I would suggest changing the playmode to singleshot so that you can stop playback within the piece and not have it loop at end. I notice the faders are all set to unity gain. Maybe you balanced the audio levels somewhere else?
Your workflow is very interesting and may indicate areas where Zynthian’s sequencer can be improved.
It is for @jofe to decide whether this use of ZynSeq qualifies for category Z. You used my suggestion to import but then there was no further manipulation within ZynSeq. (Maybe because it was already perfect??? )
What an impressive variety of musical languages and cultural backgrounds this initiative has revealed!
If it was in the mind of the promoters to discover what the nice bunch of Zynthianers was really doing, with their ingenious little boxes, well I think that they just nailed it.
That’s not the reason . I want to manipulate the sequences but I was able to succesfully import the mid file arround the 2 am (in my country) I was sleepy to learn how to use ZynSeq at that time. And I need to finish the song yesterday because I will not be able to work in the song today and tomorrow. That’s the same reason why I didn’t ajust the volume in the faders.
I’m not proud of my work, I have to be honest.
Oh thanks. I use a lot of sequences, but I really like doted notes that are easier to make in a score editor, at least for me, also I use to get lost in a piano grid.
Hello everybody!
This is my contribution to the competition.
Title: Origin Description: a little dreamy electro/synth tune with some inspiration from hungarian folk music.
The song is self-contained. It was sequenced with Renoise and Zynthian (I created some Renoise phrases inside an empty song and translated it to zynthian sequences with a custom-made converter utility via SFTP).
Here’s the audio recording (played using zynpads). Some compression was applied, otherwise I recorded it through a UMC1820 sound card. No custom preset is used.
Here is my last track for the contest. This one is for category Z.
I used Zynseq and i wrote the notes in every sequences, but i planned in advance the positions in Zynpad in order to obtain an easyer (…i guess) live playability. So i recorded the track “playing” the sequences using my Launchpad Mini mk3. I suppose i could play that on a bigger touch display (5 inches maybe).
Here we have the mp3, the snapshot, a pair of screenshot, a video of the live recording and a scheme of the sequences, just in case someone wants to replay the song.
The title is Everything must flow (wich is what i was trying to obtain studying Zynseq ). Enjoy!
Hey Zynthianers!
Cutting it a bit close to the deadline, but I managed to finish my track for the competition
It’s called Zynesthesia
(a little pun, with Synesthesia being the phenomenon of associating colors or shapes with music; I’m in love with the concept )
I went for a relaxed downtempo vibe, inspired by meditation & lounge music as well as some chill house tracks I like.
The track was made 100% on my Zynthian, with some sequences entered manually in the pattern sequencer (like the drums) and others recorded into it (Rhodes, Flute…). I only used external tools to record the final result. Should fit in CATEGORY Z
It’s got 6 Tracks, featuring Linux Sampler presets for the 808 drums, StereoRhodes & Flutes, as well as Helm for the deep Bass & Arp and MDA DX10 for the melodic toms.
I used some audio effects like Roomy & MDA Delay to give it some depth and dimension. There’s also an arpeggiator with matching BPM on Chain 4 to fill the mix with a lush atmosphere.
BEAUTIFUL!!! Unfortunately I can’t think like you do with these little loops… I’ve always played with people and the drummer took care of the percussion or drums. I really like the sounds.
When I was young if you wanted a sequencer you had to get this:
This final stretch is being really interesting, with last-moment players applying with very good proposals on the Z category. Congratulations to everybody who applied!!! Amazing!!!
Well, let’s see what these last hours bring us. I’m really intrigued …
Title: machinery
Description: a synthwavy track with some progressive elements sprinkled in
This was a bigger technical challenge than I had expected. I jammed on it with the beatstep then moved to ableton to arrange it. Had some troubles exporting as a multitrack midi from ableton so I had to export separately and use reaper to export as multitrack. Now I have my midi file, great! But now I realise I don’t know how to get it into Zynthian again (or at least make the file play somehow). So I had to generate audio has from ableton, it is using all the same instruments and plugins as zynthian, hopefully that’s acceptable. I’d be happy to create audio from zynthian once I figure out how to get the midi working.
The contest is closed now. Please, don’t send more works because we can’t accept them.
I mean, you can send them if you like, but they wont be eligible.
In the next days we will make public the list of finalists. Although i think all works presented in the Z category will be finalists.in the X category we will have some work to do.
Although it’s a little bit “too late”, I’ve a rule-change proposal, but i would like to ask you first:
10 is a very long list for the final voting. As the Z category already have 5 songs, i propose to also reduce to 5 the finalist song list for the X-category. I really think this would ease voting and would increase participation. Also, it would reduce the risk of tie, etc.
In other words, i propose that the jury make a list of 5 finalist pieces for each category: X & Z
Of course, this change can’t be done without asking contenders . If any contender disagree, we should keep the rules untouched.
What do you think about? You have 2 days for complaining if you disagree this change. After this time i would consider everybody is OK with this.
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. I want to manipulate the sequences but I was able to succesfully import the mid file arround the 2 am (in my country) I was sleepy to learn how to use ZynSeq at that time. And I need to finish the song yesterday because I will not be able to work in the song today and tomorrow. That’s the same reason why I didn’t ajust the volume in the faders.
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