I love the video!
Hello All the people!
Nice to participate to send great felicitations to this nice project!!!
Title WesternBrassBand
It is a WesternStory; about an aventure man who loose itself in a field of a great technology: a land far far away : The Zynthian land…
3 part for 4 classic instruments of the fanfare
I try to play this midi file with my very old Zynthian , but ssh, midi file conexion in web browser, all will conduct me in chess,
the sound fonts are sampled instrument played with linuxsampler piloted with Qtractor.
Ch 1 trompette (4)
Ch 2 Trompette stac (15)
Ch 3 horn (cor) (1)
Ch 4 trombone (2)
Ch 5 trombonne stac (3)
Ch 6 tuba (5)
Ch 7 tuba stac (13)
western.mid (5.9 KB)
Nice to meet you,
enjoy your ears…
and sorry for my fucking english…
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.
Here’s the snapshot:
Zynesthesia.zss (45.5 KB)
And the track:
And finally some Zynthian screenshots:
Mixer & Zynpads
Melo Tom & Bass Pattern
Recorded Rhodes Chords & Atmospheric Arpeggiator Chain
Hope you like it! I’m very much looking forward to receving some feedback on it
Really enjoyed your entry and love the name Zynesthesia!
This is my last try.
Title: Estrepitoso
Description: Little attempt to make a song in zynthian.
Snapshot:
014-Estripitoso.zss (38.9 KB)
Track:
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:
Whoao whoao whoaoo!!!
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.
010-zynsnapmachinery.zss (58.2 KB)
machinery.mid (19.1 KB)
OK @zynthianers!
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.
Thanks to all contesters!!
Hi @contesters!
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.
OK! It seems nobody is against this change. The jury will proceed …
Thanks!
Any news from the jury, about the X/Z shortlists?
We have the finalists!
X-Category
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The seas of Mars by @Nicolaz (link to original post)
The inspiration came from one of my favourite science fiction writers, Kim Stanley Robinson", who wrote a trilogy about the colonization of Mars. The whole story is complicated but at the end of the terraforming process, Mars have oceans. “The seas of Mars” is the image i created in my mind when i read this part.
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Inneremerald by @Aethermind (link to original post)
The piece portrays a mental voyage through the depths of cosmos, in search for the discovery of an emeraldine life-form, based on mineral elements. It develops in three dovetailed sections: the approach through stellar layers of coloured dust, the revelation of a shimmering landscape of sentient gems, the retreat into space, with a reflection on such glimpses of crystalline cities, as an exact counterpoint of mirroring concepts.
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WesternBrassBand by @ivaneo (link to original post)
It is a WesternStory; about an aventure man who loose itself in a field of a great technology: a land far far away : The Zynthian land…
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The Prayer by @ejdzi (link to original post)
Prayer to Archangel Michael by Pope Leo XIII in Polish Language!
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Clouds Coming on Planes by @erasmo (link to original post)
My goal was getting a soft, natural but authentic sound. I know some of you will find a bit of reverb excess, but was intended. I forced it to expand an “airy” atmosphere.
Z-Category
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Pequeño Landó by @Andres (link to original post)
A little composition in a folk afro-peruvian rythm called landó.
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Origin by @danielwine (link to original post)
A little dreamy electro/synth tune with some inspiration from hungarian folk music.
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Everything must flow by @Nicolaz (link to original post)
What i was trying to obtain studying Zynseq
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Zynesthesia by @Kosro (link to original post)
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.
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Estrepitoso by @Andres (link to original post)
Little attempt to make a song in zynthian.
Congratulations to the chosen!!!
You can vote here:
Enjoy!
Thank you @jofemodo
A question: do the finalists also hold the right to cast a vote?
And in this case - I would assume for the sake of fairplay - not for themselves, right?
Each forum user has the right to vote once. You can vote yourself if you like your song more than others
I assume nobody is going to register new accounts for emitting fake votes.
Regards,
HI @zynthianers!
I’m sorry to say that i “reseted” the voting poll by accident when modifying the entry for adding “song playing” to each option.
Please, those that already voted, do it again. I promise to not modify the poll entry again.
Thanks and excuse the inconveniences!
In regards of transparency, now that the pre-selection process has ended, i will reveal the identity of judges, so you can blame us for not chosing your song:
Regarding the selection process itself, it’s been super-simple. Each judge proposed a list of 5 candidates. We was so lucky that we didn’t need to do nothing more because:
- 2 songs were in the 3 lists
- 3 songs were in 2 lists
So no further delivery was needed.
Regards,
Well, ok. I was wondering where the 2 votes i had for the X category and the one for the Z had gone.
Personally I quite agree with the ranking, but I was sorry not to see @ejdzi “ArchMichael” who (questionable opinion) caused a strong emotion, probably due to the use of the vocoder which gave a strong emotional charge to the song. But this is my personal opinion…
Music is emotion, which if it doesn’t shine through (I say this for my songs that I would never have voted…) you can’t call Music but PRODUCT… … even if I greatly envy all the composers who have published their works, after realizing how difficult it is for me to work in this way… (but I’ll get ready for the V6 ) CONGRATULATIONS to the finalists and the winner and to everyone.