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Rocktober Revisited

As the mighty Scoops wrote the first time around (2008):
Your composition this month will be in the genre of ROCK.
It's open to all aspects of rock!
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Submissions MUST follow these rules:

1 - Encoded in either .mp3 or .ogg format.

2 - A STRICT MAXIMUM of three minutes in length. If it shows up as 3:01 in my player, it's getting the boot.

3 - entered into the contest by posting a DIRECT LINK (note: THIS MEANS A DOWNLOAD LINK) in this RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread (use the GOSSIP thread for everything else). If you cant provide a direct link, please contact one of the following people listed below, they will be happy to help you out. These people provide free hosting for the purpose of this contest only! They are not a hosting service. When contacting these people, please take the effort to understand the terms and conditions they provide.

Providers:
1 - knockman
2 - watto
3 - slartibartfast

In addition...
http://www.kara-moon.com/forum has offered "self service" space. Log into the forum to find out more.

But wait! There's more! If you use SoundCloud to host your entry, you might find this tutorial by kryptonaut helpful. Bear in mind that SoundCloud's free accounts have a limit (per track) of 100 downloads.

4 - Submitted by early a.m. (US Central Time) Sunday, October 25th, 2015.

5 - Your entry must be composed specifically for this contest (or, if a cover, arranged/recorded specifically for this contest).

6 - Your entry must be created using at least some audio plugins, virtual synths, or software studio.

7 - Your entry should have the FILE named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle" (eg "1510_TheBluntInstruments_SomeoneSomewhereSomehow.mp3"), where the artistname is the same as your KVR name. Please do not use spaces and special characters in the filename. Special considerations will be given to those that have the hosting agent change the file name.

8 - If you are going to tag your mp3--and you should--the artist name is to be the same as your KVR name, and the title tag is to be the name of your tune.

9 - One person can participate either with one entry, with one entry and one collaborative effort or with two collaborative efforts.

10 - Every submission has to be tagged with:
a) used instruments (virtual and 'real')
b) players' and singers' names (if other than entrant; collabs are allowed, sometimes encouraged, but they must be credited)
c) origin of loops and samples, if they're not free of copyright (this includes CreativeCommons material; please read and follow the license of the samples and loops you use); naming the origin of copyright free loops is also encouraged, but not mandatory. Please only use samples you are legally entitled to use.
d) name(s) of composer(s) -- if an entry is a cover this should be noted in the file name and/or the mp3 "Title" tag as well as the submission post (not everyone reads the submission posts).

11 - If there are strong doubts about the origin of the composition or parts of it, the participant should have the possibility to send a project file to the moderator, who could give it to a trustworthy person with the right host to examine it. Important: the participant should not be forced to do it.

12 - No resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. Please PM me for permission.

13 - Any tracks not adhering to these guidelines will be very naughty indeed. Possibly disqualified upon peer review. And at least mocked for all to point and giggle.

14 - Voting (members must have at least 20 posts to vote ... although contest entrants are exempt from this ruling) will run from the submission deadline until early a.m Sunday, November 1st. Anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified; any entrants not voting will also be disqualified.

If you have questions, send a private message to D.H. Miltz or ask in the gossip thread.
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PRIZES

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Quinto from SKNote Software Sound Synthesis has donated any one of his plugins for the contest this month. (and later months until further notice). Thank you, Quinto.

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Michel Rouzic the developer of Photosounder has donated a copy (with noncommercial license) of Photosounder, a copy of SplineEQ, or a copy of Spiral (until further notice).

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Varazuvi has donated a copy of Acoustic Guitar Pro for this March's contest (and later months until further notice). Thanks, Varazuvi.

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Uncle E from JRR Shop has donated a copy of UVI Mello for May's contest (and later months until further notice).
No longer a moderator.

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Gekritzel
https://soundcloud.com/clauderagonnet/gekritzel/
Busy month ahead so early submission for me.
Went for ambient rock with a reference (mainly in the title ) to Krautrock : Oktoberfest starting soon.. :party: :party:
Constructed around a guitar chord played backwards in Sampler
+ Alchemy
+ Arturia Analog Lab & ARP2600
+ 2 Synthmagic instruments in Kontakt.
Effect used CamelSpace
Mastered in Ableton 9 with Ozone 5

