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wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:53 pm

I was born in 1957. Didn't really get involved in music until 1979. Until then I just enjoyed listening to it. But groups like ELP, Genesis, ELO, Kansas, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Triumvirat, just to name a few, finally pushed me into getting my first synth.

I've never been the same since.

LuxLucid · Post by **LuxLucid** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:07 pm

Markus808 wrote:I'm born in 1970 ... (me, too)
I was born in 1958 ...
Was born in 1950 ...
1956 ...

Maybe that's a good explanation why there are so many great real COMPOSITIONS and SONGS in this OSC (not only sound gimmicks and quickly written stuff)!

The compositions are fantastic. When I first started in electronic music I actually focused way more on the composition aspect than sound design, and god knows I couldn't mix! It's been quite the journey so far, curious as to where it will continue to take me...

Oh, 1991 here.

Edit: its so beautiful out right now but here I am in front of the 'pooter awaiting results... though I think I have a rough idea of how it'll turn out...

dave dove · Post by **dave dove** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:09 pm

was born 1962
played bass and a bit guitar between 1979 and 1987
would compose songs in my head from tones/colours/shapes and try to explain to the band
gave that up due to palsy affecting my left hand
dabbled with synths early 90s but can't play
then dj til 2007ish - techno+ambient
then got into software
like how it doesn't know you can't play a note
don't know theory or anything like that

lots of great musical stuff in this competition i could never aspire to
but as i can't think like that i believe i make the music in my head
and that's ok
well done everyone

dave

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:16 pm

Preliminary Scores are up as usual, please check it out, and inform me of any problems (Also feel free to comment on the sheet):

Scoreboard

(Results will be finalized soon

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Markus808 · Post by **Markus808** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:22 pm

wagtunes wrote:I was born in 1957. Didn't really get involved in music until 1979. Until then I just enjoyed listening to it. But groups like ELP, Genesis, ELO, Kansas, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and Triumvirat, just to name a few, finally pushed me into getting my first synth.

I've never been the same since.

Wow, cool!

A fantastic musical moment I remember was when - some time at the end of the 1980s - I played with three other guys the Genesis songs "Supper's ready" and "In the Cage" from start to finish, with all the keyboard solos by Tony Banks I had transcripted myself and learned by heart... great time!

(did I hear somebody say "results"?)

chilledpanda · Post by **chilledpanda** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:22 pm

ontrackp wrote:
Markus808 wrote:
rockingricky wrote:Additionally total confused, when the sound get worse after changing in MP3.
Maybe you should try using 320 kbit cbr stereo 44 kHz MP3 instead of 144 kbit vbr 22 kHz?!
You should avoid using 22k sampling frequency! If you have frequencies above 11k in your track they will sound bad (Nyquist limit). If you have to make really, really small files you should filter them first to prep for the lower bandwidth reproduction. You also need to keep an eye on overall dynamics when making low resolution files. A more dynamic file will sound better -- may not be as loud, but it won't be crunchy crap.

You should avoid using any form of lossy compression when uploading to soundcloud as soundcloud decodes it to
then encode it to it's streaming format, so your basically using an inferior source.

http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/por ... -distorted

LuxLucid · Post by **LuxLucid** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:23 pm

dave dove wrote:was born 1962
played bass and a bit guitar between 1979 and 1987
would compose songs in my head from tones/colours/shapes and try to explain to the band
gave that up due to palsy affecting my left hand
dabbled with synths early 90s but can't play
then dj til 2007ish - techno+ambient
then got into software
like how it doesn't know you can't play a note
don't know theory or anything like that

I'm surprised how many here started on an instrument, but I suppose it only makes sense. I played sax in middle school, refused to do marching band in high school, and gravitated toward guitar. Was really into it for awhile, but eventually electronic music took over my brain :p
Shame about your palsy, I feel if anything permanent ever happened to my hands it would be more mentally crippling than any pain could be... my condolences.
I like that you don't need to know theory in this day and age. It can be limiting in a way, though in the presence of such masterfully composed tracks, its hard to say...

(ed: top results were on point with my expectations! congrats, and once again good job all!)

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:30 pm

bjporter wrote:Preliminary Scores are up as usual, please check it out, and inform me of any problems (Also feel free to comment on the sheet):

Scoreboard

(Results will be finalized soon )

I'm a little puzzled. One of my favorite tracks that I gave a 5 to does not show up in this list at all. Yet I don't see anywhere on the list where the person was DQ'd.

Does this mean that they didn't vote for all the tracks and because of that didn't show up?

Just trying to understand how some tracks can end up not on the final list.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:31 pm

wagtunes wrote:
I'm a little puzzled. One of my favorite tracks that I gave a 5 to does not show up in this list at all. Yet I don't see anywhere on the list where the person was DQ'd.

Does this mean that they didn't vote for all the tracks and because of that didn't show up?

Just trying to understand how some tracks can end up not on the final list.

Which track?

Markus808 · Post by **Markus808** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:34 pm

Congratulations to all of you!

Positions 1 and 2 (Jasinski and Photonic) are so correct, these were the two tracks that opened my eyes, errrr ears, for WHAT'S POSSIBLE and really changed my perspective!

Thanks for all the great music! And thanks to the organisator(s)!

Markus808

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:35 pm

bjporter wrote:
wagtunes wrote:
I'm a little puzzled. One of my favorite tracks that I gave a 5 to does not show up in this list at all. Yet I don't see anywhere on the list where the person was DQ'd.

Does this mean that they didn't vote for all the tracks and because of that didn't show up?

Just trying to understand how some tracks can end up not on the final list.
Which track?

This one.

https://soundcloud.com/ricler/je-suis-charlhive

Never mind, I found it. The name inserted at the beginning threw me.

bjporter · Post by **bjporter** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:36 pm

wagtunes wrote: This one.

It's there. 169pts

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:43 pm

I am glad most of the people I voted higher on are up towards the top of the results, so that's good.

loris16148 · Post by **loris16148** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:45 pm

Hello OSC peeps. Im very sorry for not being able to vote in time this month, i started the voting process but i got so caught up with moving from one city to another and changing jobs that it took away from OSC time. We had so many entries that by the time I got around to listening to them the voting closed out. Plus I have no internet currently (new house) so i have to go to starbucks to listen to OSC. pain in the ass. I will continue to leave comments on this months competition, good luck to everyone. so many great entries.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:49 pm

My taste in music must be so much different from everybody else here. My favorite piece was close to the bottom and my least favorite piece won.

Yeah, I'm really out of touch with today's sound. LOL

One Synth Challenge #71: Hive by u-he (Jasinski wins! 2+ hours of epic music)