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Re: [elektron] MD Contest changes

2004-08-30 by belplascaprod

Hi!

Great idea! I think this is a good way for everyone to learn new 
tricks on their MD.

I'm in!

Nils


--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "tahvenaine2002" 
<toni.ahvenainen@p...> wrote:
> Everythings ok by me.
> Toni.
> 
> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Melnyk <jmelnyk@c...> 
> wrote:
> > On Aug 28, 2004, at 8:22 AM, tahvenaine2002 wrote:
> > 
> > >  So I guess these are the MD Contest changes. Lets repeat them 
> once
> > >  again, for persons who didn't read the above accurate enough:
> > >
> > >  1. Contest ends 24.9.2004 (don't get lazy, start one today).
> > >  2. Post links to your loops, I'll gather the links (not Mp3s).
> > >  3. You can use song-mode also, just try to stay max 30 sec.
> > >  4. Individual outputs are ok.
> > >  5. We can try to make these contests a monthly thing. Everyone 
> can
> > >  suggest ideas (try to keep them general, so they don't favor 
> house-
> > >  boys or DnB-junkies. So that everyone can do something).
> > 
> > These rules sound great to me.  The only additional thoughts I 
have 
> are
> > that in the future, we might want to make the time 30 seconds 
> minimum
> > and 1 minute maximum.   But we should see how everyone does the
> > first time around before changing it.  Also, if we're going to do 
> this 
> > every
> > month then perhaps we should designate a specific machine every 
> month
> > rather than always letting people choose what they want.  Again, 
we 
> can 
> > do
> > the above this month and then maybe designate a machine next 
month 
> if
> > that's what everyone wants.
> > 
> > Regarding posting songs: I can remove the audio files in the the 
> group's
> > website and create a special place there for this contest.  Then 
> I'll 
> > remove
> > them (and create an archive, including contest results) the week 
> before 
> > the
> > next month's submissions are due.  It will probably be easier 
than 
> > keeping
> > a list of links and such; everyone can just post their 
audio/sysex 
> > files in one
> > directory so we don't have to surf all over to find them.  And if 
> > they're only
> > 30+ seconds, there *should* be enough room for them there.
> > 
> > And I hope nobody minds me removing the audio in there; I'm sure 
> that 
> > all
> > threads regarding any audio have run their course (the newest 
file 
> is 
> > six
> > months old), so it should be ok with everyone, I'd imagine.  If 
> not, 
> > let me know.
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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