KVR Audio

DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:44 pm

So what do you all want to do next month?

I had all these great ideas about everyone submitting 2-3 seconds of audio and then doing something in the style of the great Copy and Paste greats with all of those snippets but then I got sick and now I'm just really tired because it's almost November.

So... Any ideas?

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:49 pm

Palindrome

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:59 pm

More ideas:

- Hyperactivity (as the antithesis to meditation)

- Variations on a theme by Justin Bieber

- Distort yourself!

- Casio orchestra --- orchestral / mock-classical / chamber music compositions played on obivously artificial software emulations of acoustic instruments. The more artificial, the better!

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:33 pm

DrApostropheX wrote:I had all these great ideas about everyone submitting 2-3 seconds of audio and then doing something in the style of the great Copy and Paste greats with all of those snippets but then I got sick and now I'm just really tired because it's almost November.

Well, I guess it will work even better with a midi file, imho....
(more freedom and diversity)

So... Any ideas?

I believe through the years all my suggestions & ideas had been used: raw, recycled or combined

I remember a couple of good themes proposed inside the August gossip thread

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:46 pm

Snipped these ideas from August:

Laguna Rising
- Maximalism (complex arrangement)
- No lead lines (with instruments)
- Trascend definitions (beyond any recognizable genre)
- Alien religion hymn
- Tv/Radio-Ad music (advertise an item = music for a commercial)
- Inspired by a dream
- Futuristic / Time Machine (future sound of Kvr)
- Transition (changing mood/arrangement/style/genre/sound,etc)
- Hypnotic

Kryptonaut
Something Shakespearean, it being the 400th year since he died.
Something inspired by the creation story of your choice of religion.
Something inspired by the 'end of days' scenario from a religion of your choice.
Simplicity - beauty without complexity.
Something using 'unorthodox' scales or microtonality.
Composition featuring 'found sounds'.

Hypnotic and Simplicity would be too close to October's theme, though.

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:19 pm

Western movie score.

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:03 pm

Well, many good themes had already been used, but we can recycle the best one adding limitations or requirements (for example: one synth only, or the use of musical theory rules (pedal point, through-composition, etc))

We welcome every new suggestion or fresh, new idea

These are the last 176 themes (grabbed from the HOF) :