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One Thousand Rocks
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Ableton LIVE9 environment
many Parker guitars
3 x Gurian acoustic layers > Shure beta 57a
Ableton stock bass gtr instrument
out of practice me vocal > 57a
Geist
Dimension Pro - horns
Alchemy2 - pads
efx :
LIVE native x many, many
M-Audio BlackBox
Emonizer
Kjarhaus Classic Delay
CM magazine crash sample
Valhalla Vintage Verb
LIVE native mastering efx

https://soundcloud.com/mrnatural-1/1015 ... e-thousand
peace
expert only on what it feels like to be me
https://soundcloud.com/mrnatural-1/tracks

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The Lamb and the Seals

https://soundcloud.com/wopelka/1510_wop ... the_seals/

Inspired by the recent blood moon and the Book of Revelations.

no guitar or drums were harmed in the making of this track.

enjoy

:band2:

The Band: FL Studio, SoundforgeBFD3, Scarbee Pre-Bass-Amped, Strum GS-2, Evolution Strawberry, Organ 3, Z3TA+2, Alchemy, M-Tron Pro, Red Box, Guitar Rig 5, H-Delay, Presswerk, Uhbik-F&D, VC2A, RP-AMod, VahallaUberMod, VahallaRoom, Fruity parametric EQ2, L1+Ultramaximizer

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Here's my entry. It's kind of a symphonic rock anthem of sorts with an upbeat feel. I hope you enjoy it!

Optimism

https://soundcloud.com/davidstiles/optimism

Stuff I used:

DAW: Mulab 6

Instruments:
u-he Zebralette
Kontakt 5 Factory Library (drums)
8Dio Adagietto, Adagio Violas, Alto Flute and Bazantar
Impact Soundworks Shreddage II and Shreddage Bass
Cinesamples Cinebrass Core

FX:
NI Guitar Rig 5 Player
QuikQuak Fusion Field

mp3 conversion by Audacity

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Here's my entry. In a way it's still about the autumn season
No chorus !!! it's intentional... not a mistake

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GameDay


HW:
Charvel guitar, my new DIY strat, Fender Strato, Tech21 GT2, Mostortion, Alesis solo tube pre, Shure beta58, Marshall studio 15, H&K Tubemeister 5, Jackson bass, Rocktron Chameleon, Behringer bass OVD
SW :
NI Bandstand, NI Battery, MT-PowerDrum, Glaceverb, Camel space, KeFir, LFX-1310, Kjarehus classic bundle, Fusion Field

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Stardrive Engaged

Some spacerock from me this month.

Stardrive Engaged (download)
Stardrive Engaged (soundcloud)



Synths:
Alchemy
Magix Beatbox2, Vita
Natural Readers Crystal

FX:
Kjaerhus Classic Delay,Phaser,Chorus
Spinner LE
Melda MFreqShifter

DAW:
Magix Samplitude Music Studio 2014

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Ok, this seems to fit, though not "massively" Rock.

Still in the air

Download

https://soundcloud.com/sonicensemble-gu ... in-the-air

Done with lots of Midi-Guitar playing, so also parts which not sound like a guitar were played by a guitar. And, ok - some edits afterwards.
Movie thing with 70s breath :)


SW:
Reaktor Claviness Mk2
UVI Mellotron
VB3
Kontakt Scarbee Bass
FPC

Amplitube
Jam Origin Midi Guitar
jb barricade pro
valhalla room
Reaktor inity delay
A1StereoControl


HW:
Squier Stratocaster
Symphony Nr.1
Meet the Cities Repair Team Unimportant laughter
music has become meaningless...we just keep doing it

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Hi guys, here's my contribution for Rocktober!

Sphinx

Made on Cubase 6.5 with:

- LASS Lite, Ezdrummer, Several percussions from Kontakt Factory lib, Wave Direct Bass
Camel Audio Alchemy, Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2
- Cubase Eq, Comp & Amp on Insert
- TAL Dub 2 and Steinberg REVerence on send
- MUTility, SHEPPi Free Spatial Enhancer, Cubase Maximizer on master bus

https://soundcloud.com/bzur/sphinx01

(Original image by Guylaine Brunet - flickr.com/photos/9825504@N07, edited with Photogramio)

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All the Fun I Can Stand
2:28 / 3.8MB ogg or 4MB mp3

mp3 . . . ogg

No escape from interesting times
Local smoke from distant crimes
Double down, double up the daily dose of demolition
A little late for an early grave
Throw away what the shattered save
Abandoned in the aftermath, no antidote but apparitions

Let go of my hand
I've had all the fun I can stand

Singing cradlesongs in the slaughterhouse
Eyes go glassy then the lights go out
Honeycomb your heart with hand-me-down hallucinations
Bitter waiting for better days
How it is is how it stays
Dust motes drifting, dancing in the desolation

Let go of my hand
I've had all the fun I can stand


Used: MuLab, Audacity, Kontakt (DrumMic'a), Classic Compressor, Classic Delay, Classic EQ, StageSpace, Roundtone, POD, Telecaster, Squier II P Bass, MXL V63M.
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the only ghost here

Dim the lights and relax your mind; here's a laid back, mildly-psychedelic space-rock track with vocals by the lovely Molly Rose.

