One Synth Challenge #7- 2022 Edition

[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

[OneWorld]

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.

That’s my point, it’s a presentation, not a prize

[MarkyC]

I always loved these but unfortunately I’ll be way most of that period.

Whenever we have done these before I always took it as a bit of fun to really try and push my knowledge, see what could be done rather than produce soothing stunning. And whilst I marvelled at what some of you guys can do, I always smiled most at the absurd tracks….

[Drew Stephenson]

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.

That’s my point, it’s a presentation, not a prize

I think you may be underestimating the size of Synthfest and over-estimating our importance in it!

[nickle15]

Thanks so much for reviving this great event! I'm in, this will be my second time around.

[Eddy Deegan]

Mine is already underway!

[Rich Hanson]

I haven’t started mine yet but I have an idea…

[Drew Stephenson]

I have an idea too.
It's a ridiculous idea, but I'm going to give it a go.

[Rich Hanson]

Ridiculous ideas often turn out pretty good. Get to it, Stephenson!

[fruitcake]

I’ve missed the last couple. I may miss this one too. I’m a long way from home on a work project. But I do have a laptop, an audio interface, a city with pawn shops and an hour or two.

[Atheen]

Might have a go at this using one of the Arturia soft synths. Need to have a listen to some previous entries first though, to get an idea of what you guys are up to.

[OneWorld]

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.

That’s my point, it’s a presentation, not a prize

I think you may be underestimating the size of Synthfest and over-estimating our importance in it!

I thought Sound on Sound created the whole thing?

[Eddy Deegan]

I think you may be underestimating the size of Synthfest and over-estimating our importance in it!

I thought Sound on Sound created the whole thing?

They did but the forum, while valued, is a mere fragment of the Sound On Sound universe

[Eddy Deegan]

Ridiculous ideas often turn out pretty good. Get to it, Stephenson!

Absolutely! My track is one I'd probably not find a use for in any other context. It's 'out there', great fun and it turns out one of my synths is perfect for it

[Wonks]

I was thinking of having go at a version of 4’ 33”, but I don’t have a suitable synth.

[IAA]

My old Roland SH 09 would have done that no probs!! In fact it could do an album of similar.

[Folderol]

Having a bit of a struggle at the moment. I had one of two hardware synths in mind, but one is proving to be a pig to set up voices, and the other is showing it's age sound quality wise.
Definitely not going to try the SY35 again - the problems last time I'll regard as a warning