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TA Remix Compo 7th Edition

Hi everyone,

Isoterra earlier mentioned the need of someone capable to organize the 8th Edition( or so I was told) of TranceAddict.com Remix Compo.
So here I am willing to help out and take hands on this.

So, without further delay let me explain the nature of this competition, quoted as.

quote:

"As for the tune, there was much discussion a while back about this, but i have decided I want it to be Yahel & Eyal Barka - Voyage. Why? It's a well known & well loved classic, has a rather dated sound & dj-unfriendly structure which could use an update, and has little in the way of existing remixes. There also are quite a few layers of melody which should give people enough to work with & be creative with. And it's an instrumental, which a few expressed appeal for (since the last 3 contests have been vocal numbers). Sample here: http://isoterra.artists.mpfspromotions.com/voyage.mp3 Midi here: http://isoterra.artists.mpfspromoti...ge__unknown.mid " upload webspace is available on a fast & reliable server. the only problem is that the server owner is rather lazy and doesn't want to set up a new account for me or whoever to access the files ... so basically what will happen is that people will upload the entries to a folder on an ftp, then once the deadline is reached, i can inform him, and he'll zip all the files & move them over to a downloadable location for you & the judges. the only issue with this is that if there are problems with any of the files, you won't notice them til afterwards so things could get drawn out a little.

Now let me quote previous rules made by Stan himself.

quote:

"Genre: This is tranceaddict, so please place your remixes somewhere at least in the electronica genre. Trance is preferred, but feel free to span out into the the harder, chiller, deeper, more progressive, or breakbeat versions of it. No rock or jazz or anything please." "Collaborations: Up to two people. If you choose to collaborate with someone else, neither of you can submit your own, individual remixes. You either work alone, or with someone else; but not both."

I have contacted Yahel myself requesting full permission to use his track on this competition, and such was granted.

NOTICE THIS: Yahel said: "I don't want to promise anything but , if I will like the remix

I will offer to the winner to release the remix on my new label FTPmusic".

I hope this encourage you to participate.

I'll be looking for more prizes sponsored by record labels, tho, I can not guarantee them.

If you have any questions, please submit them in this thread, and I'll be delighted to help you out and solve all your concerns.

IMPORTANT NOTICES: No sampling from the original or any other professional song for that matter , not a single riff, if any of the judges notice this, they will desqualify you right away, with no second chances.

Submissions must be exclusive for this competition and NOT posted on forums, especially TA, until the judging is finished.

DEADLINE: September 24th of 2005.

YET ANOTHER NOTICE

Ok, this thing about you uploading directly to FTP server is gonna cause some confusion.
Since like some members requested, I want to supply the tracks to the judges as Remix 1 , Remix 2, so there won't be any biased decisions.

So, for this, PLEASE, upload your final mix to yousendit.com and send it to this e-mail address: [email protected]

I'll take your tracks, back them up in my External Hard Drive, rename them, and upload them myself to the FTP Server.

Please make sure to rename your 192 mp3 remix as Artist_Name_TrackName_TAMember_Name

Thanks


PARTICIPANTS

Dj_Roko
The Drow
rich101
Subtle
Aquarian
Jay M
In_dreams
Benjamin B
_Marco_
IDarkISwordI
J.L.
soundscape_uk
Moolow
DRM
spanb
Dj Dinz
Artic Breeze vs. Code-X
Ricky M
BassAngel
Bren-F
DC76
Takkra
somedamnkids
Future minds
Trancevision
Rayan
SinFour
DJ KaRiM NeT
Psy-T
nickmahoney
Timothy
alexpea
indicative
Dj Tilo
Dj NGE
truetrance
DjEvalon
vrahnos
Shepless
nhibber
we_R_DNA
DiCypher & ??? (Collab)
AniG
Teknasia
extalin
Samuelzone
Romi
Project 7
Pudelko
Action Level

JUDGEMENT SYSTEM

Judges will qualify in scores from 1 to 10, the following 4 categories.

Creativity: I think this is not needed to explain, no brainer knows what this category covers.

Overall Sound: You don't have to be an engineer (if you are, you have more advantage tho) to make it sound decent, judges will look for clarity in the song, clipping, humming , excess of high frequencies , drowning, all of this will be taken under consideration.

Melody: How remixers interprets the main melody and news melodies implemented, if they are harmonious or not etc.

Arrangement: Structure of the track, if they are Dj Friendly or not, if it lacks of drive etc.

MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

Ok mates, I've been looking out for more prizes for the winner of this competition.

First.

