Libre Music Challenge #34: Virtual Playing Orchestra

[nyxeles]

Welcome to the Libre Music Challenge #34, for the month of September 2024.

This is a friendly contest where we make music with free (libre) software exclusively. Everyone is welcome to join, at any skill level.
This is a place for learning and sharing knowledge, and an opportunity to explore creativity through limitation.
But most importantly, we just hope it inspires you to make some music!

The challenge for this month is to make a track with Virtual Playing Orchestra.
All sounds must come from Virtual Playing Orchestra. You can use any DAW and any effect plugin, as long as everything is free software.

If you are in need of a sample player plugin to load the sfz soundfont, have a look at sfizz: https://sfz.tools/sfizz/

Happy music making!

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Rules

Rules are the same as the previous challenges.

You can find them here for convenience: https://lmc.nyxkn.org/rules
Or here under version control: https://github.com/nyxkn/libre-music-ch ... a/rules.md

Links

Playlists and results of all the events: https://lmc.nyxkn.org/events

Join us on unfa's RocketChat/Discord server! We all hang out on #libre-music-challenge at https://chat.unfa.xyz

And if you'd like to stay up to date with future announcements, there's an RSS feed you can subscribe to: https://lmc.nyxkn.org/rss

Voting

Once the voting period starts, head on over to https://lmc.nyxkn.org/vote to enter your votes.

If you are a participant of this or any previous challenge, you can simply log in with your linuxmusicians username.

If you're not a participant but still want to vote, make your interest known and I'll enable an account for you.

[Min]

Here is my submission for this month's Libre Music Challenge.

• Soundcloud : https://on.soundcloud.com/7HMQW3rUMEa8Lnsn7
• Project files : https://minux22.notion.site/Libre-Music ... e623?pvs=4

▣ Title
The Penguins' Anthem

▣ Software Used
[DAW]
MusE (https://muse-sequencer.github.io)

[Instrument]
Virtual Playing Orchestra (http://virtualplaying.com)
Sfizz (https://sfz.tools/sfizz)

[FX]
Airwindows Verbity (www.airwindows.com/verbity/Verbity)
ZLEqualizer (https://github.com/ZL-Audio)
x42-comp (x42-plugins.com/x42)
x42-eq (x42-plugins.com/x42)
x42-dpl (x42-plugins.com/x42)

Given how busy and stressful things have been lately, this song took on a darker tone.
I wanted to give it a Linux-related name, and penguins seemed fitting, so I half-jokingly titled it as such.

[SpotlightKid]

Given how busy and stressful things have been lately, this song took on a darker tone.
[...] penguins seemed fitting

Sounds like these are emperor penguins from the evil penguin empire! Great!

[LAM]

Submission for the Libre Music Challenge #34: Virtual Playing Orchestra

Demetra

Made with:

BespokeSynth (https://www.bespokesynth.com/)
Virtual Playing Orchestra (http://virtualplaying.com)
Sfizz (https://sfz.tools/sfizz/)

No other plugins

Samples from:
Virtual Playing Orchestra

[bsg75]

Hi there,

here is my submission:
https://soundcloud.com/sg75_2/pull-extra-dramatique

This was fun, but also challenging. I really love the French horn and the brass and woodwind sections in general. So powerful!!

I @Michael Willis template for the stereo placement and tasty reverberation, but with different VPO instruments, as the template is currently broken regarding the link with the VPO.

There was no theme, idea or whatsoever. It just evolved from the first melody line layer by layer.

Session archive:
https://sonnengesicht.de/sg75_-_Vaultin ... on-archive

Made with Ardour and

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CNT | TYPE | NAME
  1 * LV2    LSP Spectrum Analyzer x2 (by LSP LV2)
  1 * LV2    Calf Analyzer (by Calf Studio Gear)
  1 * VST2   Wider (by airwindows)
  1 * LV2    LSP Parametric Equalizer x16 Stereo (by LSP LV2)
  1 * LV2    DR-14 - Crest Factor Loudness Range Meter (Stereo) (by Robin Gareus)
  1 * LV2    x42-dpl - Digital Peak Limiter Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
  1 * VST2   ToTape5 (by airwindows)
  1 * LV2    LSP Multiband Compressor Stereo x8 (by LSP LV2)
  1 * VST2   Crystal (by airwindows)
  3 * LV2    Dragonfly Hall Reverb (by Michael Willis and Rob vd Berg)
 13 * LV2    liquidsfz (by Stefan Westerfeld)
  1 * LV2    LUFS Meter (by Klangfreund)
  1 * LADSPA GLAME Butterworth Highpass (by Alexander Ehlert)
  1 * LV2    Luftikus (by Lkjb)
  3 * LV2    LSP GOTT Compressor Stereo (by LSP LV2)
 17 * LV2    sfizz (by SFZTools)

[SpotlightKid]

Here's my submission for LMC #34:

Artist: Spotlight Kyd
Title: Herbstrausch
FLAC File (on my Nextcloud): https://0x20.eu/nc/s/epnSioD4GcaEio5
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/spotlight-kyd/herbstrausch
Ardour project archive: https://0x20.eu/nc/s/fW4qPJmaJj7Xktn
Boost my toot on Mastodon: https://musicworld.social/@SpotlightKyd ... 0287044744

Project info:

Made in Ardour 8.7 on Manjaro Linux
Composed, performed, produced, recorded and mixed by Christopher Arndt

VPO Instruments:

• Flauti / Solo Flute
• Clarinetti
• Corni
• Bassoon
• Violin I
• Violin II
• Violas
• Celli
• Contrabassi
• Harp
• Timpani
• Big Drum and Cymbals

Equipment used:

• Tuxedo AMD Ryzen 7 laptop
• MIDAS MR18 digital mixer / audio interface
• AKG K92 headphones
• Yamaha MODX as MIDI controller

SFZ Player used:

• liquidsfx

Plugins used:

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13 LV2  liquidsfz (by Stefan Westerfeld)
  1 LV2  x42-dpl - Digital Peak Limiter Stereo (by Robin Gareus)
  1 LV2  ZaMultiCompX2 (by Damien Zammit)
  2 LV2  LSP Impulse Reverb Stereo (by LSP LV2)

Share & Enjoy!

[nyxeles]

Thanks everyone for the submissions! Voting is now open.

Here's the playlist: https://archive.org/details/libre-music-challenge-34

For the voting, head on over to https://lmc.nyxkn.org/vote. Use your linuxmusicians username to log in. You'll find more instructions on the page.

As usual, on top of voting, you're encouraged to provide feedback on the songs here on the forums!