The Challenge May 2011

Renesongs · 2011-05-02T17:24:14+00:00

Jacquesg4j wrote -Music Moods- It was great to see so many entries in the last few challenges and I feel that a lot of it was because of the great topics that were chosen to keep the field open to most of the Formites... I would like to continue on the openness with the following idea... ... As I listened to the Emotional Compositions of the last challenge I could always see some picture or scenario that was triggered by the songs. I could see Dr. Gray from Grey's anatomy crying after losing a patient while some of your songs were playing in the background or Michael Scofield on Prison Break planning something while listening to our compositions. And as we all know music plays a huge role in setting the atmosphere for certain occasions... SO for this month’s challenge, you have to first create a visual scenario for us to imagine in our heads, and then create a musical piece that would set the mood for that. Basically your entry has to be accompanied by text to create the scenario. Here are a few examples of scenarios (you can use them if you want or create your own): 1) Grant is a 25 year old bachelor that visited Vegas to get drunk and gamble out all of his money because he hardly had money left in the first place. He neither had hope or confidence left... But then things started to change. He got lucky in the Casino and won $20 mil. He is driving his beat up Dodge pickup, cruising down the highway, knowing he has a new beginning and he is ready to take the world by storm. 2) David and his wife Rebecca were trying to have a kid for 10 years and after they realised that they were getting old, they decided to apply for adoption. They became the foster parents of Caylee, a beautiful 5 year old girl with brown hair and the biggest brown eyes you have ever seen. Two weeks before Caylee's 7th birthday the couple was severely traumatised after Caylee was only given 1 month to live after being diagnosed with leukaemia. After many treatments Caylee passed away and the couple was devastated when the doctor gave them the news in the waiting area of the hospital. Closing Date is 23:59:59 Wed 25 May 2011

Highway-Chile

So do they withhold the entries until the cutoff date and only then post the voting?

deefstes

G-Man wrote Hey deefstes

I had exactly the same issues with audacity and latency, what I record with now is reaper and asio4all (you can google that for the download) my latencies are really good for what I need, 5.6/5.8 ms after a bit of tweaking (If that's no good I can't tell ?) . There are some tutorials to set it up it's very straight forward.

Then once you have reaper installed you can start messing with vst's and stuff for effects.

Thanks G-Man, I've heard of Reaper but haven't tried it out yet. I think it's time.

Warren

Highway Chile wrote So do they withhold the entries until the cutoff date and only then post the voting?

Aye!

Highway-Chile

Warren wrote
Highway Chile wrote So do they withhold the entries until the cutoff date and only then post the voting?
Aye!

Great thanks. Sorry I mean to write..... " and only then post theM FOR voting.

Jacquesg4j

Well, I have this afternoon to come up with something! Maybe some simple acoustic!

Jacquesg4j

Wonder who will help me...

I need a converter from wave to mp3... What do you guys use?

G-Man

If you have it installed then you can use Audacity, just import your wav then go file -> export as mp3. Google for the lame_enc.dll file and point Audacity to it once you have downloaded it. I think it only encodes at 128 but depending on what you need it should be ok.

There are other programs out there that do it but it's a mission finding a free one.

Hope that helps...

FruitarGeek

Jacquesg4j wrote Wonder who will help me...

I need a converter from wave to mp3... What do you guys use?

I use a prog called: Any Audio Converter

I think its free, not sure. Works wonders tho

deefstes

FruitarGeek wrote I use a prog called: Any Audio Converter

I think its free, not sure. Works wonders tho

Uhm, how is that? You use it, but you don't know whether it costs money or whether it's free. :-\ Maybe I shouldn't ask too many questions... ?

FruitarGeek

deefstes wrote Maybe I shouldn't ask too many questions... ?

Yes... Maybe you shouldn't ?

Hammeron

Lads.
The banter has been a little bit vague.

Can I enter into 1 and 2 ?

Do I upload thru Boxnet and then enter the links, or what?

Cool.

deefstes

Hammeron wrote Lads.
The banter has been a little bit vague.

Can I enter into 1 and 2 ?

Do I upload thru Boxnet and then enter the links, or what?

Cool.

I'm not sure what the final decision was but I understand that you can indeed enter for both scenarios. That said, you'd have to bear in mind that you'd be competing against yourself then and effectively dilute your votes.

Once you've recorded your ditty, you upload it to the hosting site of your choice (box.net seems to be a popular choice) and send the link to Renesongs, also mentioning whether you're entering as (B)eginner, (I)ntermediate or (A)dvanced.

Looking forward to hearing your entry.

Renesongs

The verdict is that you can submit as many entries as you like, the more the merrier 8)

Bob-Dubery

Renesongs wrote The verdict is that you can submit as many entries as you like, the more the merrier 8)

May one enter oneself in multiple categories?

Bob-Dubery

Hammeron wrote Lads.
The banter has been a little bit vague.

Can I enter into 1 and 2 ?

Yes.

See the general competition rules too - there are restrictions including but not limited to length and number of simultaneous instruments.

Do I upload thru Boxnet and then enter the links, or what?

Cool.

Upload to boxnet or something similar, as mp3s, and PM the links to Rene, along with any information you wish to give about the tracks (what guitar you used etc) and which category (A, I or B) you are entering yourself in. Rene will hold all such entries until the relevant date and time and then publish them all simultaneously.

Wizard

X-rated Bob wrote Upload to boxnet or something similar, as mp3s, and PM the links to Rene, along with any information you wish to give about the tracks (what guitar you used etc) and which category (A, I or B) you are entering yourself in. Rene will hold all such entries until the relevant date and time and then publish them all simultaneously.

Also, I assume, which scenario you are trying to address
(just in case it's not obvious whether the music is hysterically upbeat, or hysterically downbeat)
?

Renesongs

May one enter oneself in multiple categories?

I given this some thought and I don't see the harm so long as each entry is significantly different.

deefstes

Renesongs wrote
May one enter oneself in multiple categories?
I given this some thought and I don't see the harm so long as each entry is significantly different.

I'm not sure I understand this. Does this refer to the categories A, I and B? If so, how can someone be advanced and at the same time a beginner?

Renesongs

The categories B,I,A are decided by you not by anyone else on the forum therefore you can enter as a Beginner for a challenge that you find difficult and as an Advanced entry for a challenge you feel you have waxed.

PeteM

My entry is in. I had planned on doing both subjects but won't have the time.

My entry is a classical piece played on my Cort nylon. I bought this guitar about four years ago and it was kinda bright but okay for the type of stuff I wanted to play in my band. But over the years it has mellowed significantly and I now feel confident using it for classical pieces.

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