For now all Italians??
But then it is true that we Italians are all “Pizza e Mandolino” 
I respect myself 
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Hi @Nicolaz, thank you for your track.
But I think there is sole bug elsewhere in your mp3 export:
- The player shows a 6:46 duration
- Once the track is launched it jumps to the end after 1:00 or so
That’s a pity cause it starts nicely (and I love SynthWave, progressive music and Francesco Zappa too 
)
It played all all glorious 6 minutes and 46 seconds for me in Firefox - just the player and the link:
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It works now !!! How strange is that.
BTW, I prefer to take these irrationals behaviors (otherwise everything would be sooo predictable) from computers as a way to make our live not too boring 
Good track @Nicolaz
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Thanks a lot, and i’d like to write a Francesco Zappa-style track but i suppose it’s too much for my skills.
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Ciao Lanfranco, i’m more a Pecorino & Cannonau type 
Anyway, i love the mood and style of your tracks.
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Many thanks, this also applies to your song.
I am from Bologna and moved to Veneto (unfortunately), but if they ask me where I would go to live, I would have no doubts… Palau and Capo Testa… There is no more beautiful region in the world than Sardinia…
zynaddsubfx addicted 
… i understand you, having zyn on a hardware was one of most relevant reasons to support zynthian project
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To be honest, I may not be the biggest fan of Zynaddsubfx. I had planned the song completely with the Odin synth and Sfizz, but after 5 instances of Odin the processing power was exhausted, so I had to reprogram all sounds on the Zynaddsubfx. But now I would still have 50-60% power left - so thumbs up for Zynaddsubfx.
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Oops 
… You got Lucky with zynaddsubfx too, some sounds are really CPU hungry! … But mostly long pads where notes are never released and polyphony goes with the wind
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Hi @spurkopf it’s a good electrowave track 
I’ve just noticed little glitches at 1:00 → 1:03
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I have to thank you… I hadn’t activated Odin because my first Zynthian was based on Raspberry P3 B+ and couldn’t handle it… now that I have a Raspberry P4 inside (which I got by disassembling my Openmediavault server 
) I activated Odin and I have to to say that it sounds beautiful. Thank you
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3 days left…
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Yes! Come on! Let’s see what you can do. It doesn’t have to be an epic opus. We want to see and hear what you do with yours!
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I was away from home because of work and now there is no time anymore to learn how to do what I want to…
But if I was able to share what I’m thinking of it would be fun…
I will try to fire a thing tomorrow
Here is my second and last try for the contest. This time i wrote a etno-electronic tune wich i titled “Korla’s nightmare”. Korla is Korla Pandit, an american musician who invented the “exotica” musical genre. You may have seen him on some old tv show. His story has always fascinated me.
I’ve used a Rhodes piano, three Obxd instances, one SetBFree, one Calf Monosynth, one NoizeMaker, one ZynAddSubFX and the .sf2 modified Power Drum kit i already used in the previous track.
Hope you enjoy. Thanks!
Korla’s nightmare.zss (45.9 KB)
Korlas’s nightmare.mid (42.4 KB)
FluidDrumsM.sf2 (14.4 MB)
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Ohhhh yessss! This is getting interesting now, really interesting. I want more 
I’ve been requested to extend the period for the context, and certainly i would like to do it, but it wouldn’t be fair for those who have already worked hard for appliying on time, so …
… after thinking a little bit i’ve decided to extend the date and also double the bets, jejeje!
I’m pretty sure you would love the new conditions:
1.) The date is extended by 1 month more, up to 2023-06-30.
Those who already have sent the maximum of 3 allowed snapshots, have an extra try!
2.) There are 2 separated categories:
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CATEGORY X: Snapshots using eXternal sequencers or MID files. Until now, all received snapshots fall in this category.
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CATEGORY Z: Snapshots using Zynseq only. We have not received any self-contained snapshot yet and i really would like to promote the use of zynseq. We are working hard to improve zynseq workflow and all related functionality. The new stable, that is almost here, will include some interesting improvements, so if you are considering apply in this category, you may want to start using the current staging version.
3.) The winner in each one will have the same reward: an exclusive V5 unit
The winner could choose a V5 unit among several options:
- brushed + color-anodized unit (gold, silver, red, black)
- raw aluminum unit => a true prototype from our lab, used during the V5 development
- standard V5 unit, sand-blasting + black anodized
4.) The 2nd and 3rd in each category will have a 50% off for buying a V5 unit
They will have the same options to choose, after winners have chosen. We have very limited quantities of these special units.
All the rest keeps the same!
I hope nobody complains for the change of conditions. I’ve tried to be fair.
Alea Iacta Est!
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For those thinking about what “brushed finishing” & “raw aluminum” looks like:
This is brushed:
This is raw aluminum:
Enjoy!
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Hi, got a ZynthianV4 (Rpi4/4GB) on loan from @lars.pelz and @C0d3man and experimented. I’m excited about how versatile the Zynthian is and made two songs to get a chance at my own Zynthian This is the first one:
Zynth-Relaxing
Zynth-Relaxing.mid (20.5 KB)
Zynth-Relaxing.zss (33.7 KB)
Have fun!
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… and the other one:
James-Lost-In-Space
James-Lost-In-Space.mid (75.7 KB)
James-Lost-In-Space.zss (37.1 KB)
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