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Posted by MSZ on Nov-28-2010 11:11:

2 minutes of fx challenge

had this idea last night as i was finishing up a track. i started mangling stuff. So, I thought this would be a fun, anyone can participate obviously. Post a soundcloud embed of about 2 minutes of fx, mangling; have fun. Make this from scratch and dont post something you've made before already. Maybe someone will ask you a question and some synthesis talk can be had. Im going to start mangling in a few hours. I say soundcloud, but anything that can embed would be a good idea. looking forward. paging jbj.

so in short, post a freshly made 2 minute soundcloud embed of some Fx work, watch out that its not killer on the ears, as people might want to listen to it. feel free to describe or document your processes.

Posted by kitphillips on Nov-28-2010 11:52:

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from scratch

most of my best effects are from mangled samples... I might still post one.

Posted by Morvan on Nov-28-2010 12:06:

If you wish to make FX from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Joking aside, lemme see what I can come up with.

Posted by MSZ on Nov-28-2010 19:29:

whatever, its up to you: its definitely something new one could learn from. So I just had a go, at first I was getting a headache and thought this was a very bad idea... toned down the resonance and added one harmonic element to help me move the sound along. Everything minus the harmonic low element was generated by noise oscillators as you will obviously hear ^^. I didnt do much synth routing because that is not my forte, just did some basic oscillator to filter mods and lfos.

there is so much automation happening, 20 instances of automation on the main synth I chose as the backbone. Also, a neat trick i picked up was automation of the distortion types, you will hear that. used many comb filters, i usually have the most fun with those. formant filters were also used you might be able to pick it up. a lot of resonance. Im definitely going to try this challenge again.

FXChallenge001 by msz

Posted by Owsey on Nov-28-2010 20:37:

Class, Maciej! I hope more people contribute.

Posted by EddieZilker on Nov-28-2010 20:43:

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Originally posted by Owsey2008
Class, Maciej! I hope more people contribute.

Definitely planning on it.

Posted by Nightshift on Nov-28-2010 21:55:

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Originally posted by MSZ

FXChallenge001 by msz

pretty cool, sounds pretty eerie like something that would be played in the background of a video game like half-life 2 or a zombie game or something

Posted by MSZ on Nov-28-2010 21:57:

ya it wasnt really a piece per say, i could have added many more harmonics. im a little bummed i didnt level it out more, so that some of the fx dont pop out more, but something i will definitely do on the next one. i do hope we see some activity here.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-28-2010 22:41:

Cool idea. Made one myself this afternoon:

Posted by MSZ on Nov-29-2010 01:20:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Cool idea. Made one myself this afternoon:

jbj, really nice effects: looking forward to hearing more from you if you get around to making more. I have found a new appreciation for "noise" today... heh. I had to make one more, which was sort of a build off 001. no harmonic elements in this one.

FXchallenge002 by msz

Posted by EddieZilker on Dec-05-2010 19:54:

FX Challenge by DeepEddieZilker

I made this for a break on a song I'm working out.

Honestly, the stuff you and JBJ made is definitely cool and a lot more detailed than mine. Mine is pretty much a signal coming from an NNXT cored Combinator and into a signal processing Combinator where it is split up into five different effect chains and and tweaked to crescendo.

Posted by Mise on Dec-05-2010 21:42:

I wonder why can noone comment yet..

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Dec-05-2010 22:26:

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Originally posted by EddieZilker

Nice. The beginning reminds of some sounds in Airdrawndagger, and the second half makes me think of this idea I made months ago and still haven't done anything with:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/music/oceansdie.mp3

Posted by EddieZilker on Dec-05-2010 22:34:

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Nice. The beginning reminds of some the sounds in Airdrawndagger, and the second half makes me think of this idea I made months ago still haven't done anything with:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/music/oceansdie.mp3

That's sweet!

There's this almost breathing motion to it, throughout, but I love the way that swells - definitely what I'm trying to go for. Yours also has a definite 2001 vs. Apocalypse Now quality to it.

Posted by MSZ on Dec-09-2010 01:08:

sounds nice eddie, ill be on the look-out for the track in the future. i would try to start up more challenges here but I think people would only be interested if there were prizes or something ha. synthesis challenges, or maybe a specific element or technique in question would be fun.

Posted by itsamemario on Dec-16-2010 10:52:

i'll see what i can (remember to) whip up when im in the studio later.

Posted by MSZ on Jan-03-2011 22:57:

dont forget the acid alfi. eddie are you anywhere finished with the track?

Posted by floyd741 on Jan-04-2011 06:14:

Re: 2 minutes of fx challenge

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Originally posted by MSZ
watch out that its not killer on the ears

fuck that jazz

Twominfx by Cosmic Beat

97% improvised, so it's actually really boring but whatever