LoveOne Consulting's Proton Synthesizer Song Challenge

[Reasonistas]

Welcome to Reasonistas and LoveOne Consulting's Proton Synthesizer Song Challenge.

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THE RULES

• Judge's decision is final
• Only 3 winners with no cash alternative.
• Song challenge begins Wednesday, January 25, 2017
• Song challenge ends Friday, February 24, 2017 @ 11:59 pm EST
• After the closing date, you are not allowed to change, alter or resubmit your entry. Any re-submissions or alterations will result in disqualification
• All entrants, when requested, must be prepared to provide evidence that the rules have been adhered to. This includes providing a copy of the Reason song file to verify that only the Proton Synthesizer was used for synth sounds.

What you may use in your song (with copyright permission):

• Proton Synthesizer Re for all synth sounds
• Any Reason native and rack extension Effects and Utilities, including R9 "Players" (no external plug-ins or hardware)
• Any Factory Sound Bank drums and/or samples, but not drums and/or samples from external plug-ins.
• Any recorded instruments and vocals (excluding external synths)
• Any samples loaded and granualized in Proton
• Any collaboration for any of the above

What you may not use in your song:

• No synth that is not Proton Synthesizer (including Combinators featuring Proton Synthesizer that include any other synth)
• No external plug-ins or hardware
• No instrument samples added directly to a track (you can use samples of Proton Synthesizer)
• No programs outside of Reason that generate synth sounds
• No copyrighted material
• No cover songs

THE SUBMISSION
All participants must post their song in this thread and we will update the OP to include each entry. This confirms your song was accepted.

THE JUDGES
Gustav @ LoveOne Consulting AB
Noel G. @ Reasonistas

The judging will be based off the following criteria:

• Showcasing of Proton Synthesizer
• Arrangement and songwriting
• Originality and creativity
• Mixing and engineering

THE PRIZES
1st place: All 5 LoveOne Consulting Rack Extensions
2nd place: Any 3 LoveOne Consulting Rack Extensions
3rd place: Any 1 LoveOne Consulting Rack Extensions

LoveOne Consulting's Proton Synthesizer shop page: https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/ ... celerator/

Good luck to everyone!

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Entries listed below.

Entry # 1 - Benedict - The Mayflower Gene


Entry # 2 - Despondo - Ion Storm


Entry # 3 - Peter Lansford - Doomsday Clock


Entry # 4 - Plastic Fractal - Time Loss


Entry # 5 - tsteger - Proton 222


Entry # 6 - Peter Lansford - 500 Reasons


Entry # 7 - gullum - We Are Made of Protons


Entry # 8 - deepndark - Proton Power


Entry # 9 - dariuskolba - Wave Particles


Entry # 10 - Trivo - Hear tof Darkness


Entry # 11 - nichal4394 - Catching The Proton


Entry # 12 - Marc64 - Proton Compo


Entry # 13 - Peter Landsford - Government Issued Protons


Entry # 14 - Peter Landsford - Master Baiting Neanderthal


Entry # 15 - Marc64 - Proton Compo track2


Entry # 16 - Peter Landsford - Promised Land


Entry # 17 - tsteger - Proton 444


Entry # 18 - Advanced Suite - a Positive Electric Charge Of +1e Elementary


Entry # 19 - Peter Landsford - Neverwhere


Entry # 20 - Peter Landsford - Spoonbender


Entry # 21 - plasticfractal - not leaving


Entry # 22 - Benedict - The Gym Lover


Entry # 23 - Re8et - MR PROTON DUB ACCELLERATOR


Entry # 24 - Re8et - PROTON IN DA HAUS


Entry # 25 - U'Nneka - Proton Power


Entry # 26 - Bixbambi - Reprotoxic


Entry # 27 - Peter Landsford - Find The Truth ft. Legion X


Entry # 28 - BillyRayRansom - LoveOne Proton Contest submission


Entry # 29 - Peter Landsford - Midnight


Entry # 30 - Tau- Ceti - Into The Infinity Of Space


Entry # 31 - Plastic Fractal - Accelerator


Entry # 32 - MIDISwede - Halogen3545


Entry # 33 - teddymcw - Seasons


Entry # 34 - snapperdub - 5th dimension


Entry # 35 - deepndark (Reflexion X) - Techstep Nerd


Entry # 36 - Advanced Suite - Deepering2M


Entry # 37 - alterEe - God Particle


Entry # 38 - alterEe - Mourning After


Entry # 39 - henke_music (linebreak) - Proton Challenge


Entry # 40 - Manoosh - Zyclotron


Entry # 41 - AdamPope - BAIT and SWITCH - [FEAT. Proton RE from LoveOne]


Entry # 42 - tvmind (Gary Breckenridge) - Proton Song 1 V4


Entry # 43 - mykl3 (McaP) - No Fax


Entry # 44 - Catblack (Tomcat Twenty Three) - Crash Be Water


Entry # 45 - AJ_3000 (Zhi Zhu) - AJ 3000 - Upriver Bound (Proton Song Contest)

[Peter]

Nice nice nice!

