Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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d.healey wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:42 am
asublin wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:57 am [*] URL: https://chat.unfa.xyz/file-upload/2E829 ... g?download
URL doesn't work here.
Thanks d.healey, the following link should work

https://chat.unfa.xyz/file-upload/2E829 ... uexten.ogg

If not it means to need to log into

https://chat.unfa.xyz
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Yeah it must require a login which I don't have.
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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d.healey wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:03 pm Yeah it must require a login which I don't have.
Here it is https://soundcloud.com/asublin/a-lin-qu ... 8hVu27wgIL
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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Here's mine, finally!

https://soundcloud.com/user-301824472/ode2_wavez

Ode2WaveZ, made with my fellow Zrythm :mrgreen:

I used those plugins :

Odin2 *4
KICKMESS *3
VITALIUM *1
1 sample from freesound.org (Edgar Poe's poetry spoken)

x42eq *8
x42Comp *4
DragonFly Plate reverb *5
LSP Sidechain compressor *2
dROW audio Flanger *1
Gx clubdrive *1
GxValveCaster *1
Delay Architect *1
CALF Flanger *1
LSP Limiter *2
DragonFly Room reverb *1
TAL Dub3 *1

On the master bus :
Airwindows ToTAPE6
LSP Limiter
DR14 Crest factor
EBU R128 Meter


Had no idea where i was going but ended with this nice litle track, i hope you will enjoy listening to it as much as i took pleasure to make it :D

Voting grid tommorow i hope, goal is to close voting before the livestreal of @unfa for the winner to be mentionned and maybe listened :)
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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My first entry!

Late post I know I was having some issues around art as I did everything last minute and settled for what's there.


All done within VCVRack, no external effects. All open source modules.

Main synths by order of appearance: Terrorform, Saws, Macro Oscillator, Basic VCO

Drums are FM so no bonus.

I'll edit this post to list the rest of the effects as well as link to the screen cap I did of VCV.

Audius: https://audius.co/johnthebard/lmcwave



Thanks for listening, everyone!
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@unfa @JohnTheBard i cannot download your files, that requires a login which i dont have, if you don't mind please upload the files onto the rocketchat please ;)
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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OK here you go fellow musicians !

Please vote now :mrgreen: :



Here is the Archive.org page where to listen all subs together :

https://archive.org/details/libre-music-challenge-12

Here is the voting Sheet :

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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108          | Waving Goodbye          |       |  
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |       |
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |       |
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |       |
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |       |
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |       |
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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Here are my votes! Great job everyone!

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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108 Redux    | Waving Goodbye          |   X   |  
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |   4   | Amazing use of SFX! I feel like I'm on a spaceship!
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |   5   | Loved it! Feels like an intro to a retro video game! Wish it was longer so I could vibe to it more!
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |   3   | Super mysterious and cool! I just didn't care for the bass much.
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |   4   | Crazy retro sounds on this track! This track felt the most "synthwave-y" to me.
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |   3   | I really enjoyed the super smooth and groovy vibe of this track! It was just a bit too repetitive for me.
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |   4   | Super chill vibes! Makes me want to go on a late night drive. I also really liked the poem reading.
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |   4   | Just a nice retro bop! Feels super funky and it has lots of techno vibes!
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |   4   | I don't know how you made a dramatic retro 80s song about an audio server, but you did, and it's amazing!
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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108          | Waving Goodbye          |   4   | Cool song!
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |   3   | Would have given it a 4 but needs more melodic content IMHO
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |   4   | Not really synthwave. Sounds more like VGM. Only reason I am giving it 4 instead of the 5 it deserves
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |   2   | Needs more work on the bass IMHO, which sounds too flabby. Sorry for the 2/5, my nick has "Bass" in it for a reason! xD Also, needs more melodic content
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |   5   | Aced it!
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |   3   | With better mixing and mastering and more melodies would have been a 5, good choice of sounds
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |   4   | A bit repetitive, giving it 4 instead of 3 because you made a full track with Zrythm
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |   3   | I liked the overall sound but I think you can do better
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |   4   | Very good songwriting, some cool sounds and funny lyrics!
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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108          | Waving Goodbye          |    3   |   Great instrumentation but the vocoder part is too overpowering in the mix.
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |    4   | Very good, nice theme. Maybe could do with a bit more dynamics.
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |    5   | Great. Like an old game theme.
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |    4   | Doesn't really have a central melody but otherwise great.
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |    5   | Great as usual.
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |    5   | Great, really liked the last minute.
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |   3   | Mix sounds far away except for bass drum clickiness. You were going for an OMD vibe?
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |    4   |  Was good but didn't really sound that 1980's like overall.
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |    5   |  :lol: All hail pipewire.
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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108          | Waving Goodbye          |    3  | - Nice lyrics and tune, robot voice was a bit too harsh for my taste
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |    3  | - The motif is nice, the whole thing is very gentle and relaxing, I found it a bit repetitive.
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |    X  |
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |    2  | - Didn't have something I can hum or whistle so it didn't resonate with me so much.
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |    4  | - Nice melody, bass drum feels a little heavy in the mix but could be my speakers
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |    4  | - I like the melody. I felt you played it a bit safe, there could have been more thematic development the bit of melody at the end gives a nice hint of variety.
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |    2  | - Bit slow to get going, picks up once the vo comes in, I thought it was quite repetitive.
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |    4  | - Interesting melody, takes us on a little journey, some more development here would have been good. 
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |    5  | - Great lyrics, catchy melody, good mix. Would be nice to hear some variety in the melody instrumentation.
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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108          | Waving Goodbye          |   4   | Instumental mix is very nicely balanced, cool synthwavy sound design. I really like the composition. As you pointed out the vocals could use some attention in the mix
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |   5   | Would work perfectly as a soundtrack. Big fan of the ping pong delay :) Great main theme, very slow but powerful
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |   4   | Feels more like 70s electronic music (which I am a big fan of) than synthwave; progressive musical themes and composition, pleasantly supported by the sound design
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |   2   | Low end is too powerful and panned, which is irritating on headphones. Some lead melodies would make this more entertaining
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |  UwU  |
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |   5   | Very authentic synthwave sound, catchy theme. Love the mix and automation, also the variations in the second part.
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |   3   | Nice musical themes, a surprising key change and cool arpeggios. Mix feels a bit unbalanced. 
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |   4   | Took some listens to grow on me, but then I enjoyed it very much 
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |   4   | Beautiful lyrics :) great production, left me craving for some variation (though the key change helped a bit)
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Sahaathyva wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:21 pm OK here you go fellow musicians !

