SPC #5 - RESULTS ARE OUT

[dust hill resident]

Hello everyone,

It's been a year since the last Sample Pack Contest. And now, I've decided to host the next one.
I asked people how they were feeling about it, and I've got a very enthusastic response. And so now, the competition is going ahead as planned.

THE RESULTS ARE IN

The winner is Blitz Lunar, with Dream Gashapon!
To read the voters comments on the songs, download the SPC5 ratings zip file which is attached to this post, and you will find the comments inside it. Thanks everyone for taking part.

1st, Dream Gashapon by Blitz Lunar
2nd, Quasislumber by Blitz Lunar
3rd, ducktopia by coda
4th, Snowflake Village by Blue.nocturne
5th, Aya Hirano is Pregnant by Blitz Lunar & dust hill resident
6th, Donk Donk by RAMPKORV
7th, Paradise Trance by Blue.nocturne
8th, worldview by smh
9th, Infinitude Starshine by Blitz Lunar
10th, AV8 Motherboard Jumper Settings by dust hill resident.
Also in 10th place, modulo by MaliceX
11th, Give Cumulothunderbot a Bell by Blitz Lunar
12th, Kaleidoscinema by Magister ZZ
13th, Nice move by Lawrence
14th, Electrolysis Aquatica by Blue.nocturne
15th, Forego the Pants by Rocco
16th, Thrive by The Kroc
17th, lalalalala by `Nobody
Also in 17th place, Mystery Dimension by dust hill resident
18th, My dad is rich by RAMPKORV
19th, Happy Jihad by Anubis
20th, HappyFurbyTune by KungFuFurby
Also in 20th place, Boss Bus by Kris Troutman
21st, Funland by Kris Troutman
22nd, Plasma Pecks by Blitz Lunar
23rd, The Haunting End by IsaacV
24th, Medium Fusion by Kris Troutman
25th, BIGRIPESNAP by MaliceX
26th, Unsold by The Kroc
27th, His Power is Maximum, by HyperX
28th, Tragedy in Happiness Land by Kris Troutman
29th, Conclusion by dust hill resident
30th, So What by The Kroc
31st, Dave Harris crosses the arctic by DJ Destroid and dust hill resident
Also in 31st place, Grame Flame by Kris Troutman
32nd, EpicTwistedBossTheme by KungFuFurby
33rd, Inter-continental Chase by dust hill resident
34th, birth of a penis by freedrull
35th, Who framed Roger Rabbit's penis by dust hill resident
36th, JungleBongos by KungFuFurby
37th, SAKURA COURAGE SOLO by DJ Destroid
38th, Inhouse Work on Counter Earths by DJ Destroid
39th, Prescription for Penis by DJ Destroid
40th, The Ultimate Collection by dust hill resident

For quick information on who voted what, and the averages of the scores, check this html file.
http://www.shakal.net/lunar/temp/votingsystem2.html



Complete album (with art, tags, original samples etc.)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R4GTG2D2

Each individual song is also available for download at this iiichan thread (these are untagged, however)
http://iiichan.net/boards/music/res/10420.html


Cockin' Denis - Cockin' Johnny masters
For those of you who weren't around for the last one, the Sample Pack Contest is a musical composition contest which lasts about a month. Everyone who enters the contest submits three samples. Everyone has about a week to submit their samples, and once this week is over, all the samples that were submitted are gathered together and released in a zip file - this is the sample pack. I will put a link to the samplepack in this post, and then announce that the contest has started.

Once the samplepack is available, you can begin composing using the sounds from the pack. You will have about a month to write your compositions, and then you must submit all your compositions before the deadline. I will put instructions on how to submit your compositions in this post.

Once all the songs have been received, I will put a link to a zip file containing all the songs in this thread. I will also post each individual song in a thread at iiichan.net/boards/music so you will have two different sources to obtain the songs from, in case one source becomes inaccessible.

Once all the songs have been made available, you will have about 10 days to listen to all the compositions, and then cast your votes. I will make available a voting form and instructions on how to submit your votes.

It's unlikely, but if it seems that a significant number of contestants need some extra time to finish and submit their works, I may extend the length of the competition by a few days, or a week maximum, to give them a chance.

