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hakey · Post by **hakey** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:57 pm

snigelx wrote:Quality over quantity.

False dichotomy: with a synth that's as easy to program as Diva, there's no reason why we can't have both quality and quantity.

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:23 pm

How about something around 8 patches? If the contest ends in six weeks, you can work on 2 patches per week, then spend the last two weeks revising/polishing 4 patches per week. If there are 12 contestants, that yields a decent number of patches at 96.

rockin1 · Post by **rockin1** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:33 am

I think I'll try to find time to give this a go, especially in the 6-8 patch range...

Doc Jon · Post by **Doc Jon** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:12 am

I'd be interested too
6-8 patches sounds good

xh3rv · Post by **xh3rv** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:49 am

Doc Jon wrote:I'd be interested too
6-8 patches sounds good

I think a little padding on the total size like this would be nice for people. It would make it easier to justify including a couple patches that might be a little less filtered for the contest but still fun or interesting to share.

snigelx · Post by **snigelx** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:56 am

hakey wrote:
snigelx wrote:Quality over quantity.
False dichotomy: with a synth that's as easy to program as Diva, there's no reason why we can't have both quality and quantity.

One thing I failed to take into account is the fact that most users already have a good head-start on a bank anyway. In most cases it would just mean cleaning up and adding some extra MIDI control to those existing creations. At any rate, 6-8 patch mini-sets would be great.

Fritze · Post by **Fritze** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:15 am

I'm in guys, whatever you finally decide. This is fun!

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:30 am

snigelx wrote: ...that most users already have a good head-start on a bank anyway.

I say that this doesn't matter that much... not that I have been patching DIVA since for the factory bank... I haven't patched it at all.

But if you CAN patch... it is possible to create better patches that anybody that has a good "head-start"

Call it talent, luck, or just find few neat tricks and revolve around those... but if you miss skill that comes from experience... it will be a bit harder to get that solid contour that makes a patch sound legit!

But anyway... even it you have fun and the patches sound more experimental, with a good idea and positive mental attitude .. you are greatly increasing your chances for better results in every way!

8 patches sounds like a perfect number.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:18 am

Note: we're deciding the *maximum* number of patches per mini-bank, not a fixed number that everyone has to abide by.

EDIT: Or should we have a fixed bank size?

If it is to be fixed, I vote for 8.

JoeCat · Post by **JoeCat** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:04 pm

Doc Jon wrote:I'd be interested too
6-8 patches sounds good

OT - but love the new logo!

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:49 pm

hakey wrote:Note: we're deciding the *maximum* number of patches per mini-bank, not a fixed number that everyone has to abide by.

EDIT: Or should we have a fixed bank size?

If it is to be fixed, I vote for 8.

I agree on the upper limit of 8 patches. I like the suggestion of having 6-8 total.

How are we on the count of participants?

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:59 pm

How's about this?

Diva mini-Patchbank Contest

The return of the u-he patch contests! The synth is Diva and, rather than submitting single patches, the task this time around is to put together a mini-patchbank.

As ever the prize for this contest is pretty good - a free choice of one nfr* software product from the u-he range!

How to enter

Simply create a Diva mini-patchbank, comprising no more than eight patches of any style, genre, or flavour.

Send your patchbank (.h2p format patches in a folder) to bmrzycki, either by PM through this forum (upload the folder to an on-line file share site, such as box.net, and then PM bmrzycki a link), or by email to: brzycki [at] gmail [dot] com.**

Rulez and other important stuff:

Patchbanks must be no larger than eight patches.

Patchbank folders should have a short unique name (so not, "Diva Patchbank Contest"!).

All patchbanks, in particular the patches therein, must be anonymized. Putting a "?" in the "author" field when saving a patch does the trick.

The winning patchbank will be decided by a vote.

In order to be eligible for the prize patchbank submitters must vote - no vote no prize!

Try to ensure that your patches do not exhibit significant - ideally no - audio clipping.

Please DO NOT! send any patches to me (hakey). KVR member bmrzycki collects the patches for the contest.

Please DO! carefully read through the instructions under "How to enter" and "Rulez and other important stuff".

The deadline for submissions is 14:00 UTC/GMT April 1st
*not for resale
**PMing bmrzycki is probably the more reliable method - emails have been known to get lost in transit.

The themes for these contests are decided upon by something approaching a democratic/consensual process, so if anyone has ideas for future contests, themes, or just general suggestions, please speak your brains in the next patch contest thread.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:00 pm

KBSoundSmith wrote:How are we on the count of participants?

Dunno - looks like there's probably enough interest.

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:11 pm

hakey wrote:
KBSoundSmith wrote:How are we on the count of participants?
Dunno - looks like there's probably enough interest.

Well, you kind of just blew my question out of the water

. Thx!

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:12 pm

looks cool...

The deadline for submissions is 14:00 UTC/GMT April 1st

OMG.. is this a pre-april fools joke??!

I know that contestants would be required to create a small patch bank instead of one or 2 patches.. but the deadline seems too far away!

u-he

KVR Audio

Diva patchbank contest?