KVR Audio

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:39 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 065 will run from 1st January 2023 until 24th January 2023 (23 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme "Community Scramble (limited sound set challenge)"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: ArtsyBee (background, via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The Mix Challenge audio community collected a handful of self-created sounds/samples from various participants during November and December 2022, which act as the main sound source for this particular Songwriting Competition (SWC065 / January). This special challenge is known as "Community Scramble", and it originated in December 2018.

The twist, is to create a production with just these sounds and samples. But there is absolutely no limit on how you get there - you are allowed to use any tool that is at your disposal. You can use re-sampling, wavetable synthesis, various types of modulation and sound alteration, etc. As long as you don't use any additional synth or instruments that do not use the given content as main sound source (vocals are an exception). Else, the rules of the Songwriting Competition apply.

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:35 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 066 will run from 1st February 2023 until 24th February 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: Hip-Hop Music (Trap, Crunk)
Theme: "It's a trap!"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: LynnB (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:19 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 067 will run from 1st March 2023 until 24th March 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Dissonance in Harmony" (Special Task/Tools Challenge)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Gerd Altmann (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:08 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 068 will run from 1st April 2023 until 24th April 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Postcards" (Picture Theme)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Pixabay (via Pexels), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:51 pm

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 069 will run from 1st May 2023 until 24th May 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: Electronic (any sub-genre)
Theme: "This is nice!"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Jan Zatloukal (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 7:06 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 070 will run from 1st June 2023 until 24th June 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Arts and Crafts"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Pixabay (via Pexels), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

The Mix Challenge audio community is also celebrating it's 9th Anniversary, Join the festivities.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:27 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 071 will run from 1st July 2023 until 24th July 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: (Video Game) Soundtrack
Theme: "Video Game Soundtrack - See you, Space Cowboy"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Mix Challenge, created through AI image generation with craiyon.com, released under Berne Convention

This month's Songwriting Competition is special.

SWC0071 will play-act how a company is approaching and interacting with artists. The basic premise is, that there is an imaginary company/indie dev reaching out to musicians in hope for finding one or multiple songwriters for a fictional video game in-the-making. As usual, there is "a brief" and various audio examples present.

Unlike other songwriting competitions on the Mix Challenge audio community - where there is just a simple task with the encouragement to interact with each other already during the game - there is an active client interacting this time around. Each participant will get a response by the "commissioning party" (until/including 21st of July) for ones production, telling you if you understood the brief, if you are on the right track and/or what one could still improve until the deadline has been reached. Something that would happen if you were to (e.g.) actively write a song for a commercial, or music for a short film, etc.

This endeavor does not only try to simulate a commission-based work scenario, but also encourages more early/direct interaction for future songwriting games. As bonus incentive, if there are more than 20 participants, the Winners Podium might be opened up to offer a 5-position Winners Podium (exclusive to SWC071/July 2023).

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

The Mix Challenge audio community is also still celebrating it's 9th Anniversary. Join the festivities.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:31 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 072 will run from 1st August 2023 until 24th August 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Upheaval" (Picture Theme)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Tobias Hämmer (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Fri Sep 01, 2023 1:35 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 073 will run from 1st September 2023 until 24th September 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Reflection" (Mental Health Awareness Month)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Thiago Matos (via Pexels), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:56 pm

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 074 will run from 1st October 2023 until 24th October 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Dread"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: ELG21 / Enrique (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Wed Nov 01, 2023 1:42 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 075 will run from 1st November 2023 until 24th November 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: Progressive Metal
Theme: "Momentum"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Miguel Á. Padriñán (via Pexels), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

We are also running a thread to collect self-created sounds and samples until 24th December 2023 in preparation for the Songwriting Competition 077 in January 2024. The material will be the main source of sounds for this particular, yearly recurring game called "Community Scramble".

Get involved, and shape the "general tone" for this upcoming game.

Direct link to this endeavor can be found here.

Image Source: Pixabay, photo by Nachrichten_muc, released under Creative Commons CC0

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:15 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 076 will run from 1st December 2023 until 24th December 2023 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Lights" (Picture Theme)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Mix Challenge (staff, photo of lights in Rixdorf/Germany, 2022), released under Berne Convention

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

We are also running a thread to collect self-created sounds and samples until 24th December 2023 in preparation for the Songwriting Competition 077 in January 2024. The material will be the main source of sounds for this particular, yearly recurring game called "Community Scramble".

Get involved, and shape the "general tone" for this upcoming game.
Without your help, this game will not happen!

Direct link to this endeavor can be found here.

Image Source: Pixabay, photo by Nachrichten_muc, released under Creative Commons CC0

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:40 pm

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 077 will run from 1st January 2024 until 24th January 2024 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme "Community Scramble" (Special Sound Design Challenge)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: ArtsyBee (background, via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The Mix Challenge audio community collected a handful of self-created sounds/samples from various participants from October until December 2023, which will act as the main sound source for this particular Songwriting Competition (SWC077 / January). This special challenge is known as "Community Scramble", and it originated in December 2018.

The twist, is to create a production with just these sounds and samples. But there is absolutely no limit on how you get there - you are allowed to use any tool that is at your disposal. You can use re-sampling, wavetable synthesis, various types of modulation and sound alteration, etc. As long as you don't use any additional synth or instruments that do not use the given content as main sound source (vocals are an exception). Else, the rules of the Songwriting Competition apply.

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:42 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 078 will run from 1st February 2024 until 24th February 2024 (24 days left)

Genre: free to select
Theme: "Take a leap" (Picture Theme)

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Deepak Digwal (via Pexels), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:13 am

Hello everyone, a short information for you:

Songwriting Competition 079 will run from 1st March 2024 until 24th March 2024 (24 days left)

Genre: Synthwave
Theme: "Chip away"

Direct link to the current game can be found here

Image Source: Andreas Lischka (via Pixabay), released under Creative Commons CC0

The focus of this game is to "just make music". Giving and receiving constructive criticism/feedback being one of the main game mechanics, with the added bonus of also being able to edit/enhance your production until the the 24-day deadline has been reached.

Joining is absolutely free. If you can't join yourself, it would be tremendously help if you could spread the word about the Songwriting Competition. The more participants, the more interaction and feedback, the more fun.

All participants of the KVR "Music Cafe Songwriting Competition" (MCSC) and KVR One Synth Challenge (OSC) are more than welcome. Please take a look, say hello, and maybe stay for a little longer.

More on:
https://mix-challenge.com

SONGWRITING COMPETITION - a game on the Mix Challenge community