I was going for a warm, thick mix. I may have overdone it. I got a little carried away with MJUC all over this mix; it's my new favorite toy!.

kit:
Cockos REAPER, ReaEQ, ReaComp, ReaFir, ReaTune, Floaty Delay (JS)
Native Instruments The Gentleman, Abbey Road 60s Drummer, Guitar Rig Elements
Klanghelm SDRR, MJUC
Sonimus Britson Buss/Channel
Variety of Sound epicVerb
TDR/VoS SlickEQ, Kotelnikov
de la Mancha sixtyfive a, ClipStar
Audio Assault Transient
Ignite Amps PTEq-1a, SHB-1
arcDev ET-301
Kazrog Recabinet
TAL Flanger, Dub III
Nomad Factory BT Analog Chorus, Analog Phaser
IK Multimedia Amplitube CS, SampleTron, Sonik Synth
PechenegFX Tremolo
Voxengo SPAN
ToneBoosters TB Barricade CM
My delightfully cheap Ariana "strat" and Samick "P" bass

lyrics
the light goes out.
i wait. i wallow.
i cannot see.
i fear. i freeze.
i'm lost in my own...
only hope can make me smile.

https://soundcloud.com/halfwalk/the-only-ghost-here/

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Skreemer

DAWs
Tracktion 2
Reason 3

Instruments
Peavey electric guitar
Shure SM57 mic

Plug-Ins
Tracktion Compressor & 4-Band Equaliser
Kjaerhaus Classic Chorus, Reverb & Delay

Guitar solo played by my mate Gareth Thomas
can't sing, can't play, looks awful.....

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Fear of Failure

A slightly lo-fi offering. Sorry, no Soundcloud link as I'm out of space.

http://k003.kiwi6.com/hotlink/prfat1mrm ... ailure.mp3

Created in Reaper using:

Real Instruments:
Peavey Rotor EXP guitar
Blast (cheap Shanghai brand) Concise bass
Audio Technica AT2020 microphone

Plug-ins:
Superior Drummer with Folk Drums EZX
Guitar Rig 5
Trash 2
Alloy 2
Camel Space
Roundtone
ReaTune
Toneboosters Voice Pitcher (for vocal harmony/doubling)
B2 Reverb
EAReverb
Ozone 5

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Made for October Contest KVR 2015 Rocktober,
It's called "Rock On".

Daw : FLStudio.

Only virtual instruments used :
Sf2 : Natural Decaying Bass, Ultimate Guitar
Drums : MTPowerdrumkit2.0
Sfz : Shinyguitar, epowerchords
Vsti : Kriminal-LP-SGC, Synth1.

Fx : (also very virtual)
TDR VOS SlickEQ, TSE X50 v1.0.2, TSE 808 v2.0, JCM900, TB_Barricade_CM, Reverberate LE, Boogex, ADT, FlybabyBETA, Phase90, Fruity Delay, Fruity Reeverb, Fruity Phaser, BootEqMII, EQs, Maximus.
And the wonderful automated NastyDLAmkII at the end.

Enjoy.

Rock On

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Some day I'll learn not to leave these things to the last minute.

Embolism

Used: Reaper 5 and its native gubbins, z3ta+, Camelphat 2, the increasingly crash-prone Sampletank 2, sfz, Shure SM58, Ibanez guitar & 'Legend' bass.

blood is thick, blood is thick
blood is thicker than hope
there's a rope where your spine used to be
but you're a better dancer now

when the night men came you had nothing to say
so they took her away
didn't even make the evening news
i saw you dancing on the evening news

the people love you
the people love you
you think they love you
you're just an embolism
(blood bullet to the brain)

blood is thin, blood is thin
blood is thinner than wine
there's a line, or there was
and we knew when we were crossing it

you're a searchlight shining in your enemies' eyes
you say you're looking for spies
i just wanna see who's holding the light

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