Rellik Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I just found out about this competition at KVR: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172132 It's called a Remix contest, but really, it's a composition contest - they provide you with a sample pack which is basically a very limited collection of synth stabs, sound effects, 3 very useful drumloops (perfect slicing fodder), and assorted other short samples, and you create any song you want! You can use any effects you want, but you can't introduce any new material - i.e. no synths, no outside samples, you can't record anything, etc. I found it incredibly fun creating my entry (in a total of ~6 hours), so I thought I'd share this with you OCR folks in case you want to participate. The deadline's March 31st, but you'd be surprised how fast composition goes when you're dealing with a limited sampleset. Also gives you a chance to show off your tricks more than your average compo and showing off tricks is the perfect way to pick up some new ones, from the superfluous to the fundamental. In case anybody's curious, here's my entry: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~alederer/Rellik_-_the_wired.mp3 (when I time-stretched the Am_chord sample it sounded like it was saying "the wire", but I edited it so that it sounded like "the wired" - it still sounds more like "the wire", though, but I like using a Lain reference more than I like calling it what it sounds like. Plus people will hear "the wired" once they see the title!) And yes, the lead is totally inspired by beej's Fragments of Gold. I encourage anyone who's even remotely interested to enter - it's a lot of fun, and there are even one or two decent prizes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 You could be doing this every day in #mod_shrine on EsperNet. Of course, you gotta know how to track, but it's the same idea. I haven't been compoing lately, but most of these things are compotunes I made with a given set of samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellik Posted March 26, 2007 Author Share Posted March 26, 2007 If it's really every day... it would almost be worth it to learn how to track just to compete! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V___ Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Nice tune, dude! The compo sounds like fun too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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