O N L I N E - M A S T E R I N G . C O M

Will give away a free master to the winner, whether he wants to use it in his remix of this competition, or another track of his.

Second.

I have contacted Suzy Solar, she is a well known Dj, and she promised to air the winner remix in her last show of the month at etn.fm and feauture it as track of the Week, to promote it better.

S U Z Y S O L A R W E B S I T E

Third.

Fran VD a Resident Dj of ETN.FM , offered to play the winner remix the month after the selected track is been chosen!!! He plays every Second & Fourth Monday of every month!! Giving more exposure to the artist.

Fourth

Perry O'Neil Well I wrote him an e-mail asking for Dj Support for the winner, this is what he replied:

Here is my �Yes�. Of course i�d like to support you, if the winning remix fits my sets I will surely support it!



All the best,



Perry

P E R R Y O ' N E I L. C O M

FIFTH!!

Great news!! After contacting the directives of Ableton , I have got a great sponsorship from them, they are glad to supply a copy of Ableton Live 5!! to the winner of this competition!!!

ABLETON LIVE 5!!!!


A B L E T O N _-_ L I V E _-_ O F F I C I A L _-_ W E B P A G E



LIMIT OF ENTRIES : N / A

lets get started, where can i get the midi's?

peace

cool

but your link for the midi doesn't work

Link updated, thanks to midi.johnsteenberg.com, for providing the midi.

It's yahel & eyal barkan - Voyage...
I'll give it a shot

how long do we have time?

You have exactly 2 Months, September 24th would be the last day you have to submit your work .

great paulo .

Maybe i will give it a shot as well..never been in the TA remix comp.

same, im working on it now

I wanne suggest the following as well.

Get 10 judges to judge..but not from this section of forum but from the Music discussion one. Why? because producers have a different ear to listen to music than regular listeners. If you can get 10, get 5 if not get some from here as well. Maybe 4 from MD and 4 from this forum.

When you present the xx amount of remixes to the judges , you don't give them a label. Just track 1, 2 3 etc. it will give a fair review.

count me in.

never heared this track till i listened to the sample.

that bassline s leavin some major scope for imagination!

i recon it would be a good idea it have the producers names unavailable during judging to prevent people being biased.

could someone find a better MIDI for this, as when i import the MIDI file in Cubase, i get ALL channels and notes in one channel

I really like this melody, was playing around with it, so i might have a go at it.

I have started create now.

subtle, here are the midis split apart.

voyager_midis

and my 3rd bar for my bassline sounds off doesnt it?

Preview

i hate them notes for that section, they sound funny, even the origianl notes, i think.

peace

quote:

Originally posted by Massive84 Get 10 judges to judge..but not from this section of forum but from the Music discussion one.

i disagree, because all they can rely on is their taste. what i'm saying is that a lack of bass or too many highs on a hi-hat could go unnoticed, for example..

the technical side of the remixes is important as well, the remixes should be reviewed as objectively as possible.. just have a look at the criteria used in previous competitions:


- Originality: 20

- Sounds and effects: 40
Percussion 15
Synths and effects 25

- Arrangement: 40
Layout/structure 20
Eq/mastering 20

Total: 100

sall good, i just used the wrong notes coz that funked up midi isnt all that accurate.

Shouldn't there be a rating for melodies? I mean, just because it's a remix doesn't mean you keep all the same stuff.

quote:

Originally posted by Aquarian Shouldn't there be a rating for melodies? I mean, just because it's a remix doesn't mean you keep all the same stuff.

new melodies are covered by the 'originality' criterium

quote:

Originally posted by DJ_RoKo subtle, here are the midis split apart. voyager_midis and my 3rd bar for my bassline sounds off doesnt it? Preview i hate them notes for that section, they sound funny, even the origianl notes, i think. peace

There's two bass layers in the original mix.
The low is D#, A#, B, D#.
The high is D# + F#, A# + C#, F + F#, D# + F#
If that made any sense

Edit: Uploaded an example from the original.
Sample

Yeah, I'm definately gonna build a Yarune remix for this!

I think it's a good thing to have different members throughout the forum to judge. Then from every point of view you can get results and that will provide better view on the quality of the remixes.

September 24th is noted. Good luck to all!

i'm doooooooown.


i coulda sworn i've heard this on ASOT or something... is this tune signed?

You can't be serious. This ch00n is a huge classic!

yeah man u should be ashamed not knowing this tune hehe

a true classic, might give it a go meself

I'd say sticky this thread. And spread the word.

PDM, maybe a list in the first post who is planning to participate or judge so we have a bit of an overview of the size of this.

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