New track by @MyLoFy "Oenopion" composed & mixed with #Zrythm !

https://soundcloud.com/mylofymusic/oenopion

#LibreMusicChallenge #LMC

🐧 🎵 There's a new #LibreMusicChallenge , and this time I made the rules.

To take part, make a piece of music using only sounds recorded using your phone (or other portable device), and no musical instruments are allowed. Since it's the #LMC, you need to use open-source music software.

Deadline is 2 April. Further details are here: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=24160

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Tomorrow is the deadline for the #libremusicchallenge, and I think my #synthwavefromscratch track is in a good enough place for it.

For those of you just joining in, for the past month, I've been making a synthwave track from scratch: no DAW, no plugins. Just C code and some scripting languages on top of that. In other words, I'm using my #sndkit and #gest projects.

The code for the song can be found here:

https://git.sr.ht/~pbatch/gest/tree/master/item/examples/synthwave.lil

...if you don't believe me, compile and render it yourself ;)

I hope it's not cheating to use hard sync for the #libremusicchallenge. It's giving my bass sound some teeth in my #synthwavefromscratch track, so I'm keeping it.

More progress with my #synthwavefromscratch track today for the #libremusicchallenge! (I am building a synthwave track without a DAW, using just low-level C code with a small scripting language on top.)

Starting to use my gesture sequencer to work out melodies and make automation curves. Also added some a delay-throw on the melody.

I'm up to a 8-16 bar loop now. Hoping to add a little bit more. Another section perhaps? I need to leave enough time to make sure I can publish all the source code before the deadline!

Continuations on my Synthwave From Scratch project, where I build a Synthwave track from "scratch" without a DAW, using open source DSP code in C, with some scripting languages on top.

I've added an initial lead sound to my track, but I haven't programmed the melody so it's just a single note. The lead is a particularly distinct feature with the synthwave genre, so it's important to get this one right. Both in timbre and in feel.

It seems the base of this sound is typically a modulated pulse oscillator put through some kind of chorus. I have a really nice sounding bandlimited square wave oscillator that worked quite well, but it goes against the rules of this month's #libremusicchallenge (wavetable synthesis only). So, I went with a wavetable oscillator that uses phase distortion synthesis. It has a similar characteristic.

The way vibrato and pulse modulation behaves in the lead sound is key to getting it to feel right. This also influences the kinds of melodies that work. So actually sequencing will come next.

It also helps to dunk the lead in a very bright very large artificial reverb.

#synthwavefromscratch

Thanks to peer pressure from the internet from an idea I didn't fully think through, I will be making a synthwave track from "scratch". No DAW, using open source DSP aglorithms in C, with some embedded scripting languages on top. I'll be submitting a version of this for the #libremusicchallenge. I'll do a blog series about it after the fact. I will post the rambles here.

So, I wasn't actually sure what "synthwave" was, so I did some listening, found some reference tracks I liked, and started building some initial sounds. Featured here are some initial drum and bass sounds.

Everything is synthesized! More details on the instruments to follow...

I reckon I could make a song for #Fedivision that I can also submit for #LibreMusicChallenge . This month we just have to use Airwindows effects. @unfa , @rghvdberg@sonomu.club , want to join in?

#MyLoFy made a new #Acid track for the #LibreMusicChallenge using #Zrythm !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj8TpFMz2x8

#DAW #DTM #作曲 #musicproduction #audio

The #LibreMusicChallenge for December has been decided: make a lullaby for 2-month-old Louise! Any open-source DAW and synths allowed, but the catch is no effects. I'm in.
@unfa @rghvdberg@sonomu.club @draco

@oleksiy@social.ethereal.pw @looptober@gup.pe I was already considering combining the #LibreMusicChallenge with #NaSoAlMo, so why not make it #noisevember too?

I made this #music for this month's #LibreMusicChallenge. Since it's a spooky theme this time, it'd be a shame not to make it available before Hallowe'en. It has horror soundtrack vibes, made with a simulated waterphone and lots of prime numbers.

https://open.audio/library/tracks/97303/

@unfa
Thanks for making this stream. A bit spontaneous. And thanks to @rghvdberg@sonomu.club for the idea and organization of #LibreMusicChallenge #BExcellent. There were really interesting and inspiring tracks. Especially the top 3 were really *wow*. Congratulations to the winner MyLoFy.

The recent #LibreMusicChallenge "B.Excellent" using #BSlizr #BChoppr #BHarvestr #BShapr #BJumblr #BSchaffl #BSEQuencer is closed, now voting. Interesting compositions :-). https://archive.org/details/libre-music-challenge-3

Looking forward to the results presented at @unfa youtube channel this sunday 19:30 CET https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYKj_peyESIMDp5LtHlH2A

First official release of the LV2 MIDI velocity amplification and timing manipulation plugin #BSchaffl is just out now! https://github.com/sjaehn/BSchaffl/releases
#LV2 #MIDI #Linuxaudio #LibreMusicChallenge

Hey #Music people,

There's another #LibreMusicChallenge going on, in which participants have to use free software to make some music by 30 August. There's a fairly strong suggestion in the rules that it should be a remix this month, so does anybody have something they'd like me to remix? Any style, but it has to be CC-licensed (without "no-derivatives"), and of course it's best if you can provide unmixed audio and/or MIDI files.

B.Excellent! @unfa and @rgh@mastodon.social announced the next Libre Music Challenge! https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=21868 Use any B.Music plugin.
#BSlizr #BSEQuencer #BShapr #BJumblr #BChoppr #BHarvestr #BSchaffl #LibreMusicChallenge

congrats to @rghvdberg@sonomu.club for making the first completed song ever made with #Zrythm ! this song was submitted for the #LibreMusicChallenge !

Libre Music Challenge:
https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=21721

License: CC-BY-SA 4.0
Author: @rghvdberg@sonomu.club

#Zrythm #DAW #milestone #LibreMusicChallenge #LMC

Join the #LibreMusicChallenge and push libre audio software to its limits! The current challenge is: Make a short jingle using only Geonkick as the instrument

more info: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=21721
geonkick:
https://gitlab.com/iurie-sw/geonkick

@unfa @alexsleepy @rghvdberg@sonomu.club
Hey #music fans, #dog toy squeakers and other interested parties:::::

The #LibreMusicChallenge submissions are available (CC licensed) at https://archive.org/details/LibreMusicChallenge_1 . You can even vote if you like, at Discord or https://chat.unfa.xyz . Eight short tunes made entirely from one sample of a squeaky dog toy. :doge:​