Dates and deadlines
Wed 4th march - samples begin to be accepted, people are able to come and sign themselves on for the compo
Monday 8th March - deadline for submission of samples. After this date, the samplepack is released and the contest begins. No more samples will be accepted, but people can still come and sign themselves up if they'd still like to write a song. When you've finished a song, you can submit it whenever you want, and you can submit as many songs as you like.
15th of April - After this date, the contest is closed and no more submissions are accepted. The songpack is released, and everyone listens to all the songs, and rates the songs on a scale of 1 to 10. You can also leave comments on individual songs if you desire.
25th of April - After this date, ratings are no longer accepted and the rankings are announced.

Contest rules
Make a song using the samples from the sample pack. You may edit the samples and use effects as you see fit, although there is one exception: "Shortlooping/"Chipping" the samples (to get simple wave instruments) is disallowed. That is, looping extremely short sections of samples in order to get chiptune-like sounds. The reason for this is you can apply this modification to any sample and get much the same effect - you end up just making chiptunes, and the challenge aspect of the contest is lost.
Using samples that did not come from the sample pack is strictly forbidden, and any songs which do this will be disqualified from the contest.
Songs must be original compositions - covers will not be accepted (although if you cover only a small part of a song and incorporate it into an otherwise original composition, perhaps as humor or popular culture reference, that is acceptable).
Your compositions must be no shorter than one (1) minute.
If you submit samples, you're expected to also submit a composition.

If your name is in green and bold, I have received and counted your votes.

Contestants signed up
01. Blitz Lunar
02. Kris Troutman
03. RAMPKORV
04. dust hill resident
08. The Kroc
10. Magister ZZ
12. smh
13. DJ Destroid
14. blue.nocturne
16. Lawrence
17. Anubis
18. dj.tuBIG/MaliceX
20. coda
21. `Nobody
23. freedrull
25. IsaacV
26. HyperX
28. Rocco
29. KungFuFurby

[Blitz Lunar]

I WILL JOIN (´･ω･`)

[dust hill resident]

Great, Blitz Lunar. I'll add you to the sign up list.
So, I'm thinking about the rules regarding samples:

* Each contestant can submit up to three (3) samples
* Samples can be voice recordings, musical instruments, noises of any kind - anything.
* Maximum length 5 seconds. You may not submit a sample longer than this
* You are not allowed to cheat by fitting two (or more) entirely different things into the same file and claiming it to be one sample, therefore submitting more than three samples. Now, I can understand if they're two different things which are closely related (for example, two different drum samples arranged as part of a drumloop, or two different words spoken by the same voice as part of a sentence) but if I can tell that you're trying to game the system by fitting two different things into the same file, I'll be angry.

What do you think?

[Kris Troutman]

I'm so totally in on this.

[dust hill resident]

Great. I've also added you to the list.

[RAMPKORV]

I'll join. This will be fackin' hard.

[Blitz Lunar]

for reference (or maybe just interest!) here's an exhaustive list of all the people who entered SPC in the past.

sid shakal. lychea, cblockdis, blitz lunar, lawrence, magister ZZ, malicex, dw_junon, kdmatt, rocco, butzaw, drumnbach, cyril, the kroc, miszou/audix/sole signal, jormungand, sir camehan/mudlord, banjo-fella, (a)lastair, kris troutman, anubis, patrick may/dusthillguy, shnabubula, RAMPKORV, blue.nocturne, WaR, roetaka, kulor

gonna put the message around to some of these guys and see if they wanna join. hopefully there'll be some new blood as well. perhaps a mass email would be a good idea? dunno.

[dust hill resident]

Great, RAMPKORV, I'll also add you to the list.

Thanks Blitz Lunar, contacting these people would be great. A mass email would also be a good idea - it would be great to see the old contestants back again, and new contestants as well.
So far, we have four contestants, including me, all who were in the last contest.

What do you all think about the deadlines I set? Although they were rough drafts when I came up with them, they seem quite sensible to me. Following these rules would give us a total competition time of a month and a half... not a bad length of time if you ask me. Time JOHNNY.

[TristanCorrales]

Oh this looks like fun, I want to try this.

[Blitz Lunar]

tristan "BIG PENIS" corrales. welcome!

i've just contacted the kroc and lawrence :V

EDIT: PlainFlavored would like to join as well.

[Kulor]

retsu go!!

[The Kroc]

YES! I'm a huge fan of these contests, thanks a lot for hosting another one!! I join, obviously.

[dust hill resident]

Excellent! Thanks everyone for your interest and enthusiasm. I'll add everyone to the list.

[Blitz Lunar]

aegis wants in!

i contacted some more people. waiting to hear back from them.

nice, 9 people already. excelent. bodacious. radical. legendary.

[Magister ZZ]

+1 here.