[Advanced Suite]

[Benedict]

I'll start us off

The Mayflowe Gene



Every sound you hear is made in Proton, yes even the drums. Here's how it came together:

- The Choir and String samples were already on my drive for the album project (used in NN-XT). I wanted to see how already musical sounds would behave in a granular environment. I actually like the way the #2 algo gets around complex looping.
- I made the Arp loop in Skrock's Solaris and bounced to a sample. Had no idea what I wanted to do but as soon as I hear the way the pitching mimicked something Tangerine Dream did I was sold.
- The vaguely Brass sound was needed to fill the space between sounds and add some counterpoint. I must say that some very short single cycle type samples don't do super well in Proton. Probably too short for much granulation.
- Then I had spaces that needed another lead and I used a fat PWM sample I had. I got a very "tubey" sound. Again the granular thing gives much livelier results than looping.
- Proton turns out to be pretty cool for drums. Have to be a bit precise with Envelopes etc but the ability to find new textures is well suited.
- The only external effect unit I used was one of my reverb combis on a Send to glue it together. Otherwise most fx are handled onboard Proton. The granular thing does tend to provide pretty dense sounds already. I actually had to narrow the stereo of most of the instruments to get the mix working (maybe in part as the composing is pretty dense).

The piece will be the ender track on my now (probably) finished album. The idea of the Mayflow Gene being that some people are born to have to strike out and start a new life and society.

I honestly don't expect a win but Proton RE is cool & creative and I would Love One (boom tsk)

[Galaxy]

You always have such nice atmosphere to your music Benedict.

[Benedict]

You always have such nice atmosphere to your music Benedict.

Thanks

[morphtek]

Can you create a combinator with many protons inside?
can you create a combinator with a thor for cv controls ?

[Benedict]

Yes and Yes.

Both doable and both within the rules (so long as no Thor Osc)

[TheGuyNotNamedBob]

So can I use samples put into a proton synthesizer?

Edit: So I can use drum sounds from a sample bank and throw them through proton?

[Manoosh]

Hi,

can I use other samples from my harddrive whe I put them into Proton? Or if I create sounds in another synth inside Reasn and load it into Proton?

Sorry my english is not so good (I am german) so I have to ask this explicit.

best regards

Ela

[hamzter]

Hi,

can I use other samples from my harddrive whe I put them into Proton? Or if I create sounds in another synth inside Reasn and load it into Proton?

Absolutely!

Best regards,
Gustav

[Reasonistas]

So can I use samples put into a proton synthesizer?

Edit: So I can use drum sounds from a sample bank and throw them through proton?

Yes.

[WongoTheSane]

I'll start us off

The Mayflowe Gene

Really beautiful. Great strings too.

[Benedict]

Thanks Mr TheSane

[Despondo]

Here's my entry:



All instruments with the exception of drums are from Proton.

[Peter]

Doomsday Clock inspired by current events. Two and a half minutes to midnight.

[Benedict]

Very smooth Despondo. I like how the melodies and chords work.

That's almost downbeat for you Mr L. Good sounds as always.

[Despondo]

Very smooth Despondo. I like how the melodies and chords work.

Thanks for listening and for the comments Benedict.

[Peter]

The piece will be the ender track on my now (probably) finished album. The idea of the Mayflow Gene being that some people are born to have to strike out and start a new life and society.

Nice track Benedict. Thanks for sharing your process! It's always interesting to get a different perspective. You're ending an album and I'm just beginning one!

...as the world turns.

I wanted to see how already musical sounds would behave in a granular environment. I actually like the way the #2 algo gets around complex looping.

Musical sounds do very well in this environment. Algo #2 takes the cake with the candles and I personally haven't found much use for algo #1.

Edit: I take that back about algo #1. Just came up with a really nice pad after importing an arp sequence. Still learning!

I got a very "tubey" sound. Again the granular thing gives much livelier results than looping.

I found a nice tubey sweet spot too.

The granular thing does tend to provide pretty dense sounds already. I actually had to narrow the stereo of most of the instruments to get the mix working (maybe in part as the composing is pretty dense).

Yeah they are pretty DENSE but I remember slapping a kHs Haas on one of Selig's patches.

Personal note: proton is essential. Granular is a great way to liven up a composition.

[selig]

The piece will be the ender track on my now (probably) finished album. The idea of the Mayflow Gene being that some people are born to have to strike out and start a new life and society.

Nice track Benedict. Thanks for sharing your process! It's always interesting to get a different perspective. You're ending an album and I'm just beginning one!

...as the world turns.

I wanted to see how already musical sounds would behave in a granular environment. I actually like the way the #2 algo gets around complex looping.

Musical sounds do very well in this environment. Algo #2 takes the cake with the candles and I personally haven't found much use for algo #1.

I got a very "tubey" sound. Again the granular thing gives much livelier results than looping.

I found a nice tubey sweet spot too.

The granular thing does tend to provide pretty dense sounds already. I actually had to narrow the stereo of most of the instruments to get the mix working (maybe in part as the composing is pretty dense).

Yeah they are pretty DENSE but I remember slapping a kHs Haas on one of Selig's patches.

Personal note: proton is essential. Granular is a great way to liven up a composition.

The option for wider stereo sound stages is on the Proton todo list!


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[Marc64]

looking forward to proton updates. this device can come a looong way

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[plasticfractal]

Here is an entry:

time loss

[Ocean of Waves]

If the whole premise of this RE is that you can load any audio into it, why not allow to do just that? Why restrict it to patches that come with it?

[deepndark]

If the whole premise of this RE is that you can load any audio into it, why not allow to do just that? Why restrict it to patches that come with it?

It reads in the rules that: YOU CAN USE Any samples loaded and granualized in Proton.

[Peter]

If the whole premise of this RE is that you can load any audio into it, why not allow to do just that? Why restrict it to patches that come with it?

I don't see anything in the rules about being restricted to stock patches. My first submission used both stock patches and my own sounds. Using your own sounds is part of the sound design process. We'll see what Noel has to say.