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So sue me, I'm human, I made a mistake. Are you going to start quoting drug laws when I light up a joint?

I hope you caught the reference.. otherwise I am going to look like a jackass..

At 9/6/09 03:02 AM, Cross666 wrote: I hope you caught the reference.. otherwise I am going to look like a jackass..

You jackass, you. <3

All jackassery aside- having listened to the tracks entered into this competition, one thing became very apparent.

I can't win this on most of your terms.

Trance? Yes, I've made it before. No, it's not like it was any kind of quality...

Techno? Made some awesome stuff. See Tiesto Killed The Techno Star. But couldn't come up with anything.

DnB? aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

Ambient? Now, I knew this was where my opportunity was. I like to think of myself as a master craftsman of synths...

but let's make it a little darker, more ominous, and experimental- I can't get in through conventional music, but I'll make it in through pure intrigue, and maybe a little French. :D

You watch.

Solus- Nameless (Cut), by SolusLunes Type: LoopGenre: Ambient

Ooh ooh, i want to join :D.
Qeustion though, on what terms are the 'winners' selected? On pure quality, origenality, uniqueness? Something commercial or never heard of before?
Obviously you will get alot of trance submissions, and i'm going to contribute to that list, but what makes it that you will choose the one over the other?

:) I hope you can answer my questions

At 9/6/09 04:50 PM, FlamingFirebolt wrote: Ooh ooh, i want to join :D.
Qeustion though, on what terms are the 'winners' selected? On pure quality, origenality, uniqueness? Something commercial or never heard of before?
Obviously you will get alot of trance submissions, and i'm going to contribute to that list, but what makes it that you will choose the one over the other?

) I hope you can answer my questions

Ranked in order of importance:

1. Quality (Is the track mixed well? Does it rely heavily on presets? Is there peaking/clipping?)
2. Catchiness - Commercial Appeal
3. Amount the individual contributes to the audio community
4. Length (is the track way too long? Too short?)

That's basically it. If you make an extremely catchy song that has some minor quality issues, you'd be in better shape than if you had an extremely well-mixed song that was boring.

My songs about 7 minutes and 20 seconds long lol. Course it's Trance and not the happy stuff.

At 9/6/09 05:02 PM, Mrmilkcarton wrote: My songs about 7 minutes and 20 seconds long lol. Course it's Trance and not the happy stuff.

Well, trance is a bit different when it comes to length. Generally longer mixes yield more build up - which is a good thing.

But it depends on the genre and specific song.

hello nas - i took down my earlier track because im mixing it with a track by Solus (remix thread of his/hers)

- im wondering if (as it is the same demo with added shit) im allowed to upload it (With solus permisson - obviously it'll have the original title of the track with "Genjo Remix" in brackets somewhere)

i looked at your pre-requisites

its catchy as fuck, commercially ;)

sorry for the double post - heres the preview.

Light Of The Dark - comp DEMO, by Genjo Type: SongGenre: Industrial

At 9/6/09 05:15 PM, Genjo wrote: hello nas - i took down my earlier track because im mixing it with a track by Solus (remix thread of his/hers)

- im wondering if (as it is the same demo with added shit) im allowed to upload it (With solus permisson - obviously it'll have the original title of the track with "Genjo Remix" in brackets somewhere)

i looked at your pre-requisites

its catchy as fuck, commercially ;)

Sorry bud, but you already posted "Rude:Demo- industrial Hardcore" on 8/25/09 at 10:55pm.

"Secondly, by linking to your demo, you are officially entering yourself into the judging process. Linking to multiple songs will not help you. Only your first song will be judged. If you decided to hastily post something, delete it, and then post a different song, your lovely ERROR page will be noted.

All submissions from this point on must and are expected to abide by these rules as they are now openly stated in this forum post. Reading is good, I promise."

I know i'm being strict about these rules, but they're supposed to encourage prolonged preparation and consideration about the project instead of throwing things together hastily. RenoakRhythm and Kaizerwolf pointed it out a couple of pages ago.

ah poo.

no worries

At 9/6/09 04:56 PM, nal1200 wrote:

At 9/6/09 04:50 PM, FlamingFirebolt wrote: Ooh ooh, i want to join :D.
Qeustion though, on what terms are the 'winners' selected? On pure quality, origenality, uniqueness? Something commercial or never heard of before?
Obviously you will get alot of trance submissions, and i'm going to contribute to that list, but what makes it that you will choose the one over the other?

) I hope you can answer my questions

Ranked in order of importance:

1. Quality (Is the track mixed well? Does it rely heavily on presets? Is there peaking/clipping?)
2. Catchiness - Commercial Appeal
3. Amount the individual contributes to the audio community
4. Length (is the track way too long? Too short?)

That's basically it. If you make an extremely catchy song that has some minor quality issues, you'd be in better shape than if you had an extremely well-mixed song that was boring.

My song has 1 preset, VERY generic polysynth. The rest of my instruments are either created from scratch, or heavily tweaked (I use Reason, no FL, so the presets probably aren't the same anyways) If accepted, I'll definitely change that, and be open to any issues you have with originality of my track. I hope this helps.

