KVR Audio

kv331 · Post by **kv331** » Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:11 pm

Hi folks,

We're kicking off our annual 'SynthMaster Track Contest'. Like last year we have $2000 cash + software license prizes:

• 1st place: will receive $1000 cash + SynthMaster Everything Bundle Upgrade license.
• 2nd place: will receive $600 cash + SynthMaster Everything Bundle Upgrade license.
• 3rd place: will receive $400 cash + SynthMaster Everything Bundle Upgrade license.
• 4th-10th place: will receive SynthMaster Everything Bundle Upgrade license.
• Other participants: will receive 2 preset bank licenses for free.

and here are the updated rules:

1. Any licensed user of SynthMaster, SynthMaster One, SynthMaster One iOS, SynthMaster Player or SynthMaster Player iOS can enter this contest. Users who don't have a license yet (but would like to enter the contest) can purchase a license during KV331 Audio’s ‘All for $4’ Sale through October.

2. The submitted track should be between 3 to 5 minutes.

3. The following are allowed to be used during the production of the track:
a.External effects
b.Vocals / vocal samples
c.Drum samples / drum synths
d.Acoustic instruments / sample libraries of acoustic instruments are allowed in a limited fashion: Up to 20% of the tracks in your project file can contain acoustic instruments/sample libraries.

4. The following are not allowed to be used during the production of the track:
a.External synths (hardware or software, doesn't matter)

5. Presets from SynthMaster expansions or user presets can be used. Participants can request the two free preset banks they’d like to use in their song during the song contest period.

6. Participants are encouraged to design their own presets as user presets will have up to 10% weight during final voting.

7. Participants are encouraged to shoot videos of their projects and share on Instagram/YouTube as video content will have up to 10% weight during final voting. The Instagram videos must feature the following tags in their descriptions: #synthmaster #vst #vsti #synth #songcontest #musicproduction. Participants can publish as many Instagram videos as they like during their music production process.

8. The song links should be submitted to KV331 Audio by November 15, after being uploaded to file sharing services like Dropbox or Google Drive. The song should be in 320kbits/sec, 44.1kHz stereo MP3 format. While submitting the song links, participants should also include the following information as well:
a.Name of the DAW application
b.Names of the presets used in their song.
c.Custom presets they designed during the making of their track, if there’s any. (not required, but will earn up to 10% extra points!)
d.YouTube link of their project video, if there’s any. (not required, but will earn up to 10% extra points!)

9. Users should use KV331 Audio’s ‘contact us’ page for submitting the necessary information.

10. All songs will be uploaded to a new playlist on KV331 Audio's SoundCloud channel and announced on their Facebook channel between November 16-November 20.

11. Public voting for the tracks will take place on KV331 Audio’s SoundCloud and Facebook channels between November 21-November 30. Likes on participants’ Instagram/YouTube videos will also be counted towards public voting. There will also be a private judge voting for the tracks. The judges will be determined by KV331 Audio internal team. The breakdown of the voting will be as follows:
a.50% public voting
b.30% private judge voting
c.10% Instagram/YouTube video content
d.10% custom preset design

12. The top 10 results will be announced on December 7 and cash prizes will be paid in 7 business days via PayPal or wire transfer, after receiving an invoice from the winner.

13. User presets will be released as a public preset bank on KV331 Audio’s web site after the contest.

14. KV331 Audio might require the top 10 contestants to submit their project files for the following purposes: a) to verify that the track has been created exclusively with SynthMaster, b) to create promotional content

Last year we had fewer entries and I guess that was because of the introduction of YouTube video requirement. So this year we decided to relax that by introducing Instagram videos, which are very easy to shoot and publish. Just document the development of your track in Instagram and share with the tags #synthmaster #vst #vsti #synth #songcontest #musicproduction. The more videos& likes, the more public vote you'll get.

Happy composing everyone,

Bulent

Xenobioz · Post by **Xenobioz** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 7:11 am

Would have been fun if the synthmasterplay free would have been allowed. But I probably would not win anyway.

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:21 am

Ohhhhh

sqigls · Post by **sqigls** » Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:44 pm

gonna do my best to use ONLY SynthMaster 2 and One, nothing else. Only onboard effects.
I've stated my opinion to death in the past, but i don't think any external effects at ALL should be allowed. Especially a synth like SynthMaster has plenty of onboard effects, and after you drown it in external compressors, distortions, delays and verbs, tarnce gates, choruses, phasers etc... how the hell is it even showcasing SynthMaster anymore? Rant over, back to the DAW.

Rumario · Post by **Rumario** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:38 am

What's going on? There are no songs on SoundCloud. Is the contest still running?

DrSynthLady · Post by **DrSynthLady** » Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:13 pm

They have collected the candidates and now are evaluating I believe.

Rumario · Post by **Rumario** » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:30 am

I hoped they would extend the contest

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Thu Nov 22, 2018 3:41 pm

Good luck to all who are in the contest!

kv331 · Post by **kv331** » Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:48 pm

Hi folks,

I'm announcing the playlist publicly tonight. The voting period will last 2 weeks, ends on December 7.

Thanks to all who have participated in this wonderful contest. I feel like each year the songs are getting better and better

meecek · Post by **meecek** » Fri Feb 01, 2019 8:31 am

any news?

kv331 · Post by **kv331** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 5:59 pm

Guys, I apologize for the delay. We finally managed to finish all the voting, and here's the top 20:

https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster ... -contest-2

All top 20 entries won SynthMaster Everything Bundle license from us and the licenses were added to the users' accounts.

Rumario · Post by **Rumario** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:00 pm

Do not rush. I find it amazing what you have accomplished in the last 2 years. SynthMaster One, Wavetables for SynthMaster 2, SynthMaster One for IOS and a lot of new presets. Congratulations for that.

SynthMaster Track Contest with $2000 cash+software license prizes