So this discussion started percolating a little while ago and here we are:
the first ever DSF VSTi Contest Challenge.
In a nutshell, you are to make a song using only the provided VSTi, drum machine + breakbeat samples (breakbeat courtesy of Sackley) and the provided toolkit of DSP effects (the Kjaerhus Classic series.) You can also record your own vocals as long as they're used as traditional vocals, i.e. sung, rapped, or spoken content (no beatboxing or humming basslines
)The purpose is to A) punish the VSTi and make it do naughty things, and B) demonstrate that tools do not equal talent - and that sometimes limitations can be liberating and encourage you to try things you might not ordinarily do with your gear, not to mention showing people with fancy setups that there's more to a good song than expensive plugs. The featured freeware VSTi for this round will be TAL ELEK7RO, a very versatile and powerful synth with lots of potential. The featured drum machine kit is the Analog Impact 1, a "boutique" drum machine that sounds classic but still has its own unique character. And finally, our very own Sackley has provided a set of four samples of the same break (played live by him) with 3 versions having different mic tracks and the 4th being a composite mix.
Ready? Lets get this started!
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The 3 Rules
1) Songs can only be made from the featured VSTi, and the provided drum machine kit and breakbeat sample (percussion can be synthesized from the VSTi as well.) You may also record your own vocal content provided it's sung or spoken and not you making synth, bass, beatbox sounds. If a vocal sample is ID'd* as coming from existing media such as film, music, television, the submission will be disqualified.
2) The aforementioned provided sounds can be processed only using the provided DSP vst plug-ins. You can use your sampler to capture, stretch, re-pitch, reverse, or chop the samples, but using native DAW/sampler processing to do anything like bandpassing, phasing, flanging, chorusing, gating, compressing, reverb, delay, etc. is not allowed*.
3) Song can be any style/genre; Song run time can be no more than 4 minutes (entries running over will not be included, period); two weeks deadline with 1 week of voting.
* Winner must be able to provide patch/screenshot/some sort of basic documentation for how sound
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Download the Contest Pack here:
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Contains:
the Analog Impact 1 drumkit,
Sackley's breakbeat,
the Kjaerhus Classic series installer .exe,
and a direct link to the TAL ELEK7RO page so you can choose either the 32 bit PC, 64 bit PC, or Mac version as needed.
Deadline for contest submissions is MIDNIGHT Pacific Standard Time (7 PM GMT) on August 18th.
When you're ready to submit your song, please upload to a share site (sendspace, rapidshare, divshare, etc) and PM me the link with your name and the name of the track.
Do not disclose your identity until voting is through, please.
nothing like analog clipping
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