Please vote now :mrgreen: :



Here is the Archive.org page where to listen all subs together :

https://archive.org/details/libre-music-challenge-12

Here is the voting Sheet :

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|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| 1108redux     | Waving Goodbye          |       |  
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| d.healey      | Nebula                  |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| patchlore     | Synthwave               |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |       |
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |       |
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |       |
|---------------+-------------------------+-------|
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Re: Libre Music Challenge #12 : Back In Time #2 (80's edition) : Synths and Waves! !

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| Artist        | Track                   | Score |
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| 1108 Redux    | Waving Goodbye          |   4   | Like the vox and the mood. Some ambiantish sparkles here and there could be tasty.
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| A-Lin         | Quexten                 |   4   | Very appealing stereo field. Great arps. Somehow I am missing an angry outburst of percussion if that makes sense. The transition to the outro is tasty, but than the outro is a bit short.
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| d.healey      | Nebula                  |   4   | Wow, sounds like a film score. To my minds eye its a detective novel at the country side - of course in the 80ies!
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| John The Bard | LMCWave                 |   3   | I like the vibe between dark and melancholy. Mix needs some attention (e.g. bass to is loud and too stereo). 
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider              |   5   | Man, I dig that intro. The short break is just right. Just delicious sounds. Pure 80ies overdose. THX for sharing your Ardour session. Now I know the insides but I still don't get the magic :)
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| patchlore     | Synthwave               |   5   | The sweep/portamento thingy on the bass rules! At first I thought, the same on the lead was too much, but after a few listens, it is dosed just right. Gf likes it as well. I wonder how a solid portion of tape saturation would sound on the mix.
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ               |   5   | The sprase instrumentation supports the vibe so, so much. I totally dig it. The poem fits the mood perfectly. Perhaps the snare could use a gate to make it sound a bit more 80ies?!
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch      |   -   |
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)       |   5   | I was recently humming a tune. Couldn't name what it was ... wait, now I know, its unfa's PipeWire song :) Just great production, catchy melody!
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| Artist        | Track              | Score | Comments                                                                                      |
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| 1108redux     | Waving Goodbye     |     2 | Vocover is way too loud.  Bass not always fits.  Nice chold, arp and atmosphere.              |
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| A-Lin         | Quexten            |     X |                                                                                               |
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| d.healey      | Nebula             |     4 | Nice game-like tune.                                                                          |
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| John The Bard | LMCWave            |     3 | Pleasant chord progression. Too much delay at the beginning, then bass too dry/monochromatic. |
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| MyLoFy        | Wave Rider         |     5 | Perfect at all levels.                                                                        |
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| patchlore     | Synthwave          |     4 | Great wave-ish atmosphere, FXs and melody.                                                    |
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| Sahaathyva    | Ode2waveZ          |     4 | Light, room to breath, nice chord, arp, melody and singing.                                   |
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| sg75          | Chunksize Mismatch |     3 | A bit all over the place, nice amiga/mod feeling though.  Nice creepy part 1:05-1:35.         |
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| unfa          | PipeWire (LMC#12)  |     4 | Nerdy as foo, nice piiiipewiiiire, nice singing, nice the over the top.                       |
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