CURRENT CHALLENGE - GENERAL INFORMATION
Time Frame: Thursday, 24th December 2015 to Friday, 15th January 2016 (>21 days)
Challenge submission will end on 15-01-2016, 11:59pm CET/GMT+1 (Germany) - until further notice. If you want to find out when that is the case at your place, please use the following tool and and select "Berlin (Germany)" as location 1, and your location as location 2:
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Song Provider: Jeff St.Clair (
KVR Profile)
Song Name and Length: It came upon the midnight clear, 3:59min
Song Information: 60 bpm, time signature 4/4, in D maj/G maj/E enharmonic
File Format: WAV, 44kHz, 24bit
GENRE: Country/Rock Ballad
Preview of the Song:
Preview on Studio Compyfox (might need right click - save as)
INFO: This is a rough demo mix!
Jeff St.Clair wrote:A word from the song provider:
This track is part of an attempt to create a Christmas Holiday CD with slide guitars, in the style of late 70s/early 80ies country music.
I'm looking for a clean, warm yet interesting mix with a good overall balance. I'd also like a good, solid, well defined bass guitar, as this is (along with the Slide Guitar) the driving element of the arrangement.
Else, there are no rules. Please create an enjoyable ballad mix, fitting for the holidays.
A few words by the Mix Challenge staff:
Staff (Compyfox) wrote:This particular track is an interesting blend of a traditional carol song from 1850 (known as "Carol", written by Richard Storrs Willis), spiced up with slide guitars, and a more classic rock/pop oriented arrangement. Definitely an interesting twist.
This ballad can go several routes:
- modern pop (ultra wide mixed, modern sound)
- 80s rock ballad (more focus on the guitars,
lots of reverb)
- classic rock (think mixes from early 70ies, limited
equipment, chamber reverb, etc)
The choice is yours. Be creative!
Please also consult the TXT files that are bundled in the source files package below. There you can find more information about the individual files and changes to the time signature.
Special Add-On Rules:
- create a an interesting mix in your style (keep in mind, it's a ballad)
- Alternative versions can be used if you need more flexibility over a certain sound
- No rearrangement of the song structure
- try to not(!) pre-master the track (please no overuse of mix bus treatment)
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Source Files:
Main Mix Package - Mirror on Studio Compyfox (477MB, LZMA compressed - Updated: 25-12-2015 1:45am GMT+1)
For users that loaded the main mix package before 25-12-2015 1:45am GMT+1
Snare Update Pack - Mirror on Studio Compyfox (46MB, LZMA compressed)
The provided files were packed as ZIP with LZMA compression.
File size extracted: 1300 MB, packed 477 MB (ZIP, LZMA)
In order to extract the files, we can recommend these programs:
Macintosh:
The Unarchiver -
get it here
Windows:
7zip -
Installation,
Portable
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Please
take note of the official rules - they can be found at the following thread:
KVR Mix Challenge - Official Rules and Guidelines
Please address any OT question in the official Gossip thread:
KVR Mix Challenge - Gossip and Discussion
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SPONSORS (Prizes):
Prizes for mix participants:
Note: All licenses are NFR (Not-For-Resale), except where noted.
Changes to available prices on short notice may be possible and will be announced separately.
Acon Digital is kind enough give away a single plugin of winner's choice.
License will turn into NFR
More info on Acon Digital:
http://acondigital.de
Ghostwave Audio (KVR User Karten) is kind enough to donate
MixRight (a Reaktor Ensemble) to the winner (until further notice)
License won't turn into NFR, you need Native Instruments Reaktor 5.8+ for this
More info on Ghostwave Audio:
http://ghostwaveaudio.com/

JRR Shop will give away either one of the following plugins:
SONiVOX Wobble, Pulse or Twist (until further notice)
More info about the plugins on SONiVOX:
http://www.sonivoxmi.com
More info about the sponsor:
http://www.jrrshop.com/
Metric Halo will give away a single plugin of winner's choice.
License will turn into NFR
More info about Metric Halo:
http://mhsecure.com/metric_halo/
Nyrv Systems offers AGENT incl. all currently available NyrvDevices and free update to at least v1.5 of winner's choice (until further notice)
License will turn into NFR
More info about Nyrv Systems:
http://www.nyrvsystems.com/

Sound and Graphic, KVR user and Mix Challenge staff
satYatunes is donating one commercial product of winner's choice (until further notice)
More info on satYatune's page:
http://www.satyatunes.com/
Tone2 is kind enough to donate either a bundle consisting of
AkustiX Enhancer and WarmVerb, or a license of
Ultraspace to the winner (until further notice)
License will turn into NFR
More info on Tone2:
https://tone2.com
Two Notes Audio Engineering is kind enough to donate one license of
Torpedo Wall of Sound III to the winner, loaded with 57 cabinets (equivalent to "Torpedo WoS II") (donation until Q1 2016)
License will not turn into NFR
More info on Two Notes:
http://www.two-notes.com/en/
THANKS FOR THE DONATIONS!
And also a thank you to all former contributors as well.
If you want to sponsor content (please have a focus on mix plugins, bundles and the likes), please get in touch with the the challenge staff.
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Good luck to all participants.
And most importantly, have fun!