Code: Select all

June 2016 – Homage
May 2016 – Emergency!
April 2016 – Free for All
March 2016 – Mmmmmmm (favorite food or beverage)
February 2016 – Radio Radio
January 2016 – What Are You Afraid Of?
December 2015 – Free for All
November 2015 – Trio
October 2015 – Rocktober Revisited
September 2015 – Autumn
August 2015 – Another Old Photo
July 2015 – Call and Response
June 2015 – Free for All
May 2015 – Prog Revisited
April 2015 – Ten in One (ten songs in three minutes)
March 2015 – The Contest from Beyond the Stars (1950s science fiction)
February 2015 – February Animal Writing Month
January 2015 – Music to Work Out To
December 2014 – Free for All
November 2014 - Music for a TV Commercial
October 2014 – The Depths (of the ocean)
September 2014 – Psychedelic
August 2014 – One Hundred Years On (WWI)
July 2014 - Polyrhythm
June 2014 - Free for All
May 2014 – School Dance
April 2014 - Fairy Tales
March 2014 - March
February 2014 – Ragnarök
January 2014 – The Contest with No Name (KVR Genres)
December 2013 – Holiday Music
November 2013 – Film Noir
October 2013 – Free for All
September 2013 – School
August 2013 – The Lost Tape
July 2013 - Music for Fireworks
June 2013 - Wedding Music
May 2013 - Work Song
April 2013 - Flash Forward/Future Sound
March 2013 - Funk
February 2013 - Two
January 2013 - Free For All
December 2012 - National Anthem (and then some)
November 2012 - Hit It! (percussion only)
October 2012 - Imaginary Horror Movie
September 2012 - The Human Voice
August 2012 - A Day at the Beach
July 2012 - Alien Music
June 2012 - Ma Miltz's Photo
May 2012 - Monophony
April 2012 - Get to the Point, Already (30 second limit)
March 2012 - You're Getting Veeeeerrry Sllleeeeeepy...(Hypnotic)
February 2012 - Come On, Get Happy
January 2012 - Through With You
December 2011 - Nocturne
November 2011 - Latin America
October 2011 - Free for All
September 2011 - The Blues
August 2011 - 5 X 5
July 2011 - Industrial
June 2011 - Glissando
May 2011 - Free for all
April 2011 - Make me laugh
March 2011 - The World in Turmoil
February 2011 - Roots
January 2011 - Key of Easy
December 2010 - Collaboration
November 2010 - Free For All
October 2010 - My Doppelganger
September 2010 - The Reviews
August 2010 - The Movies
July 2010 - Sprechstimme
June 2010 - I just want to bang on the drum all day
May 2010 - Free for All
April 2010 - Dig Them Fancy Threads
March 2010 - Round
February 2010 - Who Do Ya Love
January 2010 - New Beginnings
December 2009 - Fish and the 70's
November 2009 - Piss Me Off
October 2009 - 3 x 1
September 2009 - Those That Have Gone Before Us
August 2009 - Slow
July 2009 - Picture This
June 2009 - Who are You?
May 2009 - 3/4
April 2009 - Free for All
March 2009 - Natures Way/Kazoo
February 2009 - Dynamics
January 2009 - Resoloution
December 2008 - Christmas Time
November 2008 - On this day in history
October 2008 - Rocktober
September 2008 - Sad
August 2008 - Hip Hop
July 2008 - NuPunk
June 2008 - Speed
Everybody won!
May 2008 - Collaboration, Free For All
April 2008 - Get Down, Get Funky
March 2008 - How's the Weather
February 2008 - Cover KVR
January 2008 - BPM 
December 2007 - FUN 
November 2007 - Strange and Beautiful Combinations 
October 2007 - Name The Theme/DC2007 
September 2007 - Yrume 
August 2007 - Form 
July 2007 - 5 Years (Markleford Tribute) 
June 2007 - Free For All 
May 2007 - 3 
April 2007 - Midi Madness
March 2007 - Flashback - the 70's - Prog Rock
February 2007 - To Love or Not to Love
January 2007 - Pedal Your Point
December 2006 - Collaboration: KVR Anthem
November 2006 - Eat Me
October 2006 - Get your Ya ya's (out of the mix)
September 2006 - The World
August 2006 - Back To School
July 2006 - Genre Hybrid
June 2006 - FIGHT!
May 2006 - Muzak Covers
April 2006 - Doing Time
March 2006 - Masquerade
February 2006 - Ugly Babies
January 2006 - Martian Folk
December 2005 - New TV Theme
november 2005 - themed - Easy & Cheesy in the Lo-Fi Lounge
october 2005 - themed - FRANKENMIX!
september 2005 - themed - bob moog RIP
august 2005 - themed - vurtstock
july 2005 - themed - music to dance to
june 2005 - themed - clinch that record deal
may 2005 - FREE FOR ALL
april 2005 - themed - SPRING IS IN THE AIR
march 2005 - FREE FOR ALL
february 2005 - themed - UNHEARD PERSONALITIES
winter 2004/2005 - themed - PEEL TRIBUTES - 'SOUL' MUSIC
december 2004 - alternate - OBLIQUE BLEAK NIGHT (run by Markleford)
november 2004 - themed - PEEL SESSION COVERS
october 2004 - alternate - 44 Seconds of FEAR (run by Markleford)
october 2004 - themed - MICROPHONE (chosen by haydxn)
september 2004 - themed - SOLO (chosen by spyro)
august 2004 - free-for-all
july 2004 - themed - METEL - THE REVENGE !!!
june 2004 - themed - scif-fi movie theme (chosen by scuzzphut)
may 2004 - free-for-all
april 2004 - themed - hurry up (chosen by plunge)
march 2004 - themed - island music (chosen by you)
february 2004 - free-for-all
january 2004 - themed - cold knight, hot pursuit
december 2003 - themed - covers
november 2003 - free-for-all
october 2003 - themed - loops
october 2003 (unofficial) - pink & scary
september 2003 - free-for-all
august 2003 - themed - KVR unplugged
july 2003 - free-for-all
june 2003 - themed - PUNK !!!
may 2003 - themed - 'share an unreal sensation'
april 2003 - free-for-all
march 2003 - free-for-all
february 2003 - themed - 'back to the future' [the 80s sound]
alternate february 2003 - themed - hip-hop [thx to markleford & ET & choochcat for results]
january 2003 [unofficial] - themed - most metel
december 2002 - free-for-all
november 2002 - themed - 'cover versions'
october 2002 - themed - 'romance'
september 2002 - free-for-all [ ? ]
august 2002 - free-for-all [ ? ]
july 2002 - free-for-all
june 2002 - free-for-all [ ? ]
may 2002 - free-for-all [ ? ]
april 2002 - free-for-all
march 2002 - themed - one synth only

have to think it over

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:41 pm

How about something using exactly one instrument sound. So either just all piano, all {fave sysnth sound}, all a single drum sound.

Lets see how people manage with such a restriction!

Hmmm Aziraphael would walk this if he's still looking in

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:36 pm

There was a Bob Moog RIP. Seems fitting to make this a Don Buchla RIP.

DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:34 pm

Given that it's a shorter month, how would people feel about a shorter track-length limit, just for November (to offset the longer tracks from this month). I like the theme of hyperactivity (or just "activity") as well as the one instrument/patch limitation. Not for everyone, but it could produce some interesting pieces (and maybe a lot of multi-tracked kazoo). From watching "I Dream of Wires" I gather that Buchla's instruments were sometimes largely about programming a patch and letting it run (if that's not right, don't blame me, blame the movie

) so maybe there's a chance to tie some of that in too.

November -> Activity -> One instrument/patch -> 2-minute "retroKVR" limit -> Buchla?????

bluerobot · Post by **bluerobot** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:10 pm

for Buchla

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 5:02 pm

Buchla sounds like fun, already are thinking of ideas.

The only limitations is your mind.

DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 7:45 pm

Cool! To be honest, I'm not intimately familiar with Buchla's life or his gear. I'll do some quick research and see if there's some extra twist we can put on the contest that would make it appeal to the non-synthesists in the group. Perhaps a tape music angle?

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:38 am

I was hopping that necessary dosen't have to be à synth, Could be any instrument.

I don't know who Buchla is eaither.

skipscada · Post by **skipscada** » Thu Oct 27, 2016 11:07 am

Hellfog wrote:I was hopping that necessary dosen't have to be à synth, Could be any instrument.

Google "Buchla samples" to get Buchla sounds without synths. Depending on how the theme is defined, a song about Buchla (or not knowing anything about him and his work) would be valid. Or in time-honoured KVR contest fashion, just make a track with no apparent connection to the theme and hope for the best.

Hellfog wrote:I don't know who Buchla is eaither.

Never too late to learn, and it's never been easier to learn than it is now.

November Contest: Gossip