One Synth Challenge #7- 2022 Edition

[Rich Hanson]

It's about time we did this again, given the marvellous pieces that have been produced in the past. Due to Dave's continued absence, I have decided to step up and curate the seventh edition.

Usual rules apply - all musical parts from one synth; analogue, digital, hardware, software, your choice! Drums + percussion however you wish.

Who's in?

[Folderol]

Oh if you insist, I could probably come up with something

[Random Guitarist]

Yes for sure. Any thoughts on a closing date?

[RichardT]

Yes, please!

[Rich Hanson]

Yes for sure. Any thoughts on a closing date?

How long did we allow before - about six weeks? That would give an end date of Sunday 11th September, how does that sound?

[Folderol]

Personally I'd prefer a longer time. Partly to allow a creativity recharge, and also to create a bit more distance from the SOS Forum album.

P.S.
I also need to decide what synth to use - it certainly won't be the SY35 again {shudder}

[Drew Stephenson]

How about end of September? Bit of an easier date to remember and gives people a bit of chance to get summer holidays out of the way.

[Rich Hanson]

As the last day of September is a Friday, let's give everyone the weekend and say November 2nd.

[Folderol]

As the last day of September is a Friday, let's give everyone the weekend and say November 2nd.

Erm... what happened to October

[Drew Stephenson]

it's a long weekend!

[Rich Hanson]

No no no October, oct means eight and that implies spiders and I...

*cough*

Yes 2nd October. Can I still blame Monday morning for that brain fart?

[OneWorld]

How about a presentation to the winner, to be presented at Synthfest?

[Folderol]

OK, I'm fine with anything up to the 5th. On the 6th I'll be wending my way up to Derbyshire. I like to set SynthFest in the middle of a holiday

P.S.
I tend to make short breaks Thursday to Tuesday - for the lightest traffic conditions.

[The Elf]

I have too much on this time around. Good luck and creativity to everyone else, though!

[Eddy Deegan]

I'm in

[resistorman]

Sounds good to me! I've been eying one synth that I've almost never used...

[IAA]

Yep me too. I think Dave is the chief overlord of the OSC have I missed his announcement or his he having a well earned break after organising the last one?!

[Folderol]

I've made a momentous decision. I will definitely NOT be using Yoshimi
I do actually have a number of other soft-synths available and two hardware ones.

That said. I would be delighted if one of the proud/secret Yoshimi Pi owners were to compose with it. A different perspective would be invaluable to us at the coal face.
P.S.
If someone needed help with an unforeseen problem I would of course be sworn to secrecy

[Rich Hanson]

How about a presentation to the winner, to be presented at Synthfest?

Probably not as we don't usually run it as a competition, unless people want to?

[The Elf]

A thousand times 'no'. This is about everyone joining in, not a competition.

[Random Guitarist]

Completely agree on the 'not a competition' part

Given the range of styles I can't imagine how we could compare or rank things.

[fatbenelton]

You could do the ‘reveal’ at SynthFest and if you wanted a competition think in terms of Joe Public guessing the most correct instruments used rather than the pieces themselves.

[Folderol]

Indeed. I've always regarded it as a fun idea. Competitions are not 'fun' so it's a no thanks from me too.

[Rich Hanson]

I guess that answers that question sufficiently