Secondly, by linking to your demo, you are officially entering yourself into the judging process.

ok ok, but clarification: we can edit the demo each of us posted and reup them [under acct settings, not resubbing], right? like, you're downloading all this crap at the deadline date, amirite? :)

People shouldn't be too worried about presets. Everyone uses them and some people abuse them. There really is no problem with using a preset or two. Not everyone is a sound engineer who aced Synthesis 101. The main reason behind "Don't use presets" is the ever so awkward Sytrus presets that you hear in so many songs on newgrounds. The most common use for a preset is just to tweak and use it as a base sound till you've found and modified it enough to your liking.

Plus who wants to make a synth and find out someone already made it.

At 9/6/09 06:23 PM, p4c wrote:

Secondly, by linking to your demo, you are officially entering yourself into the judging process.

ok ok, but clarification: we can edit the demo each of us posted and reup them [under acct settings, not resubbing], right? like, you're downloading all this crap at the deadline date, amirite? :)

Righto. You can update the file that is associated with the link as much as you like up until Oct. 1st.

If it isn't too late, I'd like to present this.

Wrath of the Summoner, by Endless-Psychoticism Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

At 9/6/09 10:15 PM, Endless-Psychoticism wrote: If it isn't too late, I'd like to present this.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 39957

Sorry man, but that song is chock full of FL pack presets. I wouldn't want to give you high hopes.

At 9/6/09 11:08 PM, nal1200 wrote:

At 9/6/09 10:15 PM, Endless-Psychoticism wrote: If it isn't too late, I'd like to present this.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 39957

Sorry man, but that song is chock full of FL pack presets. I wouldn't want to give you high hopes.

Oh right, the presets. Don't worry, man, I don't really have high expectations anyhoo. However, I almost forgot about this one.

Down The Demented Path, by Endless-Psychoticism Type: SongGenre: Techno

At 9/7/09 12:16 AM, Endless-Psychoticism wrote:

Oh right, the presets. Don't worry, man, I don't really have high expectations anyhoo. However, I almost forgot about this one.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/2 12474

You can only submit one demo

I kinda got confused as to how long the previews
are supposed to be but anyways here is 1:10 of my
song =).

*crosses fingers and hopes its good enough*

Touching Time - F-777 (Prev), by F-777 Type: SongGenre: Trance

Righto. You can update the file that is associated with the link as much as you like up until Oct. 1st.

ah, not meaning to be a cock, but the song i was trying to upload IS an update of the demo i originally posted (rude) but with a different name (LotD)

although i removed the song whilst i changed it. i can post the 2 songs if you like to prove my point!

im not sure what you mean by associated link though!

again, apologies, but just to clarify.

At 9/6/09 04:56 PM, nal1200 wrote: 3. Amount the individual contributes to the audio community

So basically being a nice guy in the forums or being a good reviewer? ( Confused ).

Um, sir? You forgot to put my entry in the current audition list a few days after I did so.

At 9/7/09 04:54 AM, Genjo wrote: ah, not meaning to be a cock, but the song i was trying to upload IS an update of the demo i originally posted (rude) but with a different name (LotD)

although i removed the song whilst i changed it. i can post the 2 songs if you like to prove my point!

im not sure what you mean by associated link though!

again, apologies, but just to clarify.

Well, each file is associated by a link. When you upload a song, it's given a link, a picture, a description, etc. You can change which FILE you've uploaded to that link by going to your accounts page and clicking "EDIT" for that song.

At 9/7/09 09:53 AM, FlamingFirebolt wrote:

At 9/6/09 04:56 PM, nal1200 wrote: 3. Amount the individual contributes to the audio community

So basically being a nice guy in the forums or being a good reviewer? ( Confused ).

Simply someone who is active in the community. Be it forums, reviews, contests, etc.

At 9/7/09 11:52 AM, Joonho wrote: Um, sir? You forgot to put my entry in the current audition list a few days after I did so.

You hastily posted a song, deleted it, and then posted another. This thread has been full of posts telling participants not to do that, but i'll help you out:

"Secondly, by linking to your demo, you are officially entering yourself into the judging process. Linking to multiple songs will not help you. Only your first song will be judged. If you decided to hastily post something, delete it, and then post a different song, your lovely ERROR page will be noted.

All submissions from this point on must and are expected to abide by these rules as they are now openly stated in this forum post. Reading is good, I promise."

At 9/7/09 02:23 PM, nal1200 wrote: Well, each file is associated by a link. When you upload a song, it's given a link, a picture, a description, etc. You can change which FILE you've uploaded to that link by going to your accounts page and clicking "EDIT" for that song.

Well I've edited mine and I hope it's good enough to be up there with some of the best (:

SR - Cardboard Trail (Demo), by SineRider Type: SongGenre: Miscellaneous

Since I was removed from the list, here is the demo version. It was pretty obvious mine broke the rules. I didn't know about the whole 1 minute thing.

-:YRX:- BrokenAura DEMO, by YouriX Type: SongGenre: Drum N Bass

I cant really call this Dnb since it wasnt made in a very high BPM level. But! it does have Bass and drums. So its probly some other gerne i dont know the name of. (Im thinking intgl. or Liquid.)

Got my Paypal account and now this Demo! Took my time to make this really dark and atmospheric! Hope you guys like this!