LAST UPDATE AND FINAL RULES (just a new thread for you to keep it fresh):
Dear Z friends, here we are! Ready?
I hope most of you are happy now with this, it is too difficult to please everybody cos there are different conceptions to the contest, so please, try to adapt a bit to what other Pulsarians had asked for it to be too.
I think we have reached a quite nice agreement now. I really hope to start soon.
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Based on all the Z posts in this thread, and trying hard to please all of you, these are the final rules for the Wav Contest:
Mode:
Both XTC and SFP, whichever suits you best.
How many files?
You have to create and upload 5 Wav files.
Order:
The files ordered as: Base – Drum – Percussion – Chords – Lead –
Use any chord progression you think relates nicely to “D minor”, at 130 BPM, in 4 or 8 bars each, as you prefer.
More than 5 files:
To this you can add any files you want, just keep in mind the 130 BPM.
The final song:
The final song would have 160 bars in all.
Original files:
The original files should be dry with no reverb.
Processing:
Process them freely, chop them, cut and past little bits of it, as you like, using Pulsar Plug-ins.
Upload:
You can compress files with WaveZip so they are smaller. Please download the WaveZip here:
http://www.5star-shareware.com/Music/WA ... vezip.html
FTP space:
Dbmac is the most suitable web space offered. He could give us some instructions for us to upload our files and start downloading other participant files.
The process:
The process can be done in any sequencer or wave editor as you like.
File and folder name:
The folder would be: “z_contest”. Call every file as: bass_kensuguro, drum_paulmarting, etc. This way they will all get ordered automatically.
Folder for more files:
If you want to add more files than the 5 requested, create a second folder called “others”, and again specify them as clearly as possible.
Notes:
Add a little text file explaining anything you thing it is relevant about your files, and the way you intended us to use them.
How many tracks?
Use as many tracks as you need to develop your project.
Tempo bars:
Use 4/4, 3/4, or anything you like as long as you keep the amount of quarter notes, equivalent to a 4 or 8 bars at 4/4, 130 BPM.
Prizes:
The most musical, the most original and the best sounding.
Death line:
You can upload your song to Planet Z until the 12 of January 2004.
The prize day:
The 14th of January 2004, just one day before our Fifth Z Anniversary.
Enjoy!
