axe to cut his right hand off**

Wow, didn't know that I have to to watch my fingers here!
But be aware that I play with both hands. And being a former live player I use my feet too. Have a rather f**ked up Behringer FCB floorboard with two pedals that survived about 50 live gigs (rain, mud, beer, pyro,...)

[quote="evo2slo] … if you can cook like you make music you must be a master chef.

When I'm in the kitchen I always hope my coffee won't catch fire!
Most likely it will be something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE

But be assured I'm very good at eating!

Once more I thank you all for your points. Next month there will be a little summer break as Farbrausch reliably keeps being unreliable on my machine.

Hopefully see you all at OSC31!

Have a good time,
Gerald

[evo2slo]

[quote="evo2slo] … if you can cook like you make music you must be a master chef.

When I'm in the kitchen I always hope my coffee won't catch fire!
Most likely it will be something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE

But be assured I'm very good at eating!

[/quote]

Ha ha, I stand corrected. Hilarious video... but some nice percussion in there, I think I will add those melons being hit with a wooden spoon to my sample collection.

Big congrats on a well deserved win!

[Prefect_X]

**reaches for the axe to cut his right hand off**

Wow, didn't know that I have to to watch my fingers here!
But be aware that I play with both hands. And being a former live player I use my feet too.

I kinda meant my own hand... It was suppose to imply one of those moments where a person might be thinking something like;

"Well, I'm never going to attain THAT kind of greatness, so I may as well just remove any appendages right now which have any potential of tempting me into a life of torture and misery!" **reaches for the axe to cut his right hand off**



Not to worry -- every month that I enter this competition throws yet another multitude of ideas and challenges my way. Composers like you are just cementing into my mind how it's not the instrument at your disposal, but rather, what the musician/artist can do with it.

Thanks.


-- Dale L

[pocvecem]

You are totally right, Prefect_X. It's not only what you have but how you use it. At the moment, or better the last three weeks no single usable melody came to my mind. It almost feels like a little creative burn-out.
Well, I have this sometimes and then I start little sampling sessions or doing "sound research" with some old plug ins.
So I'm looking forward to the next OSC. Perhaps there will be a nice little plug in that inspires me. I also think that the ugo plugs will inspire me a lot.

Hey, and please keep thinking positive! There is always someone who is better. I did some orchestral midi mock-ups a few years ago which I thought were really great. Then I found out on another forum what people do with the same sample libraries that I use. I immediately killed the links to my songs and I felt like a total beginner although I'm making music more than 25 years now.